Seville

[UncleEbenezer]

I'm in Seville next week, and will have limited time for touristing. Any must-dos?

[digitaria]

There is a particularly spectacular cathedral, if you like that sort of thing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seville_Cathedral

[CatcheeMonkee]

Seville is beautiful, I once had a lovely few days there. I remember the narrow streets with white buildings, the cathedral with its odd tower & orangery and the Museo Palacio de la Condesa de Lebrija. Catch a flamenco show, perhaps?

www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attractions-g1874 ... lucia.html

[MrDoppleGanger]

Does anyone have an opinion on what would be the best time of the year to visit that part of Spain?

(it's raining here, 'about now' now would be quite nice ..)

thx

[Raptor]

I have booked next June. Not too hot, apparently.

Raptor

[toofast2live]

I have a photo of us in Seville on November the 5th. The temperature on the farmacia in the background? 30C! It's probably not like that every year but we thought early November delightful. As for the "must see" definitely the cathedral - those Spanish clergy boys knew how to do bling on a Nuclear scale! Has to be seen to be believed.

[Toandfro]

If you decide on a flamenco show I can thoroughly recommend this place:
https://www.facebook.com/LaCasaDelFlamenco/
or http://www.lacasadelflamencosevilla.com/

It's in a very cool intimate location and the quality of the performers was second to none.

[UncleEbenezer]

There is a particularly spectacular cathedral, if you like that sort of thing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seville_Cathedral

Just been there. It's closed to tourists. They said come back tomorrow at 11, but the idea of some ghastly guided tour lacks appeal.

Looks like I'll miss the big palace too. The queue to get in there snaked back further than the eye could see. No thanks to that.

Some attractions are more accessible. But it's hard work walking the city streets while facing into the low winter sun!

[PinkDalek]

But it's hard work walking the city streets while facing into the low winter sun!

Top tip. Walk in the other direction.

[UncleEbenezer]

Just been there. It's closed to tourists. They said come back tomorrow at 11, but the idea of some ghastly guided tour lacks appeal.

Looks like I'll miss the big palace too. The queue to get in there snaked back further than the eye could see. No thanks to that.

Happy to report things are better than that. The big palace - the Alcazar (presumably a Europeanisation of something along the lines of Al-Qasr) - had a queue of just a few minutes today, so I spent several hours taking in what must be one of the world's most interesting and historic palaces. Well worth it! I wonder if they had free entry yesterday, to generate that vast queue?

Sadly any more touristing I can manage will have to be time stolen from the conference that is the real excuse for my visit. But I expect to enjoy that, too.