Devall Travels

Once the shorts were exchanged for jeans we set off again for the Amphitheatre and Theatre. Following the tourist signs. After three passes alongside and a failed parking attempt by the Mérida football stadium we parked opposite outside a school. The entrance to the site was on the other side tbough. Once we had paid the €15 entry, this covers all sites in Mérida, we were free to wander . And then to the theatre. We left the site and had a coffee and a think about where to go next. Lunch. posted from Bloggeroid

Day 4. Sunny. The plan today was to do the Roman theatre and the other roman sites in Orange. So after breakfast we were out just after 9.30am for the short walk round to the theatre. The main wall facade can only be seen in photographs as France 2 TV station has lined the entire wall with portababins to house the crew and entertainers at the many concerts, both opera and musical that take place during the summer. The €9 entry fee gets the free audioguide and entry into the theatre and also to the museum across the road. We spent a good few hours going from one audioguide spot to the next as it took us up rows and rows of steps to the top. The main wall is the original as is the upper where it is built into the hillside, but much of the seating was replaced by the Victorians as it had been looted over the 1500 years since the Roman empire had failed. The job has been done very well as it looked to fit right in. In fast, only the first three rows are Rom...