84 LORD LILFORD 



Barcelona ; this is the only active town in Spain, 

 full of shipping and trade of all sorts, in a fine 

 position, with nothing essentially Spanish about 

 it. It is well worth going to see the monastery 

 at Montserrat, whence you get one of the most 

 magnificent views in Spain. From Barcelona 

 I should go on and spend a day at Tarragona, 

 a grand old Roman ruin, thence to Valencia, 

 one of the most delightful places in the world, 

 essentially Moorish, with a delicious climate and 

 surrounded by miles of fruit gardens. Thence 

 I should recommend you to take coasting 

 steamer to Malaga. Malaga is a dull town, but 

 has a splendid climate ; thence it is only sixty 

 miles by sea to Gibraltar, but a splendid long 

 two days' ride by land, halting at Estepona for 

 the night. From Gibraltar I should ship for 

 Cadiz, where you will find the typical Andalusian 

 characteristics without much, if anything, of 

 conventional sight-seeing. A stroll along the 

 Alameda by moonlight on a balmy evening at 

 Cadiz is (or was to me) simple enchantment, 

 but I was only twenty-two when I first landed 

 there. 



' From Cadiz to Seville is about two and 



