The Beautiful Main Garden at Casa de Pilatos
I am glad that I explored the main parts of the palace first. It gave me time to just hang out in the large garden courtyard and dream. The colors are beautiful, although I am not usually one to love pastels. But everything about this area is perfect. There are three separate additions to the palace, all separate wings and all slightly different from the main palace. Three added wings off a main building creates a square courtyard in the middle. This large courtyard is filled with paths, small trees, vegetation and probably flowers during the warmer seasons. There is also a natural spring off to the side, which I read was quite rare for an individual residence. But I guess that this in not your ordinary residence!
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| I head out of the main building towards the wing on the left. I shall call is The Pastel Wing. |
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| I am not one to like the color yellow on the exterior of a residence. But this is lovely! |
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| I SO wanted to jump up and pose as the statue in the middle! |
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| This is what I had just seen from inside. |
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| I walk out to the middle fountain to take my photo of The Pastel Wing. Then I turn around to continue... |
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| Absolutely breathtaking! Notice the gal up on the terrace painting, on the right. I shall call this The Painter's Wing. |
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| Look at the ceiling above, on each level. The detail! |
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| Ahhh, there is a door below, slightly ajar. |
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| Open doors always deserve a peek. |
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| There is a small gurgling fountain in front of the slightly open door. |
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| I peek inside, there is a man working on an old wood project, perhaps a door? |
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| Looking out across the garden from the Painter's Wing. |
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| On the immediate right is a one story building, that I believe used to be used as the bath house? I shall call it the Bath House wing, regardless. Besides, there is a natural springs next door, so that makes sense. This is my favorite spot! |
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| Walking onto the front area terrace area of the Bath House. |
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| The small gurgling fountain, in the middle of the terrace immediately attracts my attention. It is small, enchanting and something that should not be too difficult to recreate elsewhere in the future. I love this! My foot is shown, to show the size. |
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| On the terrace, as I look to my left, I see an ancient marble statue and various tiles. Look at the tiles here! So random, yet perfectly placed! I want to do this on a future project! SO lovely! |
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| Standing on the front of the Bath House terrace, I can see the gal painting across on the left patio. |
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| Looking out across the garden, I notice a dark red building with a strange entryway in the front. |
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| Once I get closer, I hear water and see a statue inside. |
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| This is the natural springs on this estate. This was why this wealthy family built here, I would imagine. Because of the fresh water. |
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| Elsewhere near the garden was an area where they stored interesting marble items. It was so overgrown with vines over the top, that it looked like a room. |
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| Another room off the garden. I am not sure why this is here, or what it is, but it is pretty nonetheless. |
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| Time to head out the door and find some tapas! |
