Day 19 was spent at the Alcazar – Spanish for Palace.
Alcazar Underground Baths
From the outside, the building appeared somewhat underwhelming but once inside, the rich architecture and magnificent gardens kept us enthralled for a full day. We finally left at 17:00, which is the closing time for the building and gardens at this time of the year.
Duck with an identity crisis
Apart from the buildings and garden, there was an interesting pair of birds – a peacock and it’s guardian, the duck. The duck, clearly suffering an identity crisis followed the peacock around the gardens all day, and anyone who got too close had their feet aggressively pecked!
Alcazar garden artists
Later in the afternoon, the garden filled with artists – some were really quite talented.
In the evening, we dined at Puratasca, also in Triana (we were too tired to walk back into the centre of Seville). Food and service was just excellent. If you came across this establishment, it looks like a cheap café and likely you would walk right past it.
Puratasca, Triana, Seville
It was however recommended by the hotel and is actually ranked about number 63 of all Seville restaurants on Tripadvisor. It was such a nice evening and meal that it compelled me to post my first Tripadvisor restaurant review!
Although our waitress was not fluent in English, she patiently explained all the menu options. The menu is not extensive but that’s often a good sign. We had a Risotto to start followed by a large steak (to share) with fries. The house wine was also very pleasant and remarkably inexpensive.
It also turned out that our waitress is very familiar with the Conil area and we came away with 3 recommendations for restaurants near us. I will be sure to post our findings.