Seville: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Seville Cathedral houses the tomb of Christopher Columbus. Together with the Royal Alcázar and the Archivo de Indias, it forms an ensemble recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

Anyone wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Seville can choose accommodation to suit their own travel plans.

Culture

The Archivo de Indias preserves 43,000 bundles of documents, 80 million pages and 8,000 maps. The holdings also include handwritten texts by Christopher Columbus and Magellan.

The Royal Alcázar is the oldest royal palace in Europe still in active use. Its architecture combines Islamic, Mudéjar, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque styles.

The Giralda was originally a minaret and is now a bell tower.

The Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla was founded in 1835 and opened to the public in 1841 in the former La Merced Calzada convent. The museum offers the free EspaciosCultura@ app for visits to the permanent and temporary exhibitions. The rooms dedicated to the Baroque period of the Sevillian school are a particular focus; Velázquez, Zurbarán and Murillo are presented there as important masters of the 17th century.

The Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo hosts temporary exhibitions, educational programs, courses, workshops, concerts, film series and lectures.

The Díaz Velázquez bequest at the Museo de Artes y Costumbres Populares de Sevilla comprises almost 6,000 embroidery and lace pieces. The museum also has a collection of Andalusian folk ceramics, which is presumably among the most complete in Europe.

The Casa de Pilatos is an Andalusian Mudéjar-Renaissance palace that combines Gothic, Islamic, Renaissance and Baroque elements.

The Triana Ceramic Center presents the history of Triana’s ceramic tradition and serves as an information and interpretation center for visits to the district. It displays restored ceramic kilns and a permanent exhibition on Sevillian ceramics.

Walks

The Paseo Nuestra Señora de la O is a 525-meter-long, tree-lined promenade on the right bank of the Guadalquivir in Triana.

Visitors can take a boat along the canal around the Plaza de España.

María Luisa Park can be explored on foot, by bicycle or by carriage.

The Ruta de Carlos V is a walking route through the city that connects important historic sites in central Seville.

The Metrocentro provides access to Seville’s monumental center via an above-ground light rail system.

Food and drink

The Mercado de Triana includes the Centro de Interpretación del Castillo de San Jorge. There, visitors can view the remains of the former castle and an Almohad cemetery.

The Mercado de Triana offers stalls selling fruit, vegetables, fish, meat and freshly baked bread, as well as a cooking school, tapas bars, cafés and shops selling local products.

Other destinations in this selection: Estepa, Hinojos, Osuna, Pedrera, Seville, Olivares, Palma Del Rio, Palomares Del Rio, Aznalcázar, Valencina De La Concepción, Utrera, Sanlúcar La Mayor, San Juan De Aznalfarache, Montellano, Mairena Del Aljarafe, Los Palacios Y Villafranca, Las Cabezas De San Juan, La Algaba, Guillena, Gerena, El Viso Del Alcor, El Pedroso, El Garrobo, Dos Hermanas, Constantina, Castilleja De La Cuesta, Carmona, Camas, Bormujos, Benacazón, Acalá Del Río, Écija, Alanís, Aguadulce, Villaverde Del Río, Lora Del Río, Villanueva Del Ariscal, La Lantejuela, Fuentes De Andalucía, Santiponce, Burguillos, Coria Del Río, Mairena Del Alcor, Alcolea Del Río, Castilleja Del Campo, Cazalla De La Sierra, Villamanrique De La Condesa, El Castillo De Las Guardas, Tocina, El Coronil, Pilas, La Puebla De Los Infantes, El Ronquillo, Las Navas De La Concepción, San Nicolás Del Puerto, Los Corrales, La Rinconada, Almadén De La Plata, Lebrija, Peñaflor, Gelves, El Saucejo, Huévar Del Aljarafe, La Luisiana, Castilblanco De Los Arroyos, El Madroño, El Cuervo De Sevilla, Villanueva Del Río Y Minas, Esquivel, San José De La Rinconada, Brenes, Gines, Martín De La Jara, Guadalcanal, Espartinas, Cañada Rosal, Las Pajanosas, Coripe, Tomares, Alcalá De Guadaíra, Juan Gállego, Salteras, El Real De La Jara, Torrepalma, Pruna, Bollullos De La Mitación, Arahal, Los Rosales, Valdezorras, La Campana, La Puebla de Cazalla, Las Cañadillas, Cerro de Hierro.

The selection of locations leads to further destination pages for planning your own trip.

To the higher-level travel overview: Andalusia.