Plaza de España

Dear John Speak Trust,

After having visited the (enormous) cathedral, and the Alcázares Reales, the royal residences much in the same style as the Alhambra though with Christian and Jewish influences as well, we went to the Plaza de España. I hadn’t expected it to be quite so spectacular. The square is surrounded by a sort of moat, over which bridges with tiles decorated in blue, green and yellow, lead to the main building. Before you get to the building, there is a series of alcoves, each representing a province of Spain in ceramics. In the centre of the square is a fountain. I really is a beautiful place to come and sit and spend time, especially as it is right in the middle of a park.