It all started well as it is on the Metro and we zapped ourselves through at Colon and headed out on the train. When we got to the station at the other end the barriers wouldn't let us out, and although there was a ticket office there was nobody to be seen. Standing there for five minutes like lame ducks and looking stupid, we decided that we couldn't pole vault the barriers, and grumping that we would have to go all the way back, I saw one of these microphones you speak into, after a couple of minutes of a stunned Metro person on the other end, wondering what a crazy foreigner was doing, he obviously gave up and opened the barriers for us....... phew one problem sorted.
Of course there was no map at the station, so headed off down what looked like the main road, but of course it was in totally the wrong direction. We found this when we stopped for coffee and very nice group of ladies pointed us back towards the station, and then walked passed it going the other way.
So Manises was founded as a pottery town by the Romans and then enhanced by the Moors who produced all the local and beautiful tiles, the Medieval period went even further and course it is only the past fifty years that it has been in decline.
The town has a small old part and we spent hours wandering around the small houses and looking at all the lovely tiled doorways.
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| The Façade of the Tourist Office |
We found a small café and had the biggest bocadillo (ham roll) ever and then went into a small park opposite, which was lovely. Full of traditional tiles, but all done in the style of Walt Disney.
It also had these wonderful murals. It's a pity that people feel they need to deface them.
It's amazing the wildlife you find in the centre of towns
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| Tiled roundabouts everywhere |
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| Arty Farty Stuff |
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