Seville, Spain Travel Blogs

Expo 92, Sevilla
Nov 2, 2007 (63 photos)

... through the Jewish Quarter and we get our twenty minutes of shopping.  Make a couple of purchases and head for the Seville Cathedral - the largest Gothic cathedral in the world and has the largest floor area of any cathedral in the world.  When ...

Half Time
Nov 21, 2007 (17 photos)

I hit my 50 day mark in Seville, Spain.  I can't believe it's only been 50 days because it seems like I've been traveling for so long.  Thus far, I've visited about 25 cities in 10 countries and met countless number of people along the way.& ...

Cathedral of Seville Pictures
Sep 28, 2006 (27 photos)

Cathedral of Seville Pictures

Extremes
Apr 24, 2006

... good thing that I am now on route to Lisbon. Yesterday I crossed the strait from Tanger to Tarifa and continued onward to Seville. I had planned on travelling through to Lisborn last night but a hiccup with my bus ticket left me stuck in Seville with no ...

Seville
Oct 21, 2007 (10 photos)

... of the shops. After enough window shopping to almost make us cry, we headed back to our watering hole for dinner and a pint. Seville has been incredible, and just when we thought Spain couldn't get any better!  Keep the streak alive Barcelona!  

Pictures of building built for 1929 World Expo
Sep 30, 2006 (13 photos)

Pictures of building built for 1929 World Expo

Flamenco dancing and the bull ring pictures
Sep 29, 2006 (17 photos)

Flamenco dancing and the bull ring pictures

Seville
Jun 3, 2008 (29 photos)

We found Seville to be one of the prettiest cities in Spain and possibly in Europe that we have seen so far. The wealth of the Americas flowed through this city (and Cadiz) for 3 centuries, and traces of this wealth are visible everywhere. The city ...

Loving Spain
Jul 19, 2006 (2 photos)

... to catch a bus southward to the coastal city of Faro. From there we picked up another bus across the border to Seville, Spain finally arriving in the late afternoon. Buses in Portugal and Spain couldn't be easier. Every segment of the population rides ...

Seville
Sep 28, 2006 (19 photos)

We decided at the last minute to take a bus to Seville, Spain. Why not, it is only 3 hours away. We just love how close everything is in Europe. This is another place we would be showing up with no map, guide book, or accommodation. We always seem to ...

seville has snails!!!
Feb 25, 2006 (8 photos)

... up the tower (built by the same dude as the big minaret in marrakech) to gain fantastic views over all of seville. river picnic - pretty self-explanatory; great day for it, some yummy cheese, jamon serrano (spanish prosciutto), lots of people ...

Women of Seville
Jul 19, 1998

... van and headed to Spain. Once again, we went to the border, and once again, there was no border crossing, just the welcome to Spain sign, something we were now getting used to. Would we ever get another stamp, only time would tell? We arrived and as it was ...

More Moors
Feb 4, 2007 (92 photos)

... from our return from Izzyville would fly by, and in no time at all, we would be winging it down to the South of Spain and into Sevilla.   The trip from Sevenoaks to Stanstead is generally a hit and miss affair. Actually, it is always miss as there ...

Leaving Madrid.......finally!!!
Nov 12, 2002 (2 photos)

... when we got to the bus station the bus was full and not wanting to wait around for 4 hours we ended up going to Seville instead. Staying in a campsite a bit far out of town near the airport which is incredibly noisy at times! It will do fine for a couple ...

Creature Comforts in Seville
Oct 6, 2004 (2 photos)

Hi Folks, Well, nothing like going from one extreme to another. The story of our lives. Here in Seville among the rich and the beautiful, we are enjoying some nice R&R. Unfortuately if you are not careful it is easy to gain back all of that weight ...

Full of Bull
Aug 23, 2000 (12 photos)

... of Christopher Columbus. The cathedral also had the huge former minaret (La Giralda) that acts as an adjoining tower. Seville is also the home of bull fighting in Spain, so we brought a ticket to the fight on Saturday at the Plaza De Toros De LA ...

Sevilla
Jan 7, 2008

arrived last night.  Day one is exploring... will keep you posted. Day one in Sevilla   I am finally here. After 10 years of wanting this I am actually here. It seems very surreal. I arrived to find that it was a fiesta in ...

Another day, but it's Sunday
Jun 4, 2006 (10 photos)

Here we are, slept in today, I love days I can do that, woke up around noon or so, really enjoy the break from actually having to get up. The locals do the same thing so it's appropriate. There was a bit of a translation issue. we had to ask for ...

Small Town Charm
Jun 29, 2009 (17 photos)

... kept the turning the air off and the lights on until 2:00 am.  So I wasn't in too good of a mood.  So far Seville is a pretty cool place.  It definitely has that small charm feel to it.  I went to the Cathedral and it was pretty f'ing ...

Sunny Seville
Mar 14, 2008

... in as a palace by Spanish rulers since. It is still the official residence of the Spanish king and queen in Seville. It was a fascinating building a complete mix of Islamic and Christian architecture, with amazing very aromatic gardens to match. In the ...

Seville
Aug 11, 2006

... , has attracted every tourist with a camera and a floppy hat. As ususally is the case though, itīs for good reason. Seville has amazing parks, fantastic buildings, cobble stone streets that have been here since the Romans put them down, and great bars and ...

Feria Festival and the Barber of Seville
Apr 24, 2006 (14 photos)

... the Spanish vista rapidly speeding by and powernapping for a good portion of the ride otherwise. Meanwhile Brooks had arrived in Seville wondering what the hell happened to Rev and i, eventually meeting up again around 4.30 in Seville and zooming in on a ...

ooo Old School
Sep 21, 2009 (37 photos)

21 September 2009 Arrived in Seville from London Stansted at 20:45 by a Ryanair flight and called my couch surfing host Antonio Romeo who was very helpful even though he could't speak English very well. He had another couch surfer staying with him, a girl ...

Sleep ins and hot temps
Jul 12, 2009 (11 photos)

Three hour bus to Seville mostly through sunflowers and olive groves, arrived to amazing temperatures up to 45 degrees at 6pm! Had the locals version of fish and chips... fish... and potato chips. Odd. Had our first sleep in, thanks to sleeping pills and ...

Madrid, Lisbon, Lagos, Sevilla
Oct 17, 2009

I will apologize in advance to everyone. Iīm a horrible person and keep forgetting to update this. Anyways after Dublin I flew into Madrid where I waited for the Olympic bid. As you all know that was quite the disappointment. The first night I was there I ...

Catch Up
Jun 8, 2006 (23 photos)

... tech today, and went and hung out with them that night. There a lot of Americans here. May 28 2006 We walked around Seville today trying to get orientated with the city; we went to the cathedral here, which is the 3rd largest cathedral in the world. ...

Sevilla NOT Seville.
Jun 25, 2008

... ; I forgot a good story.  A group of us were wandering around inside the cathedral reading from my personal favorite book about Spain by Rick Steve's, god of travel.  Suddenly one student (you will probably guess the name in a minute :) saw a man ...

Seville
Jun 5, 2006

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the touristīs life in Seville
Dec 23, 2003

... I do go to the adjoining one, with beautiful old dresses and other antiques, but nothing from Tartessos. Anyway, that was Seville a few days before Christmas. I guess the museum was closed because it was the 23rd of December. Good thing I was going ...

DRAG me to Sevilla
Sep 13, 2009 (5 photos)

... that there has to be people there now. Nope, itīs still dead. I go out to eat alone (surprisingly the first time since I arrived in Spain) to some kebab joint. There, out of nowhere, is a kid, Jace, whom I met in Valencia walks by. The odds of me being ...