Sevilla Province
To the north of the town centre, Osuna’s 5000-capacity Plaza de Toros has been hosting bullfights since it was inaugurated in 1904, and still today stages…
Must-see attractions in Sevilla Province
El Centro & El Arenal
Sandwiched between Plaza de San Francisco and Plaza Nueva is Seville's striking city hall, the Ayuntamiento. In its original form, the building dates to…
Sevilla Province
One of Écija's finest church towers soars above the 18th-century Iglesia de Santa María, just off the central Plaza de España. Inspired by Seville's…
Prioral de Santa María de la Asunción
Sevilla Province
This splendid church was built mainly in the 15th and 16th centuries on the site of Carmona's former mosque. The Patio de los Naranjos, through which you…
Sevilla Province
A short, but in places steep, walk from the Puerta de Córdoba leads through the tough, sun-hardened plains to the Cueva de la Batida. This haunting spot,…
Sevilla Province
Carmona's history, from its origins as a Copper-Age settlement to the modern era, is charted at the city museum, housed in the aristocratic Palacio del…
Sevilla Province
With its two hexagonal towers and neo-classical decor, the result of an 18th-century facelift, this Roman gate originally controlled access to the city…
La Cartuja
This Disney-does-Spanish-colonial amusement park provides an action-packed day out for kids and thrill seekers with an array of white-knuckle rides, shows…
Parroquia de Santa María Magdalena
El Centro & El Arenal
Behind a fairly unobtrusive exterior, this historic late 17th-century church opens to reveal an enormous baroque interior capped by an octagonal cupola…
Sevilla Province
With its Gothic ribbed vaulting, carved Mudéjar-style ceiling and dazzling altarpiece – a shining example of Sevillan baroque – the Santa Clara convent…
Triana
Housed in a former tile factory, this small museum provides a fascinating introduction to Triana and its industrial past. Exhibits, which include brick…
Sevilla Province
This former monastery is now Osuna’s museum of religious art. Its church boasts an impressive baroque altarpiece, while the patio features some wonderful…
Sevilla Province
The Iglesia de San Juan sits a few blocks northeast of Plaza de España. Its main drawcard is its baroque tower, an intricate fairy-tale confection whose…
El Centro & El Arenal
This plaza, a popular early evening drinking hang-out, was once the forum of the ancient Roman city of Hispalis. It's dominated by the Iglesia Colegial…
El Centro & El Arenal
Pedestrianised Calle Sierpes, heading north from Plaza de San Francisco, and the parallel Calle Tetuán/Velázquez form the heart of Seville's main shopping…
Sevilla Province
The stark, ruined fortress on the southeastern edge of Carmona was an Almohad fort that Pedro I turned into a country palace in the 13th century. It was…
Palacio del Marqués de La Gomera
Sevilla Province
Among the most ornate of Osuna's 18th-century mansions, the Palacio del Marqués de La Gomera features elaborate pillars on its pearly-white facade, with…
Sevilla Province
Housed in the 18th-century Palacio de los Hermanos Arjona y Cubas – along with the tourist office – this small municipal museum displays an eclectic mix…
El Centro & El Arenal
Plaza de San Francisco has been Seville's main public square since the 16th century. Forming its western flank is the city's historic city hall, the…
Sevilla Province
West of the Puerta de Sevilla, the 15th-century Iglesia de San Pedro has a rich baroque interior and a tower modelled on Seville's Giralda. It's generally…
Sevilla Province
One of Osuna's most impressive mansions is the late-18th-century Palacio de los Cepeda, now home to the town's law courts. Its facade features a central…
Sevilla Province
Dating to 1773, the Cilla del Cabildo Colegial sports an extravagant facade centred on a columned portal with a sculpted representation of Seville’s…
La Cartuja
Originally built as an observation tower for the 1992 Expo, the 50m-high Torre Schindler is now part of the Pabellón de la Navegación museum. Elevators…
Sevilla Province
Search out this viewing balcony on the eastern edge of the historic centre to admire fantastic views across the hazy brown vega (valley) below.
La Macarena & Alameda de Hércules
Housed in the basement of the Metropol Parasol, this small museum showcases the ancient finds that were unearthed during excavation of the plaza. Raised…
Palacio de los Marqueses de la Algaba
La Macarena & Alameda de Hércules
One of Seville's classic Mudéjar-style palaces, complete with a lovely central courtyard, this historic mansion houses the Centro de la Interpretación…
Museo de Artes y Costumbres Populares
Parque de María Luisa & South of Centre
Boasting an unforgettable setting in the hard-to-miss Pabellón Mudéjar, this low-key museum is dedicated to local arts and traditions. Exhibits include…
El Centro & El Arenal
A classic covered market in the Arenal quarter with the usual array of stalls selling seasonal produce, meat, fish, cheese, as well as tourist tat.
Parque de María Luisa & South of Centre
Appropriately situated by the river, close to the Parque de María Luisa, the modern Aquarium (opened in 2014) tells of the Guadalquivir’s importance in…
La Cartuja
This boxy concrete-and-glass pavilion on the banks of the Río Guadalquivir revived a previous navigation museum that had been here from the 1992 Expo…
Sevilla Province
At the northeastern end of the old town, the Iglesia de Santiago is one of Carmona's oldest churches. Built in the 14th century, it has been much modified…
Sevilla Province
Just inside the old town beyond the Puerta de Sevilla, the Iglesia de San Bartolomé dates from the 15th century – although it owes much of its current…
Sevilla Province
Carmona's 17th-century town hall, originally a Jesuit convent, contains an impressive Roman mosaic depicting the head of the gorgon Medusa surrounded by…
Sevilla Province
The main feature of the 18th-century Palacio de Govantes y Herdara is its wooden portal framed by bizarrely twisted pillars encrusted with grapes and vine…
Sevilla Province
This 14th-century church, said to stand atop a former mosque, boasts a soaring Mudéjar tower and a grand Gothic portal in its plain white facade. It's…
Sevilla Province
This Roman amphitheatre from the 1st century BC sits on a parched, sun-drenched spot on the western edge of town. It's not open to visitors but you can…
Sevilla Province
This balcony on the northern flank of the old town commands views of the surrounding plains and the Cueva de la Batida, a series of caves set in a dun…
Iglesia de San Pablo y Santo Domingo
Sevilla Province
This modest Gothic-Mudéjar church, built in the late 1500s and early 1600s, boasts some theatrical baroque decor and an 18th-century brick belltower.
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la O
Triana
A historic late-17th-century church in the Triana neighbourhood. Of particular note is the ornate baroque retablo behind the main altar.
