Plaza de España

Plaza de España de Sevilla

A half-moon palace ringed with tiled benches; Seville's sunset spot

Hours

Open all day; reportedly closes around 22:00 (check on site)

Tickets

Free; boat hire paid on the spot

Address

Avenida de Isabel la Católica, on the east side of María Luisa Park

Walk in and a red-brick building curves round you in a half circle like open arms, with a little canal running along its front. It was built for the 1929 Ibero-American Exposition, and around its base runs a ring of tiled benches, one for each Spanish province; visitors hunt down the benches of the cities they've been to for a photo. You can rent a rowing boat on the canal, and in the evening street flamenco dancers sometimes set up. As the sun drops, the brick glows orange.