Seville — Sights
Orange trees for shade, flamenco leaking out of the lanes.
- Real Alcázar of Seville — A Christian royal palace built by Moorish craftsmen, still in royal use
- Seville Cathedral & the Giralda — A colossal Gothic cathedral with Columbus's tomb and a ramp-climb tower
- Plaza de España — A half-moon palace ringed with tiled benches; Seville's sunset spot
- Metropol Parasol (Las Setas) — A giant timber 'mushroom' canopy you can walk across
- Barrio Santa Cruz — White walls, ochre trim and flowerpots: Seville's postcard lanes
- Triana & Triana Market — Tile workshops and flamenco roots, plus lunch in a market on castle ruins
- Torre del Oro — An 800-year-old 12-sided river watchtower with a rooftop terrace
- Casa de Pilatos — An aristocrat's mini-Alcázar, quieter and dazzling with tiles
- María Luisa Park — A big shady park of tiled benches, fountains and a dove square
- Flamenco Dance Museum & Show — An hour of flamenco in an 18th-century courtyard, plus a museum
- Real Maestranza Bullring — One of Spain's oldest bullrings, toured right onto the sand
- Archive of the Indies — A free Renaissance building holding the papers of Spain's empire
- Córdoba Mezquita (day trip) — A forest of red-and-white arches, with a cathedral inside a mosque
- Ronda (day trip) — A cliff-top town over a 120 m gorge, summed up by one bridge
- Granada's Alhambra (day trip) — Peak Moorish Spain; your Nasrid Palaces time slot is everything
- Palacio de las Dueñas — Duchess of Alba's home, courtyards scented with orange
- Hospital de los Venerables — Baroque church and a sunken azulejo patio
- Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla — Murillo and Zurbarán in a former convent
- Iglesia Colegial del Divino Salvador — Seville's second-largest church, golden altars
- Basílica de la Macarena — Esperanza Macarena Virgin and Holy Week museum
- Alameda de Hércules — A Roman-column promenade that stays up late
- Palacio de la Condesa de Lebrija — Palace floors laid with Roman mosaics from Italica
- Monasterio de la Cartuja (CAAC) — Columbus stayed here; now a contemporary art centre
- Italica Roman City — Hometown of Trajan and Hadrian, with an amphitheatre