Tour of Reales Alcázares de Sevilla (The Alcázar of Seville) Seville, Andalusia, Spain

Tour of Reales Alcázares de Sevilla (The Alcázar of Seville) Seville, Andalusia, Spain

Now we’re now waiting to go into the outdoor zone and uh queue’s quite long. We’re getting under the entrance and I’ll show you inside a few minutes. We’re now in the entrance to the real Kazar. The reef real. Look how quiet and peaceful it is. Lovely trees, high walls as well. That’s quite noticeable. See, there’s the uh what would be a fountain. Let’s go through the ark. You order it. There’s there’s a replica of a ship over there. This is the mayor’s courtyard. Look how nice this courtyard is. Look at this. This is so impressive. leads off into another courtyard. See how lovely this courtyard is? Absolutely fantastic architecture and decoration as well. All that [Music] water in the middle. No. Look at this door. How decorated this door is. I can see there’s Arabic in there. in the courtyard where the uh orangest trees are. What we have [Music] some ducks in the water. If we move along, people have been throwing orange peels in here. There’s another two ducks in there. Oh, sorry, three ducks. Oh, they’re cute. So peaceful Yeah. Nice. Hey orangey girl Now overlooking the gardens. It’s enormous this place and such a wonderful place to come. See the orange trees there. They go everywhere in this place. The fact that it’s been so well preserved all these hundred years is incredible. There’s a maze down there. Let’s talk about [Music] This is not as you can see above water. Heat. Heat. [Music]

The Alcázar of Seville or “Reales Alcázares de Sevilla” is a royal palace in Seville, Spain, originally a Moorish fort.

The palace is one of the best remaining examples of mudéjar architecture. Subsequent monarchs have added their own additions to the Alcázar.

The upper levels of the Alcázar are still used by the royal family as the official Seville residence and are administered by the Patrimonio Nacional.

0:03 – The entrance.

0:18 – Inside the entrance. Note the original walls.

0:54 – The Audience Chamber with it’s very decorative gold ceiling and red walls.

1:40 – A replica Spanish Galleon.

1:53 – The Mayor’s Courtyard.

2:18 – Entrance before the Patio de las Doncellas.

2:54 – The Patio de las Doncellas.

3:44 – Original door with carved out Arabic writing.

3:57 – Ducks swimming in the pool in the orange grove.

5:17 – Gardens of the Alcázar.

5:31 – The Damsels’ Garden. Built in the 16th century and holds the only surviving fountain of its type in Spain.

5:59 – Orange tree.

6:15 – Panorama of the Gardens of the Alcázar.

7:03 – The walls surrounding the Gardens of the Alcázar.

7:38 – Mercury’s Pool (Estanque de Mercurio).