Carmona

We are currently based at Camping La Campina, La Guijarrosa-Santaella it is  in the Caravan club directory, under Santaella. It is a very well run, family owned site, peaceful and beautifully kept with excellent facilities including 10 amp electricity and Wi Fi available on pitch.  It is delightfully situated amongst olive trees and overlooking rolling farmland with mountains in the distance.

We have based ourselves here for the last few days and are using our scooter to visit all the sites and towns in the area, including the last two blogs.

 

 

Next up was Carmona. Quite a long ride, sixty miles but on side roads in beautiful countryside. We arrived and went straight to the Necroplolis Romana.

This was what we originally wanted to see, on route south but in the Campervan it was not easy to park so we drove on by to return as we now have. The Necropolis is a Roman burial ground and has been excavated very sympathetically and is a credit to all those concerned. You get the feel of the place as it was all those years ago. Full marks to the Spanish for their efforts here.

 

 

We then toured the rest of the town starting with the Puerta de Seville Alcazar.  Lovely old ruins and good views of the town from the towers.

 

 

 All the streets were pretty and many of the buildings very beautiful.

 

 

We then headed for the Alcazar del Rey Pedro, (King Peters old residence) to translate.

This is now a Parador and is set on the highest point of the town. We stopped in an had a drink on the terrace overlooking the valley, just to see how the other half live. It is said to have one of the best restaurants in all of Spain's Paradors .