My wife and I were here for a 2-week guided tour. This is our 4th time in Spain…read more
Our tour director wisely had us come here early in the morning, to avoid the crush that would come later.
In 1929, Seville hosted the Ibero-American Exposition World's Fair. The centre of it is Parque de María Luisa, designed in a "Moorish paradisiacal style", with a half mile of tiled fountains, pavilions, walls, ponds, benches, lush plantings of palms, orange trees, Mediterranean pines, and stylized flower beds. It contains tiled pictures of the major cities in Spain, along with a map. There is also a huge fountain that sprays water very strongly, but scheduled. It is among our favorite, if not the first, Seville sights. I tried to show the various Cities with the appropriate maps, but ... sorry if it didn't come out correctly, but at least you get the idea.