Hotel Maestranza Seville

... but there was nothing there. Had a sangria at a café in the shadow of the bridge then walked to the Plaza Toros Maestranza, Seville’s bull ring. This is one tourist activity I will not be participating in as I think bullfighting is a barbaric ...

... “Sevillianos” (people from Seville) have towards their religion and traditions. -I arrived to Seville from Valencia by airplane and took a taxi to the hotel which was right across the street from the bus station “Plaza de Armas”. ...

... the last few days. After our lunch time, we walked to the oldest bullring in Spain, La Plaza de Toros de la Real Maestranza de Caballeria de Sevilla. The whole bullring was covered with a tarp because they were preparing for one of the most well-known ...

... the home of bull fighting in Spain, so we brought a ticket to the fight on Saturday at the Plaza De Toros De LA Maestranza. The atmosphere and passion from the locals was pretty immense. However perhaps we were a bit naïve and we weren't really prepared ...

... (5.5). I had hot Sevillan soup (7), veal stew (7), and then a chocolate cake (7). We walked back through the beautiful Seville streets at night back to our hotel, but couldn’t resist getting a Whopper Junior at Burger King just before we got ...

...     I woke up pretty early for breakfast (around 9).  We went to the Plaza de Toros de la Real Maestranza, or Sevilla's bullring.  It wasn't too interesting other than to look at.  Then we had free time until it was time to ...

... to the Torre del Oro; a stronghold perched on the river walkway and was just down from Plaza de Toros de la Real Maestranza - Seville´s bullfighting ring which is one of the oldest and is also the largest circular ring (many of the really big arenas are ...

... we immediately headed out exploring.  I was very eager to get to our first destination, the bullring.    The Real Maestranza Bullring is one of the oldest bull fighting arenas in Spain.  We did not see an actual bullfight (most ...

... Americans, depending on which historian you believe), and beneficial ways. I also visit the bullring, Plaza de Toros de la Maestranza and the Real Alcazar (Royal palace). Cordoba was a revelation - the Cathedral (still called the Mezquita, or Mosque) is ...