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Originally Posted by Addick
Shopping!!! I can't remember the name of it but there was a relatively popular pedestrian street that I became quite fond of. It was probably in the Santa Cruz quarter and it combined two of my favourite things: exploring vibrant urban spaces and shopping. I guess one of the things I can recommend for Sevilla is to get a general idea of where things are, then ditch the map and just walk around. Taking the direct paths may not lead you through the pleasant little side-streets that have interesting and active mini-squares. That leads me into another tip, don't eat dinner when you normally would. In Spain, and a fair bit of the Mediterranean, they push things back a little and have dinner later on in the night. To fully enjoy the ambiance wait and dine at the same time the locals do.
In regards to Morocco... I don't really know what to say. Hopefully you'll be going with a tour guide and in that case they know best. It's an interesting place, especially the Medina quarters which everyone will, rightfully, tell you to check out. Moving on to Madrid, have dinner in the Plaza Mayor! If you’re not going with a tour guide what you should do is take a spin around town in a taxi at night. It’s a wonderful sight to see all the fountains in the middle of the roundabouts and the extravagantly lit buildings. If I can find some of the pics from my trip I’ll post them later, maybe you can show them to the taxi driver and ask him/her to take you there.
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Sweet! The hotel we're staying in is at the Plaza Mayor..I didn't realize it was such a highly recommended area! As you can tell, Im not done doing my research. My trip isn't until January, so Im taking it slow...
We MIGHT ditch the Morocco part of the trip and spend the extra couple of days iN Madrid. Since we're only going for 9 days total, it might be too hectic to squeeze in Fez or Marrakesh Morocco in as well. We bought our tickets through frequent flier miles and are luckily able to change it without penalties..so we might just extend the stay in Madrid and skip Morocco. Seems like it's the right thing to do since y'all are sayin that there's a lot to do in Morocco.
What I found interesting is that if you have a Canadian passport, you have to get a visa to go to Spain, but if you're American, you dont. I thought it would be the OPPOSITE!!!!!