We’re almost at the horizontal fold on the Michelin map, and it’s about here that the Roman influences on Spain become more apparent than the Moorish ones. There is a virtually complete amphitheatre, temple and impressive aquaduct, as well as numerous other smaller evidence of the former Roman capital.
But the town is also well promoted as a tourist site, so well that the bars selling overpriced drinks and sandwiches and the souvenir shops selling overpriced tat, have taken over. There’s a handy little train that leaves from the gate to the amphitheatre which for €3 will take you on a 45 minute tour of all the important sites with a running commentary complete with background Roman music (they found a CD under one of the mosaic floors, at least I think that’s what he said, the commentary is all in very fast Spanish.) Train tour highly recommended, catching your hip on sharp hook as you board, not.
Antonio recommended Mérida. Thanks, Antonio.
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