While the exterior of the Palacio Real was impressive, I enjoyed the interior more but photos inside were not permitted. What amazed me was the amount of decorative detail in each room, I could have spent hours staring at the tapestries woven with gold and silver threads, or the inlaid wood floors, the floor mosaics, and statuary; I could definitely do without the porcelain room, I mean I appreciate the artistry but, um, it seemed like a big bathroom. I suppose lots of money allows one to do silly things with porcelain.
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- Approaching palace
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- Random shot of the square outside the palace #1
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- Random shot of the square outside the palace #2 with some dude I don’t know posing for his own photo
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- Random shot of the square outside the palace #3, I chose this angle to avoid posers.
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- Random shot of the square outside the palace #4, trying to be clever with my camera
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- Random shot of the square outside the palace #5, more cleverness
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- Random shot of the square outside the palace #6, statutes in the trees with the legs of the young couple making out that almost ruined my shot.
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- Sunset behind the palace
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- Interior square, palace entrance
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- Cathedral directly opposite palace
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- Palace entrance, askew
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- Forgot to ask why only one flag was flying. I’m guessing because nothing official was going on.
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- Shot of cathedral outside of palace
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- View of the city from the palace #1
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- View of the city from the palace #2, make your own panorama 🙂
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Love el Palacio Real, love Madrid, and love your post!
Thank you.
Did you get into the cathedral? I remember a very modern color scheme inside.
Unfortunately no, it wasn’t on the itinerary of our “cram in a bunch of stuff in a short period of time” trip.
Hey, I found a couple shots from our 2004 trip. I’ve got them scheduled for this coming Friday. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed your trip, thanks for all the stories and photos!
Cool, I’ll keep my eye peeled for those. And thanks, though the trip is over and school has started back up, I’m sure I’ll be revisiting my photos and posting a few more.
I totally agree with andresmile 🙂 Great photos!
Thank you, I enjoyed taking them 🙂