A Tram Tour of Carife
Let's take a tram tour of Carife. We'll start off at the Palacio Real station, located next to the Palacio Real (no, really.) I'll be your tour guide, and when we go by an important place, I'll explain it.
First we'll go through the old quarter, named the "Barrio Gótico" or Gothic Quarter.
Here is the Church of Santa Maria de los Buenos Aires, which was built in the late 1700s in a baroque style. The church's patron is "Our Lady of the Good Winds" which is the subject of a famous painting by the painter Rudolfo Durrivasques.
The Church of the Assumption is also located in the old town. It is a different style from the Church of Santa Maria de los Buenos Aires, and it is the tallest spire in the Gothic Quarter, which can be seen from different parts of the city. The nearby station is the "Barrio Gótico Station" which is the main tram station in the old town.
Now after going through the congested area around the Plaza Mayor (unfortunately I couldn't get any good angles of it, so I just skipped through) we're on the Avenida Muralla, named after the defensive walls that were built around the old city. Later on, the city walls were torn down and replaced with an avenue to connect the old town with the newer areas. This is widely considered the "main drag" of Carife, as it is in the center of the city and also the most crowded.
In the upper-right corner is a little glimpse of the Plaza de Marineros, which is the location of the Monument of the Sailors. Nearby is the Plaza de Marineros station. This area has a lot of great nightlife, mostly consisting of Tapas bars and Nightclubs.
Now we're going along the only beach in central Carife, which gets heavily crowded during Summer. The line ends here, so let's head the opposite way of the line from the Palacio Real, which goes by the Seaport and CBD.
This is the Duruelo station, located next to the seaport. Carife, being a Mediterranean port, has a modestly-sized but busy port, which is often used for shipping around Spain, France, Portugal, Italy, and elsewhere. The Duruelo neighborhood is known as the birthplace of Eduardo Duruelo, a famous colonial Mesian governor who was liked greatly by the people of Mesias, and stood up to the mean old San Pedro empire.
This next station, named "Avenida" is located in the "CBD" of Carife (which really only consists of 3 high-rise office building) and is usually busy with businessmen. The tall building on the left, the Torre Duruelo, is the tallest building in the city.
Now we've passed the zoo, turned around, and are on Avenida Real, which is the avenue that intersects both the Avenida Muralla and Avenida Mayor near the Palacio Real.
The Franciscian Hospice of St. Clare was a hospital run by Franciscian nuns who would care for very sick patients. Today it is a fully functioning hospital, but no longer run by the Franciscian nuns.
And finally, here's a picture of the short little line that connects the tramline along the Avenida Muralla and the one that goes along the Avenida Mayor. This station is called "Plaza Mayor", even though it's a block away from the Plaza Mayor itself.
I hope you enjoyed the tram tour of Carife!
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