This is a gallery on my travels in some cities of Andalusia in southern Spain. Please keep coming back as I have not finished posting commentary. For any question about the place, please feel free to reach out to me.
If you ever visit Málaga and arrive or leave via bus, this will be your sight.
I decided to visit Ronda as it promised amazing sights and a little escape to somewhere less rowdy, more provincial. I remember arriving on a Thursday evening and finding the town dead, but I'm sure it is more lively on the weekends. You arrive by train or bus from within Andalusia.
Next stop was Granada. The art decorating the Alhambra reminded me of the spaces I'd been in Morocco, but I preferred the ones in Morocco still. Something felt "manufactured" or "curated" in Andalusia. The mudéjar ceiling was a beauty.
The ceilings are made to resemble eternity, as is permitted by Muslim tradition.
View from an mezzanine in the Alhambra.
Who knew a Spanish textbook 12 years before would inspire me to book a trip to the Mesquita de Córdoba? In Córdoba I was met by a Roman ceremony and the start of the weekend-long celebration, SPQR plastered everywhere as the smell of roasts and fresh cheeses permeated a little gird of streets closed for the celebration. To make the matter even more iconic, the Roman Bridge was the road one had to use to get there. GOT fans might know it as the "Long Bridge of Volantis".
A super strange sight. The Mosque of Córdoba is a mosque that has been expanded several times, telling the story of the land with it. This lies at the current center of the complex. A church in the middle of a mosque.
As for my favourite part of the complex? Really hard to say, the bright terracotta arches are one of the most impressive and aesthetic features I've seen in a building, but I'm a sucker for anything Baroque. Like picking your favourite child.
Plaza de España, Sevilla.