So, like, what is there to do in Seville?

2. Go to the Real Alcazar. Also very cool, interesting blend of architectural styles.

3. If you're not squeamish, go to the bullfights. I think the season should be up-and-running right now.

4. You can check out the World's Fair grounds, altho I didn't.

5. Walk by the riverside.

6. Spend a lot of time in the Barrio de Santa Cruz. Lots of amazing little tiny alleys and old homes. And good bars.

7. You just missed the big festival thingy (is it called the Santa Semana or something like that?), but you could check out the icon/virgin statue thingy.

8. There are some Roman ruins outside the city that look kinda cool, but I got there too late to get in.

Oh, and no bull-fighting. Ewww!! I went to the bullfighting museum in Ronda last time I was in Spain and that was enough.

I've never been, but you might be able to extend your footballing pleasure by watching Sevilla or (the better option) Real Betis Balompie.

I think it's only about an hour to the seaside.

Don't go to the bullfights, it would be like me going to see the caber-tossing in Scotland. Actually I would quite like to do that.

Which part of Star Wars was that, by the way? I can't imagine it.

The Alcazar is fucking sweet - a must-see.

Finally made it back to Seville last week just for the day, eight years after starting this thread. LOVED the cathedral (I'm a sucker for big ornate churches, and this is a total doozy, I could have stayed there all day) and the Alcazar, did a wee wander around Plaza d'Espana and some of the other 1928 Expo buildings, ate tapas, went on a trip down the river to look again at the 1992 Expo stuff (which I'd seen before when I was over for the football, which was up that end of the town). Lovely place, will go back for longer next time.

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anything else? late September, four days

upthread basically covered it for my to-do list, but i'm pretty narrowly focused on architecture. alcazar and the cathedral (incl. la giralda) are the major must-sees. spanish gothic is so fascinating. so broad. you can really feel the influence of the more horizontal space of a mosque, even where the actual building is not a reconverted islamic structure (e.g. the bizarre interruption of the great mosque in cordoba by a little chunk of baroque church space).

for a dose of something contemporary, check out the "metropol parasol" over the plaza de la encarnación. this was still under construction when i was there so i can't vouch for how well they ultimately pulled it off, but it's kinda cool and i think maybe also includes a small archaeology museum (?) (one of those "oops, the site had archaeological remains, now we have to find a way to display them" deals). possibly will be better if you don't look at photos first. archdaily and mimoa suggest some other minor contempo stuff has predictably gone up in the last half-decade, but at a glance none of it's anything i'd plan my day around.

definitely chilling/eating/drinking on the alameda.

i was pretty good with about 36 hours in seville but again i am a narrow-minded kind of traveler and we were on a fairly punishing schedule generally, which i don't recommend for everybody. still, you might consider having up your sleeve some kinda little outing someplace else, depending on your schedule. cordoba is not very far away, and both the mosque and the streetscape are very very good. plus roman bridges and stuff like that, IIRC. granada (the alhambra) is further and probably requires a change of trains or something, but the alhambra IS pretty good. takes a chunk of time to do it right though.

great stuff, thanks!

did Granada a few years back (really liked it as far as one long day can tell), won't have car on this trip so cordoba will have to wait another time.

45 minutes by train! supposedly! plus a hike/taxi to the really old part of town. juuuust sayin!

I was only in Seville for one night. Highlights were definitely the Alcazar and Cathedral, but I enjoyed just walking around. The 18th century tobacco factory taken over by the university is neat, worth passing through if you're walking from the Cathedral/Alcazar to the Plaza de España.

I could have spent way longer in the Alcazar and Alhambra.

what's Spanish for en route hey

horse drawn tour, normally written off as corny tourist behaviour, great for a town as small and packed as seville imre

have u visited the site of the miracles performed by san juan de la cruz prior to his martyrdom at the hands of the savages of north london

nope we're concentrating mainly on the walkable sections between the river and the alcazar until heading to Madrid on wed

also too soon fu

la di da

seville has enough oranges without the west brit fraternity clogging the place up anyway

I barked at a busload of geriatric nederlanders until they cleared a thoroughfare for us today, that's literally barked BTW I v much enjoy being a stranger in a strange land