Seville

I copied this across on 24th June 2013 and tarted it up a bit. I had another look at the page in 2024 and tried to repair the broken links and added some more stuff. I first visited Seville just before the Easter of 2006. As ever I used the Rough Guide to Andalucia to plan the holiday and posted some of my pictures in a set at flickr. This was first made in 2008  and some of this is pretty outdated.

Things to do | Transport | Hotels

The Guardian reviewed their wiki’s Seville page in the weekend travel supplement of the 2nd September 2006, which is here…, they revisited it in October 2007, here…

Getting there

Not so easy these days, I plan to fly and train, see also my Madrid page

Getting to and from the Airport

Bus (EA), taxi or Uber/Bolt it seems, no metro nor train.

Public Transport

The buses cost €1.40, and can be bought on the bus, for cash or with a card, although the Airport Bus costs €4.00. There is a multi-day pass, which can be bought for 1.50 and is a wallet, and so has what you put on it.

The Seville Metro, is described on this page, and has a map. There is one line, which is colour coded on the map. The underground/subway system is a separate system and has a separate map.

Next Time

Things to do in Seville, by Trip Advisor, we did quite well last time.

And,

• The tourism office have a site, introducing Seville.
• Tripadvisor on Art Galleries, including, Real Academia de Bellas Artes de Santa Isabel de Hungria
• See some Flamenco again, possibly the same place
• Alcazar again
• Hospital de le Caridad, another art gallery
• Visit the Triana
• Visit the Setas de Sevilla

Hotels

Also the Hotel Rey Alfonso X – booked in 2025, for others I considered, check the google city map I made.

In 2006, I stayed at the Casas de los Mercaderes, which is part of a group whose site is here…. When I originally found this site it was very much optimised for IE, but it seems the site has changed and on re-reading the Rough Guide, it would seem the whole chain is located in interesting and well located buildings. The Casas de los Mercaderes has a sun roof.

Tips from the Guardian

All sorts of things

• You want Moor!, from the Guardian Travel 27 Oct 2007, covers things to see and do, places to eat, Dancing, Late Night bars and Where to Stay!

Restaurants

• El Faro de Triana, in the Triana on the Guadalquvir
• Restaurante San Marco written by David Munk, who kindly put a bunch of things into the site all of which look good. (Thank you!). The building sounds fun here.

Bars

• Barbiana
• Bogeda Belmonte, by david munk, at 24 Calle Mateos Gago
• La Carboniera, Calle Levies 18, B. Santa Cruz.
• Las Columnas, near the Cathedral.

Things to Do

• Museo del Baile Flamenco
• Learn Spanish
• Use the Arabian Baths @
• Visit Cadiz, its an hour by Rail.

Things I did in 2025

• Casa Di Pilates
• Plaza De Espanya & Parc Marie Luisa
• Modern Art Museum aka Centro Andaluz de Arte Contempor, their current exhibitions
• Museo del Baile Flamenco

Things we did

• Visited the Cathedral and Giradeli
• Visted the Alcazar, tapas bars in the Barrio Santa Cruz, travelled in the rain down the river and back.
• We visited a rather amazing fine art gallery, entrance free to EU passport holders, I must find a link. The building was amazing.
• During a downpour, we dropped into the Restaurant Horacio, one of my most enjoyable meals, which seems to have gone.