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Almeria

Thursday 21st May

In the morning, we went on a tour to a village called Nijar on this link.

Panorama of the Almeria Alcazaba from the ship

After an abbreviated lunch, I walked up through the Old Town past the Cathedral to the Alcazaba.

The Cathedral from below

The Cathedral from above

Narrow streets to the Alcazaba

Formidable position

A Visigoth tower

Approaching the entrance

This is a huge, largely Moorish castle with a couple of Visigoth towers remaining. From the ship, it looks bigger still but, when in the lower bailey, which is laid out as attractive gardens, one can see that there is another castle behind opposite over a valley. (That is the one with the Christ statue).

The Lower Bailey

The city from the Lower Bailey

Top of the Lower Bailey to the clock tower

From the top of the Lower Bailey

Some paths in the Lower Bailey have water...

...running down to these cisterns

The other castle...

...is across a valley

The Clock Tower from the Lower Bailey

One climbs further up to an inner bailey, where there is archaeological work going on, 13 centuries of jerry-built repairs & mods being examined. One cannot go up the highest tower (yet?) but one can get up to the Clock Tower, where there is a vast view over the city.

Panorama East from the Alcazaba Clock Tower

Panorama West from the Clock Tower & with the Lower Bailey

The Upper Bailey from the Clock Tower

Archaeological work

More archaeological work

I went down a different way back to the ship.

Sailaway panorama of Almeria shows the two castles separated


Port 1 - Cadiz

Port 2 - Almeria

Port 3 - Cannes

Port 4 - Nice

Port 5 - Barcelona

Port 6 - Malaga


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