Alameda de Hércules

Alameda de Hércules

A Roman-column promenade that stays up late

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Long pedestrian square at the north edge of the old centre, on the way to Macarena

The square runs about 480 m long and 80 m wide, all pedestrian. At the south end two columns put up in the 16th century carry statues of Julius Caesar and Hercules; at the far end two more are topped with lions holding the arms of Seville. By day kids, dogs and people with paperbacks share the tree shade, and after dark the bars and terraces stay lit until the early hours. The big umbrella terraces down the middle lean towards chains, so duck into a tapas bar a street or two away.