This morning we headed off to visit the Cathedral but when we arrived there were hordes of tourist groups going in so we decided to come back later and went off to the Hospital de los Venerables, a baroque 17th-century former hospice for ageing priests. Although Peter and I aren't in to art there were some lovely 17th-century paintings on view but the main reason we went was to see the ornately decorated chapel.
Our next stop was the Palacio de las Duenas, a palace built in the late 15th century in the Renaissance style with Gothic and Moorish influences. We really enjoyed our visit here as the palace was set out as a home when the last owner lived there so you got a feel of the place, and it had lovely gardens.
We stopped off for some lunch and started walking back towards the Cathedral which was in another part of town. We decided to go via some of the shopping streets to have a look round but unfortunately we were just hitting Siesta time and they were literally closing the doors as we walked down the street!
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| On our way to the Cathedral |
We had a look round the Cathedral, which is HUGE, but I found it a bit boring to be honest - I think we had been spoilt with the Baroque churches we have seen. The best part of the Cathedral was walking up the tower - I had read that it was ramps rather than stairs so we thought it can't be that difficult but believe me it was - we had to keep stopping to 'admire the view' from the windows on the way up but we were really just having a rest! However, it was all worth it and the views were amazing.
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| Amazing views from the top of the Cathedral tower |
The bells went off when we were up there and it was so loud - someone even screamed! Luckily it was only 3pm so we only had to listen to 3 bongs.
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| Some of the bells in the tower |
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| View from the bottom of the tower |
The weather was so nice when we got back to our apartment we sat out on the terrace for a couple of hours - as long as you were sat in the sun it was warm (bit chilly in the shade!).
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