On our way from Plaza de Espana to the hotel, we pass the university, the Glorieta de San Diego and an exhibition pavilion, built for the Ibero-American Exhibition in 1929.
After almost 3 weeks in Spain we urgently need a laundromat. We ask at the reception and one refers us to the department store El Corte Ingles, which is not too far away. Grabbing the laundry in a wheeled suitcase and go.
We cross the Espacio Metropol Parasol and take Calle Laranna and Calle Martin Villa to Placa del Duque de la Victoria. We pass the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University, which is housed in a magnificent castle-like building.
We have no luck. In the basement of El Corte Ingles is a cleaning but no laundromat. However we rely on the friendly staff who told us that we will find one in the Calle Goles.
We continue our way, have a look at the the Velazquez Monument and the Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla at Plaza del Museo.
At the Plaza de Armas with its huge halls for the Mercado and the Centro Commercial we begin to ask residents to the laundromat. Nobody knows one! A postwoman approached us. She ought to know the neighborhood, but she also didn’t know one.
Frustrated we made the way back our hotel. In the Calle Alfonso XII we see a business travel agency and we still need tickets for the Alhambra in Granada. We read on the Internet that it is hard to get some and one should book early in advance. We had already tried, but in vain. Everything seems to be sold out for our travel dates!
Here we were lucky! We actually got two tickets for € 50 each. That seems expensive, but better safe than sorry. In Granada it should prove to be an error (see in a later report on Granada).
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More InformationThen we asked if someone knows a laundromat in the city. In fact, a young man found one on the internet!
We took a taxi and drove to the indicated address and we were successful. It was a good one! (Washing 30 min €4,- , drying 20 min € 2,-)
In the Ronda de Capuchinos, on the ground floor next to a gas station of La Ronda Estacion de Servicios SA, is the laundromat with industrial washing machines and dryers. It is probably the only laundromat in Seville!
Since it would last about 1 hour we have time to take a walk.
Murallas
We walk along the old and remaining city wall with a well preserved castle gate, till we reach Calle don Fadrique.
Basilica de La Macarena
A larger square opens up the view of the Basilica de la Macarena. The neo-Gothic basilica, built 1949, houses one of the most revered religious icons Seville, the weeping Virgin of Hope of Macarena.
At Easter it is solemnly carried through the streets. It is also called weeping Virgin, because teardrops can be seen on the face. On the chest are five emerald brooches. They were a donation of Joselito El Gallo, a famous bullfighter.
On the way back to the laundromat we pass the Parlamento de Andalucía, which is housed in the former Hospital of the Five Wounds (Hospital de las Cinco Llagas).
After this little odyssey we were happy to be back at the hotel, but as the saying goes: The best way to get to know a city!
Please read on > A walk through the northwestern old town of Seville