What to Do in Seville: Guides from Local Hosts

Seville

Seville is a Gothic cathedral, a Mudéjar palace and a river with Triana on the far bank — nearly all of it walkable. These guides are what the city’s own hosts send guests to first.

6 lists, each ordered by what guests actually opened rather than by what ranks on review sites. Pick a guide below, or open the app to see everything sorted by distance.


20 places

Best restaurants in Seville

Seville eats standing up, in small plates, and late. This is not a ranking scraped from reviews: it is what local hosts recommend, ordered by what their guests actually opened most.

  • Bar Baratillo
  • Leña al lomo
  • El librero tapas y quesos

21 places

What to see in Seville

Seville holds the largest Gothic cathedral on earth, a Mudéjar palace still used by the royal family, and a square built for a world’s fair. These are the places its own hosts send guests to first.

  • Plaza de España
  • Archivo de Indias
  • The alcázar of Seville

8 places

Seville nightlife

A night in Seville can start at a flamenco tablao and end on calle Betis watching the Guadalquivir go by. These are the places locals keep going back to.

  • Flamenco in the theater
  • Santa Cruz neighborhood and Alfalfa
  • Triana neighborhood & calle Betis

8 places

Typical products of Seville

Seville’s specialities are not only on restaurant menus — they are in the markets, the tile workshops of Triana and the shops locals actually use. This is what hosts point guests toward.

  • Iberian ham
  • Olive oil
  • Seville's ceramics

8 places

Free things to do in Seville

Seville gives away more than it charges for: a Fine Arts Museum that rivals the Prado, a Thursday flea market running since the Middle Ages, and tours that cost nothing but a tip.

  • Archivo de Indias
  • Fine arts museum
  • Historical market of thursdays

6 places

Day trips from Seville

Some of Andalusia’s best days out are not in Seville. A clifftop town, a wetland full of flamingos, a small Rome ten minutes away and a walkway bolted to a gorge are all within a day.

  • Pueblos blancos and ronda trip
  • Doñana national park
  • Italica roman city & medieval monastery