Horse-drawn tour of Seville

We were near the Santa Maria de Sede Cathedral in Seville and there were horse-drawn carriages for hire. We thought maybe we would take a ride if it wasn’t too expensive. We were with another couple and we talked about sharing the ride and checked it out. Between us it was fairly inexpensive so we decided hey why not.

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Ray and Shelley with Gary and Christine in horse-drawn carriage in Seville

The horse-drawn carriage took us through some of the sites of Seville. It was a slow saunter throughout the centre of the city with cars and buses going around us as we went along our way.

We then went through the Maria Luisa Park and enjoyed the views of the gardens and flowering trees.

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Maria Luisa Park in Seville

We then headed around seeing a few of the unique architectural buildings including the “Torre del Oro” which is a dodecagonal (12 sided) military watchtower.

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Torre del Oro in Seville

We then came to the  Plaza de Espana which is located in the Maria Luisa park. The amazing structures are beautiful and were built-in 1928 for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929.

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Plaza de Espana in Seville
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Covered hallway around the main building in Plaza de Espana

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The Plaza de España in the Park of María Luisa, in Seville,
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View of the square at the Plaza de Espana in Seville

After the “Plaza de Espana” we headed back to towards the Seville Cathedral. Along the way we went through some of the old quarter of Seville.

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Heading back towards the Seville Cathedral.

Once we were back we thanked our driver and headed to the Seville Cathedral the third largest church in the world for a tour.

“adios y que tenga un grand días”