Description
- Admire the beauty of Andalusian horses and the traditional colourful costumes
- Learn about the origins of the Seville Fair
- Discover the atmosphere inside two casetas
From: 112,15 $
The traditional Seville Fair is a huge explosion of color and festivities that takes hold of the city every year during an entire week and your local guide takes you right to the middle of this happening.
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During our recent two day visit to Seville we had a chance to join two different tours with Not Just a Tourist: the April Fair Tour (with David) and the Triana Tapas Tour (with Jose). Mahsa (one of the company principals) was a great help in choosing and booking the tours and also providing lots of information on what to expect so that we could get the full enjoyment from the tours.
To start with, the Seville April Fair is simply out of this world! We could have never imagined the sheer scale and energy of it. One really has to be there and experience it first hand in order to really appreciate it, and David is just the perfect guide to show it off. Just navigating the busy “streets” while trying to stay together as a group (we joined another family on this tour) was super challenging but definitely fun. We were grinning the whole time and commenting on how electric the atmosphere was: the endless parade of horse drawn carriages, locals all dressed in the traditional flamenco attire, hundreds of beautifully decorated casetas, etc. During the tour we had a chance to visit two private casetas and both times it was like stepping into another world, where we could relax and enjoy the music, plenty of excellent tapas, and of course the rebujito (Sherry with Sprite). Throughout the tour David provided an insightful commentary about the fair and Seville, and even gave Sevillana dance lessons! At the end of the tour we were joined by Mahsa and another tour guide (unfortunately her name escapes me) for some “churros con chocolate” and coffee – a perfect way to finish the night!
The following night we met up with Jose at the Trina Bridge for the tapas tour. It was an amazing experience as well. We strolled the charming streets and stopped at four tapas bars. They were all quite different from each other (which gave us a very nice perspective) but all of them had a definite “locals-only” feel. We sampled a huge variety of dishes from seafood to Spanish omelettes, and everything in between. In fact the experience of going to tapas bars with a local expert enabled us to better enjoy Spanish food for the rest of the trip. We had such a nice time with Jose that we could have easily spent the entire night eating and chatting! The food was amazing and the atmosphere could not have been better.
I would definitely recommend Not Just A Tourist to anyone visiting Seville. Thank you Mahsa, David, and Jose for making OUR visit to Seville a very special one!