Seville – Spain | Family travel

Our last stop on the old continent was in Seville and despite being at the end of the trip and we were already a little tired, the city ended up closing our first visit to Spain with a golden key. You know the first thing that crossed my mind while walking down some alleyways in town? What a romantic city, a good option to spend your honeymoon. Only then I went to read that yes, Seville is considered one of the most romantic cities in Spain.

We took the early train in Valencia and arrived in about 4 hours later in Seville, the city of flamenco. The trip is quiet, made by high-speed train.

And as always, we arrived and we’ve been hitting leg, without wasting time. We stayed approximately 2 and a half days in the city, walking almost all day, in the greatest heat!! Ufa!

With the heat of 40ºC, we could not even go for a walk with the girls in the late morning, when we arrived. We wait for the heat to drop a bit and we selected some sights from our hotel (see information about the hotel at the end of the post).

We saw many nice little places, alleys and inviting restaurants. I loved, particularly, the fabrics on the streets, to soften the strong sun (and heat) of Seville.

Second day, we booked for a tour to Plaza de España and the Real Alcázar de Sevilla.

The two are beautiful, but the Real Alcázar was surprising, both for the beauty and for the size. We spent about 3 hours there, wandering the various palaces, gardens and environments, all very well maintained and with those incredible visuals of Spanish architecture mixed with Moroccan influence (Morocco is very close to Seville, approximately 4 hours – by the Strait of Gibraltar).
Alice was especially inspired for photos, which is not very common today, so she went out posing in several, in the most diverse places of the palace complex.
Access to the Real Alcázar takes place through the Puerta de León, one of the openings in the ancient wall that surrounded Seville and then passing through the Patio de Banderas.

Our hotel was the America Hotel and it was great for us 4. You can walk to the Metropol Parasol and Calle Sierpes (and almost everything else, we went on foot even).

We love a little place called El Patio San Eloy, super friendly and with one of the best montadillos (traditional Spanish sandwiches) of the whole trip. Super good price and well local environment.

We also recommend the restaurant Bodega Góngora, which had the outdoor tables, under those fabrics at the top of the buildings blocking a little of the sun, in a friendly alley, with water vapor over our heads (so useful in the Spanish heat) and with super seafood Appetizing. I’ll never forget the meal we had there.

It is also registered here the restaurant La Raza, a few meters from the Plaza de Espanã, with delicious tapas and a super cool atmosphere. We had lunch under a vine (yes, grapes), with artificial lawn on the floor, iron tables (like those of garden) and feeling the delicious water spray under our heads, great to refresh.