The Spanish saying says: ‘If you haven’t seen Seville, you have seen nothing‘ (‘Quien no ha visto Sevilla, no ha visto maravilla’). The capital of Andalucia, Seville, is the fourth biggest city in Spain with more than 660 thousand inhabitants. The river Guadalquivir flows through the city and 85 km later enters the Atlantic. It is also the capital of the Spanish flamenco and corrida.
Top 3 reasons to visit Seville in spring
- Celebration of Easter cannot be more mesmerizing and mystical than in the capital of Andalucia. Semana Santa, as the Easter Holy Week is called, is the most important event in the cultural calendar for Sevillanos. The daily processions organized by church brotherhoods are quite a sight to behold!
- Approximately two weeks after Easter celebrations are over, the colourful Feria de Abril starts in the city. The Seville Fair runs for six days. It’s the single biggest party in Seville. The attractions are abundant: flamenco, beautifully dressed up women in traditional costumes, exhibition of carriages, firework display over the Guadalquivir River as well as feasting, socializing all night long in tented enclosures called casetas.
- The weather is perfect in spring in Seville. It’s pleasantly warm. The rainy season is usually gone. Days are longer. Seville is a city of beautiful parks and gardens and spring is a time when they reawaken. More than 30 thousand orange trees in Seville produce delightful scent which starts for a few weeks in March.
Seville – nearest destinations: Cadiz, Zahara de la Sierra