View of Seville from the top of the Giralda, with the Alcázar walls and the river in the distance
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Seville in 3 days

  • 3 days
  • 7.7 km on foot
  • 18 stops
  • Audio guide

Three days is the ideal pace for Seville: enough time for the monuments, a museum and neighbourhoods with fewer tourists. This itinerary spreads the routes out calmly, leaves the afternoons for parks and museums, and keeps the last day for the north of the city, the most everyday part. Made for anyone who wants to understand Seville, not just photograph it.

Day 1Postcards and the park

Begin with “The best of Seville: from Triana to the Plaza de España”: Triana Bridge, the Maestranza, the Giralda, the Alcázar and Santa Cruz. Have spinach with chickpeas at El Rinconcillo and head south in the afternoon to the Royal Tobacco Factory and María Luisa Park, in the 1929 Expo area. It’s a tidy first day, from the most famous sights to the quietest, so that the city comes into focus little by little.

  1. Morning

    The best of Seville: from Triana to the Plaza de España

    Mixed · 2.7 km · 2 h

    1. Triana BridgeSpain's oldest iron bridge still marks, between its arches, the border between two cities with souls of their own.
    2. Maestranza BullringA bullring that took over a century to finish, and a gate every bullfighter dreams of being carried through.
    3. The Giralda and the CathedralAn Almohad minaret crowned with a Renaissance weathervane: the tower that sums up Seville.
    4. Royal AlcázarA thousand years of palaces behind a battlemented wall, and still the royal family's residence whenever it visits Seville.
    5. Plaza de Santa CruzA square born from the demolition of a church where Murillo was buried, and whose remains no one has ever found.
    6. Plaza de EspañaA bench for every province, four bridges, a boating canal and a «Star Wars» set: the square everyone wants to photograph.

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  2. Lunch

    Try Spinach with chickpeas at El Rinconcillo. Calle Gerona, 40

  3. Afternoon

    Royal Tobacco Factory

    A huge 18th-century building, now home to the University of Seville, where thousands of cigarette makers worked and which is linked to the opera “Carmen”. Its courtyards and staircases are worth a wander, and it sits between the Alcázar and the park.

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    María Luisa Park

    A park of shaded circles, fountains and pavilions from the 1929 Expo, donated to the city by Infanta María Luisa Fernanda. Plenty of shade, the Glorieta de Bécquer and the Plaza de América. It sits next to the Plaza de España, where the route ends.

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Day 2Layers of history, and Triana

Day two is for “From Hispalis to the 1929 Expo: Seville in Six Layers”: the Setas with the Antiquarium, El Salvador, the Archive of the Indies and the Torre del Oro, ending at the Plaza de España. Have fried fish at Freiduría Puerta de la Carne for lunch, then spend the afternoon at the Fine Arts Museum, with Murillo and Zurbarán, and crossing over to Triana. If it is too hot, swap them: museum at midday, river late in the day.

  1. Morning

    From Hispalis to the 1929 Expo: Seville in Six Layers

    History · 2.8 km · 2 h

    1. Setas de Sevilla and the AntiquariumA 21st-century wooden structure built, quite literally, on top of Roman Seville.
    2. Church of El SalvadorA Baroque church raised over Seville's first great mosque, whose minaret still stands inside the bell tower.
    3. Seville City HallA façade carved like a book in stone, where Hercules and Julius Caesar boast of founding the city.
    4. General Archive of the IndiesAn exchange built to get merchants out of the cathedral that ended up holding the written memory of an empire.
    5. Torre del OroAn Almohad tower that guarded the river, anchored a chain and never stored a single bar of American gold.
    6. Plaza de EspañaThe grand stage Seville built for the 1929 Ibero-American Exposition, which took fifteen years to finish.

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  2. Lunch

    Try Pescaíto frito at Freiduría Puerta de la Carne. Calle Santa María la Blanca, 36

  3. Afternoon

    Fine Arts Museum

    In the former Merced Calzada convent, it holds the best of Sevillian painting: Murillo, Zurbarán and Valdés Leal, among cloisters and a Baroque church. Check the opening hours (it usually closes on Mondays) and follow it with a walk down to the river.

