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Culture, design & architecture

Choose what to see — don’t try to see everything

Do not overpack museum days: fewer stops and more outdoor breaks.

Al-Andalus in Seville

A royal palace begun on the site of the Abbadid and Almohad palaces, with the Mudéjar Palace of Pedro I and wide gardens. Open 9.30am–5pm from October to March; book a timed ticket.

Cathedral & Giralda

The world’s largest Gothic cathedral stands on the Almohad great mosque. Climb the Giralda by its 35 ramps and finish in the Court of the Orange Trees.

The 13th-century Almohad tower that guarded the river port. Inside is a small naval museum with views from the top.

The longest surviving stretch of the Almohad city wall, with towers and the Puerta de la Macarena.

Postigo del Aceite

One of the few surviving gates of the medieval walls, where oil once came in from the port.

Archivo de Indias

A Renaissance exchange building that holds the archives of Spain’s American empire. Free, calm and beautifully lit.

Palaces & museums

Casa de Pilatos

A ducal palace mixing Mudéjar plasterwork, Renaissance arches and some of Spain’s finest tiles around a great courtyard.

Palacio de las Dueñas

The Alba family palace, with its lemon-tree patio, art collection and gardens; the poet Antonio Machado was born here.

Palacio de la Condesa de Lebrija

A house paved with Roman mosaics from nearby Itálica, set around a Mudéjar-style courtyard.

Museo de Bellas Artes

Murillo, Zurbarán and the Sevillian school in a former convent with three courtyards.

Hospital de los Venerables

A Baroque former hospice for priests with a painted church; now the Velázquez centre of the Focus foundation.

Triana & flamenco

Castillo de San Jorge

The remains of a castle at the foot of the Triana bridge, now a quiet museum on the Inquisition and tolerance.

Centro Cerámica Triana

A former tile factory telling the story of Triana’s potters, with kilns and tile-making displays.

Museo del Baile Flamenco

An interactive museum on flamenco dance with evening shows in a small courtyard.

Casa de la Memoria

Small, seated flamenco shows in an old courtyard house. Book a day or two ahead.

Modern architecture

Metropol Parasol (Las Setas)

Jürgen Mayer H.’s timber canopy over the Encarnación square, with a rooftop walkway and Roman remains below. Go at sunset.

Plaza de España

Aníbal González’s brick and tile crescent for the 1929 exhibition, with a tiled alcove for each Spanish province and boats on the canal.

César Pelli’s office tower and the city’s tallest building, beside the Cartuja island.

Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo

Contemporary art inside the Cartuja monastery, later a ceramics factory with tall bottle kilns.

Puente del Alamillo

Santiago Calatrava’s single leaning pylon bridge, built for Expo ’92.

Evenings

Setas at sunset

Triana riverside

Flamenco show

Plaza de España lit up

Alameda terraces

River cruise

Cathedral floodlit

Book the Alcázar and the cathedral on their official websites only. The cathedral changes its visiting hours by season and on Sundays; check catedraldesevilla.es before you go. Cover shoulders in churches.

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