It was our last full day in Seville and it was finally time to visit the Cathedral and the Alcazar. Having bought our tickets in advance, we were able to skip past the ridiculously long queues and head straight in. We began at the Alcazar.

Every corner of this place was beautiful and there was no detail forgotten. Even the rain couldn’t dampen the beauty of the Alcazar. Originally a Muslim building, it was taken over by the Christians during the conquest. Since then, it has been used as a palace for the Spanish monarchs, and is still in use today. You could easily spend hours getting lost in the myriad of buildings and the S T U N N I N G gardens. I may have said this before, but I have never seen gardens like those I saw in Andalusia.

From the Alcazar, we eagerly moved onto the Cathedral to get out of the rain which was, by this point, absolutely chucking it down. I think most places of worship are fairly grand and ornate, (especially those belonging to the catholic church), but nothing could have prepared me for what I witnessed going into the Seville Cathedral. I tried my best to capture it on camera, but I don’t think these photos do it an ounce of justice. We were honestly just so overwhelmed by EVERYTHING that was in there. I’ve seen so many people online say not to bother with the cathedral, ‘once you’ve seen one; you’ve seen them all’.
FAKE NEWS MY FRIENDS.
I don’t think I’ll ever come across a church building this grand again.

At completion in C16, it was the largest cathedral in the world. Nowadays though, it’s recognised as the 3rd largest church in the world and home to the remains of Christopher Columbus. Like most of the buildings in the South, it was originally an Arab site, a mosque to be exact, which was taken over by the Christians. If my memory serves me correctly, it is still in use today for mass’ and Semana Santa services. There are no words I could use to accurately describe the magnificence of this building. If you do one thing when you’re in Seville, I would definitely say the Cathedral should be it.