Seville at Night
The inhabitants of Seville know how to enjoy their free time and the city offers a wide selection of night spots.
Category: Seville attractions
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Seville Art Galleries and Antique Shops
The Alfalfa neighborhood, especially around the Cabeza del Rey Don Pedro Street and adjacent streets, contains a large number of antique shops and galleries which exhibit and sell contemporary art. The rest of the city’s antique shops are located in the shopping district. In these streets the traveler can find a large number of stores [...]
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Parks and gardens in Seville
Seville is a city of orange trees which fill the streets with the smell of orange blossoms every spring. As a result of the city’s Moorish heritage, the gardens of Seville are, for the most part, peaceful and hidden away. The most emblematic of Sevillian gardens is that which belongs to the Alcázar, of Moorish [...]
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The Museum of Fine Arts
Set up in the old Convent of la Merced, built in the 18th century by Juan de Oviedo, it is arranged around three patios. Here the visitor can admire works by El Greco, Velázquez, Zurbarán and Valdés Leal. Especially interesting is the Murillo collection located in the convent’s church.
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The park and its surroundings
This journey begins at the Puerta de Jerez (Jerez gate), an area which was developed in the mid-19th century when the wall’s door was demolished and the Tagarete rivulet dried up. A garden was planted and the spot was transformed into a square in 1929.
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Triana
Some believe that the name of this neighborhood comes from “tri” (three) and “ana” (rivers) since three rivers meet at this location. Others contend that the name comes from “Trajan”, because it was founded by Trajan, the Roman emperor. It is the birthplace of bullfighters, folklore singers and historic personalities such as Rodrigo de Triana, [...]
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Arenal
The bullfighter’s neighborhood par-excellence is the location of the Maestranza Bullring. It was previously a large open space between the Triana Door and the Torre del Oro (Golden Tower). The Paseo del Arenal, where Lope de Vega set the exploits of his picaresque heroes, was created in the 16th century.
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San Vicente and San Lorenzo
These two neighborhoods, looking out over the Guadalquivir, opposite the Island of La Cartuja, were established in the Middle Ages and experienced their greatest periods of growth during the Renaissance and Baroque years, periods of great monumental richness.
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Shopping District
This is an area of lively pedestrian streets, lined with shops, many of them hundreds of years old. A walk through this area begins at the Jesuit Temple of La Anunciación, Renaissance construction by Hernán Ruiz with paintings by Roelas and sculptures by Montañés. Continuing along Martín Villa the traveler arrives at La Campana, the [...]
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San Luis, Macarena and Feria
This area is made up of a group of different neighborhoods with authentic Sevillian flavor. In by-gone days it was a neighbourhood renowned for its strong typical flavor. It is a popular part of town – we might call it a village inside the city. Its streets, such as the Calle de la Feria, where [...]
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San Bartolomé, Pilatos, La Alfalfa
The neighborhood begins at the extremely popular Puerta de la Carne (Meat Door), which is named after an old slaughterhouse situated there. It preserves the atmosphere of old, popular Seville, whose intricate network of streets has maintained Arab and medieval buildings combined with palatial and religious constructions of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.
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Cruz and the Cathedral
A distillation of all that is typically Andalusian, the neighborhood of Santa Cruz (the old Jewish Quarter), the Cathedral, the Giralda, the Archivo de Indias (Archive of the Indies) and the Alcázar, are must-see monuments of Seville. They offer pleasures for the five senses, representations of history and legend and insights into Andalusian culture and [...]
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Seville tourist attractions
As the capital of Andalucia, Sevilla has enjoyed a colorful history stretching back over 2,500 years. Whether strolling around the gardens of Casa de Pilatos or looking up in awe at Alcazar, it isn’t hard to believe.
February 1, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Seville travel guide
Coming to Seville is like seeing Spain on parade. Tapas. Flamenco. Bullfighting. Art. Poetry. Pottery. Architecture. Style. History. Cervicitas!* It is all here – in splendour. Seville , in the southern Spanish region called Andalusia , is what many people describe as “the most Spanish of all Spanish cities”. It was home to Carmen and [...]
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