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Pincher

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8,918 posts

222 months

Monday 26th August
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Off to Seville for a longish weekend soon - what’s on the ‘must do’ list?

(I have a few ideas already but am always open to suggestions)

RedWhiteMonkey

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187 months

Monday 26th August
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The Seville Cathedral rooftop tour is good. Try to book the last one of the day, then when you come back down you exit through an empty cathedral.

Other than that, drink plenty of sherry and eat lots of tapas.

mikef

5,144 posts

256 months

Monday 26th August
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Alcàzar (you can book before you go)


Flamenco evening


River cruise


And fantastic food

rdjohn

6,329 posts

200 months

Monday 26th August
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Book a walking tour with WalkGuru. You learn lots in just a couple of hours

A couple of places to try for tapas are

https://tabernacoloniales.es/coloniales-san-pedro/

It is mainly a place for locals before they go on somewhere in the evening, but look at what they are eating and order some of that, if you like the look of it.

https://mercadodetrianasevilla.com/

The old market with lots of stalls to whet your appetite. Best for lunch, busiest at 2pm, naturally.

http://www.restauranteelrincondebeirut.es/

If you like middle eastern food and get fed up with tapas.

Pincher

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Tuesday 27th August
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RedWhiteMonkey said:
The Seville Cathedral rooftop tour is good. Try to book the last one of the day, then when you come back down you exit through an empty cathedral.

Other than that, drink plenty of sherry and eat lots of tapas.
Cool - there's one on the Friday at 8:30pm. None on Saturday and I'll hopefully be at the football on Sunday, so Friday it is then thumbup

Pincher

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Tuesday 27th August
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mikef said:
Alcàzar (you can book before you go)


Flamenco evening


River cruise


And fantastic food
Alcazar was on the list and will deffo try to find some Flamenco on Saturday evening.

I'll check the boat cruise out as well.

Pincher

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Tuesday 27th August
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rdjohn said:
Book a walking tour with WalkGuru. You learn lots in just a couple of hours

A couple of places to try for tapas are

https://tabernacoloniales.es/coloniales-san-pedro/

It is mainly a place for locals before they go on somewhere in the evening, but look at what they are eating and order some of that, if you like the look of it.

https://mercadodetrianasevilla.com/

The old market with lots of stalls to whet your appetite. Best for lunch, busiest at 2pm, naturally.

http://www.restauranteelrincondebeirut.es/

If you like middle eastern food and get fed up with tapas.
That walking tour is a great shout - have booked on to one for Saturday morning - looks like it is free and you just tip as you see fit?

I'll check out the tapas place as it's only a 5 minute walk from my hotel and will head to the market as well if I get time beer



Edit - I reckon I can do the market at 8:00 for an hour or so before the walking tour at 10:30 and have time for a churro biggrin

Edited by Pincher on Tuesday 27th August 09:21

MarkJS

1,698 posts

152 months

Tuesday 27th August
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The Plaza de España is stunning in the sunshine and the The Maestranza Bullring is well worth a visit.

It's a gorgeous city with some breathtaking architecture.

Pincher

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Tuesday 27th August
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The Plaza was already definitely on the list !

rdjohn

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200 months

Tuesday 27th August
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The guided walk ends at Plaza Espana.

The other pavilions in the park are worth exploring plus there is also plenty of shade in the park. In the heat of the day. Its worth remembering that peak season in Seville is March, April, May for a reason. We were there mid-March and it was 26C

vixen1700

23,868 posts

275 months

Tuesday 27th August
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The tiny little flamenco theatre (about 20 seats) at the Mercado de Triana food market is a must. We went to a 6.00pm show and walked out absolutely shell-shocked and speechless.

Well worth a visit.

Enjoy, it's a lovely city. smile

some bloke

1,151 posts

72 months

Tuesday 27th August
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We were there about 5 years ago and really enjoyed it. The alcazar and cathedral are both worth a look; also the Roman museum at the Setas de Sevilla is pretty interesting if you're into that. I think my favourite bar was Casa Vizcaino purely because they keep track of your tab with chalk on the bar.

We booked on a walking tour but after about an hour of walking to different hotels collecting people without any actual tour stuff we just drifted off and had a couple of cañas and some tapas. It's one of those places where there's always something interesting to see around the next corner.

Milnsey

222 posts

225 months

Tuesday 27th August
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Nice restaurants on Calle Betis on the Triana side of the river

mark-3bw80

68 posts

23 months

Tuesday 27th August
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Don't whatever you do kick any oranges about, they don't like it and you could get fined.

Pincher

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222 months

Tuesday 27th August
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Great suggestions all - keep them coming.

Pincher

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Tuesday 27th August
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rdjohn said:
The guided walk ends at Plaza Espana.
Just noticed tthat that is the meeting place for the tour.

omniflow

2,781 posts

156 months

Tuesday 27th August
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These 3 places were all great.

Bar Santa Ana, Calle Pureza near Real Parroquia de Señora Santa Ana - Very nice Tapas bar in Triana, be aware - kitchen closes at 11pm.

El Rinconcillo, Calle Gerona - the oldest Tapas bar in Seville (Spain?), as featured on Rick Stein. Definitely worth a visit.

Perro Viejo, off Calle Lerana near Setas. Not really Spanish, but really nice food.


rdjohn

6,329 posts

200 months

Wednesday 28th August
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Pincher said:
rdjohn said:
The guided walk ends at Plaza Espana.
Just noticed tthat that is the meeting place for the tour.
I suppose they try to cut down on overcrowding. Several tours were crossing over, back in March.

Pincher

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Wednesday 28th August
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omniflow said:
These 3 places were all great.

Bar Santa Ana, Calle Pureza near Real Parroquia de Señora Santa Ana - Very nice Tapas bar in Triana, be aware - kitchen closes at 11pm.

El Rinconcillo, Calle Gerona - the oldest Tapas bar in Seville (Spain?), as featured on Rick Stein. Definitely worth a visit.

Perro Viejo, off Calle Lerana near Setas. Not really Spanish, but really nice food.
Just added El Rinconcillo to the list thumbup

Elderly

3,534 posts

243 months

Wednesday 28th August
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We went to the abandoned 1992 Spanish Expo site - that was a very different ‘tourist spot’ experience !