If there’s one year which is of the most significance to Seville, it’s 1929. This is the year of the Ibero-American exhibition; an event which the city prepared for for two decades. A whole new area of the city was created, giving birth to many of the best things to see/do in Seville, and the […]
Keep Cool in the Top 10 Plazas in Seville for Summer As you walk around Seville, you will find a city made up of tight streets spilling out into beautiful plazas. This style of city planning developed as the best way to keep the town cool in the unbearably hot summers. The shady streets funnelling […]
What you’ll see on a Granada day trip from Seville Granada is a breathtakingly beautiful place perched at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Although small, it gets more visitors per year than almost any other Spanish city for one key reason; its famed Alhambra palace. We will get to the Alhambra, but there […]
If you’re from a temperate country, the idea of going somewhere ridiculously hot may well appeal to you. In fact, the weather in Seville was one of the key features in this writer choosing to move to the city! However, all roses have their thorns; and the weather of Seville can turn into a drawback […]
If you walk around the streets of Seville at the end of May you will be struck by two things. Your primary thought will be how perfect the weather is. But once you’re done admiring the weather, you’ll turn your attention to all the decorations being put up everywhere and start to wonder what they’re […]
Triana is one of the most famous suburbs of Seville. An area with a fascinating past, and its own unique culture, as alive today as it ever was. Crossing the Triana bridge to the river’s left bank can feel like more than just crossing into a new neighbourhood, but crossing a threshold into a new […]
Gibraltar is a fascinating place. Although not even three square miles (less than seven square kilometres), it has a population of 32,000 people; this makes it the fifth most densely populated territory in the world. Further to this it has seen countless wars and skirmishes between nations trying to claim it for themselves. The majority […]
Spain is famed for many things, not least among them is it’s religious festivals and pilgrimages. Seville has one of the largest Holy Week celebrations in the world and you may well have heard of the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostella. By the time Pentecost comes around, however, Spain decides to up the anti and […]
If you’ve ever seen photos of Seville during Semana Santa, you will have seen hoards of ominously cloaked figures. These people are a huge part of the culture of the city, we’re going to take a quick tour through the history of these people in Spain. Family and tradition are hugely important to Spanish culture; […]
For tourists, Seville is very different on a Monday. It’s common in cities throughout the world to find that many museums are closed on Mondays, and Seville is no different. Museums need to be closed at least one day of the week for cleaning and general maintenance and it has been the tradition in Europe […]
Private Guided Visit of the Alhambra
by Claire T.
Exclusive Tapas and Flamenco Night
by David
