22/7/13 (3)

A huge Plaza with shops & restaurants. If you look closely under the umbrellas you can see a sort of mist. Every few seconds a fine jet spray of water is released over the seated diners & evaporates before it reaches them, keeping the whole area cool...just love it!

Look you can buy fake smoked ham legs from the tourist shop...wantza.

This is a huge Plaza that looks over a Garden & then the Royal Palace.

Part of the Garden, a fountain with statue & the Royal Palace in the background.

The huge bronze statue on top of the fountain.

Another section of the Gardens.

At siesta time this is normal...everyone downs tools & catches a few zzzz's.

A different view of the enormous Royal Palace.

Monumento a Cervantes...the size of this thing is enormous.

At its base is a sculpture of Don Quixote & his side kick.

The other side of the statue is this beautiful waterfall.