Posts Tagged ‘San Francisco’
The beautiful city of Ronda (Malaga) is the epicenter of the Serrania de Ronda. Set on a plateau cut by a deep cut-El Tajo de Ronda, caused by Guadalevìn, Ronda has a spectacular panorama worthy of being admired.
Tajo Gorge on the New Bridge is located, forming one of the most representative images of the city. Throat also cross the Old Bridge and the Bridge Arabic. Ronda is divided into three districts: San Francisco, the oldest, the city where the big buildings, convents, churches and palaces, very picturesque streets with arches, columns, coffered and arabesques that reveal their origin; The Market of the most modern, characterized notorious for its white houses and baroque and enriched by the typical grates on their windows, local handicraft products.
In the district of San Francisco, can be seen Almocabar Gate and the wall surrounding Arab Ronda bridge that reaches the foot of which include Arabic in the Arab baths, one of the best preserved in Spain. Stresses the Convent of San Francisco that gives its name to the neighborhood, which retains only the church, a Gothic-Mudejar.
But if, however, your trip will be longer and you do a tour, for example, the national parks of the west coast , it will be necessary to rent a car . Read the rest of this entry »
San Francisco is a cosmopolitan city, famous for its trams and the Golden Gate Bridge. The Bay area offers very prestigious museums, restaurants, shopping and historic sites. For those who prefer outdoor recreation, the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Santa Cruz beaches are a great destination.
San Francisco is a peninsula of 120 km ², is one of the best in the world closed ports, and four islands: Alcatraz, Angel, Yerba Buena and Treasure. The history of the city is a mixture of Spanish colonialism and American romanticism. The city is built on a series of hills, so that from many streets you can appreciate a beautiful view of the bay.
One of the main attractions of San Francisco is its century-old tram network of 17 km in length, traveling at 15 km / h. and whose history is reflected in the museum San Francisco Cable Car Museum. Another interesting museum is the comic, the Cartoon Art Museum. Read the rest of this entry »