Seville is one of the largest cities in Spain and its landscape is characterised by orange growths and a sunny climate which can become almost unbearable for tourists during the months of July and August, with temperatures as high as 40ºc not being unusual.
The first landmark you can spot on entering the city is the Cathedral, one of the largest remaining Gothic cathedrals; built on the foundations of the city’s former Mosque with what was originally a minaret now being the famous bell tower, La Giralda. Other important sights and attractions include the Alcazar, a stunning old Moorish Palace with extravagant Mudejar interiors and lush gardens, the Torre del Oro which was a watchtower built by the Almohad dynasty and, of course the Real Betis Balompie and Sevilla FC football grounds. During the Ibero American Expo’ 92 World Fair, the Maria Luisa Park was built and remains today an attractive green area with monuments and museums. The Santa Cruz neighbourhood which was built on the old Jewish area is home to some of the city’s most important sights and its pretty winding streets make a great place for a stroll.
What attractions can you visit if you decide to spend a couple of days in Seville?
Seville´s april Fair The famous poet Lord Byron once referred to Seville as being famous for its oranges and women and when one sees the festival out here, the meaning of his words become clear.Spain is noted for the various colorful and extensive festivals and Seville's April Fair (La Feria de Abril) is one of them which presents a true picture of a vibrant and colorful Spain. Seville’s April Fair was started in 1846, surprisingly, by two none-sevillians, a Basque and a Catalan. The main purpose of these two industrious founders was no other than to improve business (trade and agriculture).
However, after some time the local people changed the character of the fair into something more festive and colorful. It has now converted to one of the mayor folkloric celebrations in Spain and one of the main tourist attractions of Seville.
Some important features of this extravagantly rich festival are as follows:-
The fair officially begins on Monday at midnight, normally 2 weeks after Semana Santa (Holy Week), and ends with a fireworks display the following Sunday, again, at midnight
The grand opening of "La Feria de Abril" is done with "El Alumbrado" (the lighting)which means the official lighting of the lanterns where half a million little lights are turned on at once, especially at the main gate.
People dress in traditional costumes — not only on the fairground but in the city as well. It's wonderful and bizarre to see woman in costimes of the 18th century.
At noon every day there is a procession called the 'Paseo de Caballos' in which local girls in their full flamenco outfit are pulled through the city in beautiful carriages by splendid horses.
The city is overbooked well in advance for this event as thousand of locals and tourists alike party until dawn.
In the evening some of the year's top bullfights take place at the Plaza de Toros de Maestranza with tickets selling out well in advance.
In the afternoon, one cannot miss the majestic parade of carts and horses, being the horse riders dressed in the typical "traje corto
The Feria, where the natural beauty of the Sevillian girls and women is enhanced by the typical flamenca dresses, is an ideal place for cordiality and friendship amongst glasses of manzanilla wine (sherry), some tapas (small andalusian snacks) to eat, with singing an couples dancing Sevillanas (a specific version of the flamenco dance). The most important reason for going to the fair is just to have fun with friends and enjoying a festive surrounding
The Venue:-
This delighful Seville fair is celebrated every year on an huge open site (about 1500 x 700 meters), just out of the city center, to the south of the Los Remedios quarter, opposite of the Maria Luisa park. On this site, the Seville people and companies construct thousands of small, temporary “houses” of cardboard walls and canvas roofing, known as casetas. The place turns into an ephemeral city that only needs to last one week.
If you are planning to come to Spain don’t even dare miss out this fun as it is an experience of a lifetime. Come and enjoy the color, the place and the festive mood!
How to get to Sevilla?
You can fly to Madrid and after that you can get to Sevilla in
Spanish High Speed is a service of high speed trains operating at speeds of up to 300 km/h (186 mph) on dedicated track.
Sevilla City is 9 Km,s from San Paul Airport, between the y La Rinconada (verlo en
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By car: From Sevilla, along Highway link with la national road A-4 direction Madrid. In the milestone 533, you can get the lane lade onto the airport . Parking costs abou 1 euro/1 hour, 6 euros the full day .
Buses: each thirty minutes from airport and from" la Puerta de Jerez" en Sevilla Center Town, it costs 2,20 euros.
Taxies: 10-15 minutos from airport to city center it costs about 20 euros.
AENA Sevilla airpot InformationAir componies who flies from Sevilla Airpot- Ryanair, Seville to Liverpool, Londres (Stansted), and Milán. (Ryanair y website de Ryanair).
- Aer Lingus, Sevilla - Dublín. Ver Website de Air Lingus.
- Vueling, Barcelona and Valencia. Website de Vueling.
- Air Berlín, Las Palmas, Palma de mallorca, Londres, Amsterdan and others german cities Website de Air Berlin.
- Iberia, Airnostrum, British Airways, Spanair, SN Brussels Airlines, Lufthansa, Air France, Air Europa, GB AIRWAYS LTD, Futura.
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Seville`s Tapas Bars
The most typical as in Seville as in the rest of Andalusia, is to eating tapas ,tapas is the name for a wide variety of appetizers in Spanish cuisine. They may be cold, such as mixed olives and cheese, or warm, such as puntillitas.In the most of bars and restaurants, you can get all kinds of food ,good quality/price where not only the tourist, either sevillian people enjoy themselves of a great sevillian food/tapas variety.(Casa Carmelo)
"The Word Tapas translates as a lid and in old Spain the practice of placing a small saucer on top of a drink to keep out flies began with an order by King Alfonso X. While he was king he ordered that at all inns serve small bites of food while serving wine. He believed this would help promote good health and soon the Tapas tradition was born. Spain is a very social country where people move from one Tapas bar to another to enjoy wine tasting and often political conversations - all with a few nibbles placed on the cover plates."
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