A few weekends ago we decided to go and have a look at the Roman villas in Medina Sidonia. We’d heard there was a fantastic theatre, and villas which still had intact mosaic floors.

It was a lovely sunny day, and with camera batteries fully charged we set off for a bit of Roman culture. As we were entering the town I saw a sign for the Roman architectural site. We parked the car and set off on foot. Eventually we came to a big building on a small street, with a sign above the door saying Museum Of Roman Architecture. I must admit, I thought it was a bit odd that we were in the centre of the town, and that we were about to go inside a building, but this is Spain and you have to expect the unexpected. We paid the entrance fee and told to go through the doors behind us to the external exhibition area. See! Expect the unexpected and good old Spain delivers. We walked down some steps, then some more, and then some more. We ended up in a dark tunnel. We walked to the end of the tunnel and turned into another one. We walked to the end of that tunnel and turned into a much smaller tunnel. I could see day light, so we shuffled our way along until we came to some steps. We went up the steps and found ourselves at the exit onto the street. HUH? I went back through the entrance and asked the women on the desk where the theatre and villas were? “Merida”, she said. “And where am I?” I asked. “Medina”

So, if you want to see fantastic Roman ruins go to Merida (which is about another five hours drive on from Medina). On the other hand, if you want loads of photographs of the Roman sewers of Medina I’m your man.

Here is a link to some (bad) photos of Merida.