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    Triana, Calle Betis and its market

    The sailors’ and potters’ quarter across the bridge. Stroll along Calle Betis, facing the Torre del Oro, and step into the Triana Market, built on the site of the Castle of San Jorge. Cross on foot and look at the river.

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Day 3The everyday north, and legends

Start at La Macarena and the Alameda de Hércules, the neighbourhood side of Seville, and stop at the turntable of the San Leandro convent to pick up some yemas for later. Have a pringá montadito at Casa Morales for lunch and, as evening falls, walk “The Seville of King Peter, Susona and Mañara”, from Santa Inés to the Hospital de la Caridad. Dine in any tavern in the centre and finish with the San Leandro yemas for dessert.

  1. Morning

    Macarena Basilica and its walls

    The heart of Seville’s Holy Week: the Esperanza Macarena, one of the city’s best-loved images, lives here. Next to the basilica a good stretch of the medieval city wall survives. It’s a residential neighbourhood, ideal for an early start.

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    Alameda de Hércules

    A promenade created in 1574, with two Roman columns topped by Hercules and Julius Caesar, brought from Calle Mármoles. Today it is the liveliest corner of the north, with bars and terraces. It’s a short walk from La Macarena and Santa Inés.

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  2. Lunch

    Try Montadito de pringá at Casa Morales. Calle García de Vinuesa, 11

  3. Early evening

    The Seville of King Peter, Susona and Mañara

    Mysteries & legends · 2.2 km · 1 h 45 min

    1. Convent of Santa InésThe house founded by María Coronel, the noblewoman who, legend says, disfigured her own face to escape a king.
    2. Calle Cabeza del Rey Don PedroA king promised to display the culprit's head at the scene of the crime. And he kept his word: he put up his own.
    3. Casa de PilatosA Sevillian palace that, according to tradition, copied the house of Pontius Pilate in Jerusalem.
    4. Calle SusonaA tile panel recalls the young woman who, legend says, betrayed her own father.
    5. Cathedral: Columbus's bones and the lizardBehind this door lie the remains of Christopher Columbus… or so the DNA says, because another city claims them too.
    6. Hospital de la CaridadThe hospital founded by a repentant nobleman who asked to be buried under the doorway so that everyone would walk over him.

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  4. Dinner

    Try Yemas de San Leandro at Convento de San Leandro. Plaza de San Ildefonso, 1

The map

Seville in 3 days, on the map

Each route’s stops are numbered in order; the stars are the extra sights.

Mixed History Mysteries & legends Extra sight

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Before you go

Tips for Seville in 3 days

  • Book the Alcázar and the Cathedral with the Giralda ahead, and spread the big interiors over different days. With three days you can do it without stress and even go back to whatever you liked most.
  • Holy Week and the April Fair fill the city and push prices up; if you can choose, spring and autumn are the best months. In summer, shorten the morning and rest during the middle of the day.
  • With three days, the centre is a walk, but for María Luisa Park, Triana or La Macarena a bus or a Sevici bike helps. Check the San Leandro turntable’s opening hours before you go.

Questions

Seville in 3 days: your questions

Is it worth spending three days in Seville?

Yes. Two days cover the main sights, but three let you see Seville without rushing: all three routes in full, the park, a museum, Triana and the Macarena district. It’s a comfortable length for a first visit with no stress.

How far do you walk in three days?

The three routes add up to about 7.7 km over three days: 2.7 on the first, 2.8 on the second and 2.2 on the third, plus the walks to the extra stops and meals. It’s a relaxed plan that suits almost everyone.

What if it’s very hot or raining?

Swap the order: keep the interiors (Fine Arts Museum, Royal Tobacco Factory, Alcázar) for the middle of the day and the walks for early morning and evening. In summer, take a midday break like the locals.

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