Alcazar Royal Gardens + Galeria De Grutescos, Seville, Andalucia, Spain Editorial Photo

Beautiful ornamental gardens in front of the Galeria de Grutescos. Each of these gardens has its own style, but they are unified by a common sense of purpose “ enclosed by the high walls of the inner palace grounds they offer light and shade, delight of the five senses, and privacy; stairs, benches, pools, and fountains decorated with the elaborate patterns of Mujedar tiles; paving of patterned brickwork and tiles; predominantly evergreen planting with the occasional and seasonal bursts of flowering colour or fallen fruit; the cooling sound, feel, and sight of running water and still pools; everywhere, and even louder than the patter of the tour guides, the sound of birdsong.