We have just spent a couple of days in Almería for my birthday. It's not a place that we have stayed in before, it's just somewhere that we've been through and have thought that it would be good to explore as it has a rich history. The best description I can give is that it's like a small version of Granada, what with the Cathedral and the Alcazaba, and the old quarter too.
So this is going to be mostly pictures......
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| Hotel Catedral, Plaza de la Catedral, where we stayed. |
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| Palacio Episcopál, Plaza de la Catedral |
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| The very fortress-like Cathedral as seen from the hotel roof terrace. |
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| La Alcazaba as seen from our hotel roof terrace. |
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| Bar Montenegro, almost next to our hotel |
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| and another one! |
Not our Montenegro but a hill/mountain in Almeria higher than us. We are at 890 metres,
the other Montenegro is 1710 metres up. Quite a climb!!
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| Basilica de Nuestra Señora del Mar |
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| Iglesia de San Pedro |
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| The School of Art |
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| The Theatre |
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| La Hacienda - tax office. |
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| Shops downstairs, carved windows and arches above..... |
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| both buildings at Puerta de Purchena. |
And then inside the Cathedral. Obviously these few pictures don't do justice to the inside - there are carvings both wood and marble, it's gilded, there are wonderful paintings too, this is just a small sample.
And for the foodies......
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| Lunch at La Lupe. Quesadillo + chilli @ 3 euros each. Plus a beer each. |
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| La Lupe again for dinner, 1 x house salad with grilled chicken and jalapeños @9.50 |
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| Secreto a la brasa - very tender beef done on the griddle 2 @ 14 euros. | | |
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| Another day, more food! At Casco Antiguo for lunch, a Thai salad 1/2 size starter. |
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| Timbale of monkfish and prawns for my main course. |
Of course there was more food and also a drink or two - but sometimes food comes before photos!!
A wonderful couple of days but now back to a normal healthy diet - less food and more exercise!
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