Discovering Seville, the capital of Andalusia, is like dreaming with the eyes wide open...You will be charmed by its colours, by the various cultures which have given its shape and atmosphere to the city. Between flamenco and “corridas” (bull fights), Seville has known how to preserve the richness of its traditions.

There is a touch of vanity in the way that Seville, like a pretty woman, perfumes itself with the heady smell of orange blossoms in Spring, puts on its best dress for the April fair and discloses its deepest passions during the Holy Week. There is no escape: you too will be seduced.

Seville has learnt from the Romans the architecture of its houses, it has borrowed from the Arabs their taste for luxury and from the Christians their religion, while adapting it however to its own understanding of faith and conception of life. If you wish to enjoy every single moment of your stay without hurry, Seville – where the pleasure of living is a leitmotiv – will enchant you.

We advise you to take a walk through the typical quarter of Santa Cruz and the wonderful tropical park of María Luisa. We also recommend you to go for a drink in La Carbonería, a place where you can hear and see authentic flamenco and sevillanas. You should not fail to visit the cathedral with its “Giralda” (spire) – the world’s third largest, its innumerable churches, the Alcázar and its gardens, Pilatos’ house, the Maestranza …

At the weekend, all the young people meet up on the many squares or on the verges of the river Guadalquivir and they hold a “botellón”: they drink (“botella” means “bottle”) and chat for a while before moving on to the numerous bars and discos of the city.

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