Goodson’s Travel Photos

What a picturesque town! We started off our tour by visiting a museum that contained items, as well as a smaller scale replica of the only surviving (of the three ships) that accompanied Magellan. We continued through the town towards the Plaza del Cabildo - the town square lined with restaurants and shops, then on to the street vendors (check out the snails).

We worked our way up the Las Covachas- the original wall that enclosed Sanlucar to the Plaza de San Roque, where the daily market is held. From this point we were outside the Palacio de Orleans y Borgon (was the summer home for a powerful Sanlucar family in the 19th century) now it is the Town Hall. It is decorated in flamboyant neo-Mudejar architecture with a public library on the grounds. Everyone spent their time looking straight up at the intricate ceiling tiles. We were unable to tour the Basilica (one of the reasons we went to Sanlucar) because they were replacing the front doors!

All in all it was a wonderful visit to Sanlucar and a lovely place to sit and enjoy yet another cola cao in the Plaza del Cabildo!

This botanical garden is a wonderful place to take a romantic stroll or sit & visit on the outskirts of Cadiz. We have had the opportunity to visit it a couple of times and each time more of the flowers are in bloom and we see something we hadn’t seen before. We ended up our visit enjoying a cola cao-hot chocolate, at the stand located in the park.

* NOT FOUND *In this museum you can find some of Andalusia’s best collections of Roman and Phoenician archeology dating from 8th Century BC to 3rd Century AD. Cadiz, one of Europe’s oldest cities, is believed to be founded in 1100 BC by the Phoenicians who originally named it Gadir. (more…)