There’s no rest when you’re a tourist – not if you want to get the most out of your holiday.  Even though we are going to be here six weeks, I can tell you – there’s a LOT to see.  So it was up early and out to the Mesquita before the crowds turned up.  Actually there weren’t crowds here, unlike Toledo.

The Mesquita was founded in 785 on the site of a Visigothic church and in 9th and 10th centuries it was enlarged and embellished to become one of the biggest mosques in the world.The two most stunning features for me were the 856 columns with red and white striped arches and although I suppose it is rather odd that the Christians popped a Cathedral of their own in the middle – it is amazingly beautiful and how they managed to achieve such magnificence in the 16th century without the aid of cranes is beyond me.

The Mesquita Cathedral as it is known is really something you have to see as it really is impossible to describe or imagine.  Check out our Facebook page for more pics over the next few days.