The Plaza Mayor is located in front of the cathedral, and is as expected a main meeting place for the locals, as well as the main eating place for tourists. We dined at an unexceptional cafe on the square with the rest of the (sparse) tourist crowd. As any foodie knows, Spain is the new France, the leader in culinary skill and inventiveness that grabs all the attention. And that's clearly true at the top spots. But Spain seems well behind France and Italy, and even England, in casual dining; in France and Italy for example you're virtually assured of a great meal anywhere, while Spain's mid-tier restaurants and cafes can be pretty awful.



After lunch we walked around the city's narrow streets until we eventually arrived at every tourist's second destination, the Alcazar.