By that I don’t mean as opposed to the Hotel Alcazar where we stayed, I mean the Royal Alcazar, as that is what it means in Spanish. This was an eagerly awaited visit, I went to Granada 15 years ago and saw the Alhambra and this was just as beautiful.
It was also used as a location for Game of Thrones as the kingdom of Dorne and when I saw those episodes I put this on my wish list to visit.They used some of the gardens and interior rooms.
It is amazingly beautiful, the Moorish place at the centre being surrounded by a later period palace and gardens and there was just so much amazing pattern everywhere.This ceiling in one of the state rooms was incredible.
Lots of inspiration for the book of designs I am going to do one day!
Mum had been looking for a new travel shoulder bag as the one she bought in Florence was getting old so she decided on this lovely print from one of the gift shops. The following day when we visited the Alcazar we could see the original tiling!
The work that went into this is just incredible , everywhere you turned there was more beauty.
I am pleased that I managed to get so many photos without people in as it was very busy as is to be expected in the height of the tourist season.
Top tip if you are going to visit, book in advance online, or as we did get there very early. Pre-booked tickets get let in first, we did not organise that before we got there so went very early, we got there at 9.10 and were let in at 9.50 so not too much of a wait but by that time the queues behind us were really long.
A truly amazing place, one of my favourite visits, I so love Islamic art and decoration.
I am looking forward to a very good weekend, it is a Bank Holiday here so three whole days in the craft room working on Liberty churn dash blocks and pouches! Plus a bit of clearing out the pots and hanging baskets if the weather is good. Everything has died over our very long winter so I need to but lots of new plants.
I hope that you are all going to have a nice weekend as well, take care and thanks for visiting.
Stitches of Time 
My word, yes, the patterns are completely dazzling!
Wow, a beautiful place! Reminds me of Alhambra. We visited there several years ago and it was also an amazing place!
Great photos and description. The Alcazar is my favourite place in Seville. I am lucky enough to live here so can pop by when I can. I haven’t for a while though so thanks for the reminder that this beautiful place is in my city. What else did you like about seville?
Thanks
Barry O’Leary
Hello Barry, thanks for visiting my blog and commenting. I loved the little narrow backstreets with all the bars and the river area, amazing to see a proper river, where I have my house most of the rivers are dried up.Also the variety of tapas was brilliant,probably my favourite type of food.The Plaza de Espana was also amazing, I took so many photos of the ceramics there which I have yet to sort to post. That is a very lovely place to live, lucky you!
Great shots of Seville. Nice matching handbag!