BSDLP Fuentes to Zafra

Lucky break this morning. When the driver came to pick up our luggage we asked her if she could drive us to a town, Pueblo de Sancho Perez, not too far from Zafra. Makes the walk shorter, avoided some of the worst heat and got to see a small town as well as have time to look around Zafra.

The walk-in to Zafra was not difficult and the walk through town was fun. Away from the acorns and the pig farming and industrial smells.

Nice supermercado.

Wandered into Zafra the wrong way on the Autovia, through the industrial area and then the city. We wanted to stay at the Parador but unfortunately the city is sold out due to an agricultural fair, or the bank holiday, or something that we don’t understand.

One of the highlights is the self-service laundry two doors away from our hotel. Wow wow! Huge excitement! Almost never find self service laundries here and just a few feet away.

After a visit to the tourist office we went to see the suggested highlights.

The main church with retablo. Possibly a Jimmy polychrome on it.

The site that used to be the ancient synagogue and became a church after the Jews were expelled.

The old Muslim home or factory or business that was essentially a Pharmacy la casa del ajimez. Maybe our arabic readers will be able to give us more detail about this term.

Finally over to the Duke‘s palace, the Alcazar. I asked about getting tickets to the special area and she said no tickets; only for the guests. But if we go and buy a beer and show her the ticket she will give us a key to the private room. Spain can be very strange. So we did. Could not get a pic of the tile work as behind glass.