Spanish Plaza

No care

This could be very well looked after and made a place where tourists could throng with cafes and food vans. It is not.

Best days if there were any are in the distant past!

Don’t bother, desolate, rundown, surrounded by construction and not too impressive to begin with. Waste of time getting there and getting out

Nice fountain.

Spanish Plaza is a large round fountain sitting in the riverfront. What is interesting is all the major Spanish cities and their coat of arms is on the inside of the fountain. Nice!

Skip it.

Skip it. Might be a lovely spot someday, but needs some TLC. Fountain tiles are faded and cracked. Water was not running during our visit. There is construction all around, which makes it a little mor...

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