Day 10 - Return to Madrid via Carmona

We were going to stay an extra day but when we woke up on Tuesday morning it was overcast and it looked like rain so we decided to head back to Madrid. We broke up the 7 hour journey by stopping off in Carmona, a town between Seville and Cordoba. I had been reading about it in my guide book and I was very interested to see the Roman Necropolis. It was really quite fascinating, you could climb down ladders into underground tombs and tunnels, and some of the funeral urns and frescoes were still intact.

After visiting the Necropolis we ate our sandwiches in a pretty little park and then we went to have a drink in the beautiful Parador which has been built in a 14th century Arab fortress. Apparently it is one of the most spectacular paradors in Spain, I would say this is more because of the architecture than the views that it offers.

After our flying visit to Carmona we were homeward bound again, feeling a little bit sad that our holiday had to come to an end. For as much as I say that I am not a beach person, I think I have realised these past 10 days that I love the sun, the beach and the sea and I would quite like to move to somewhere that can offer me these things in the future.