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Sevilla Travel Guide - Travel to Sevilla
Sevilla is located in the autonomous community of Andalusia, in the plain of the Guadalquivir River. It is the artistic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It holds the titles of Very Noble, Loyal, very heroic, The Invicta and The Mariana Ciudad de Sevilla.
Its historic center has an amazing historical and monumental heritage with many cultural sites that made of the city, one of the favorite destinies worldwide. The architecture of Sevilla has recorded all the civilizations that have passed through the city since the Romans, Visigoths, Arabs, etc. The monuments, both religious and civil buildings share different styles such as Gothic, Mudejar, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, and so on.
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Inside the historical and artistic heritage of the city, the most representative monuments are: The Giralda, The Cathedral, The Alcazar, El Archivo de Indias and The Golden Tower. Some of these monuments were declared World Heritage by UNESCO in 1987.
There are many museums in Sevilla and each one specializes in a particular subject. The most important museums are: The Fine Arts Museum (Bellas Artes), the museum of carriages, the naval museum, Andalusian Center of Contemporary Art, Pilate's House, Palace of the Lebrija Countess, Museum of Carriages and many others.
The Museum of Fine Arts in Sevilla is the most visited museum in Andalusia and the second most important gallery in Spain.
Sevilla also has great festivals such as The Semana Santa (Holy Week) and Feria de Sevilla (Sevilla Fair). In The Holy week, Sevilla offers striking processions and vibrant and animated fairs the next two weeks. The Sevilla fair also called April fair is a festival where families and organizations dance, drink and socialize, women usually dress a typical flamenco costume and men dress a suit. Sevilla also hosts the Biannual of Flamenco where the most representative singers and dancers make a performance.
Besides all its tourist centers, Sevilla has an impressive cuisine based on the products of the surrounding provinces such as seafood from Cádiz and Huelva, olive oil from Jaén, and sherry from Jerez de la Frontera. The main dishes are grilled seafood, grilled and stewed meat, the tapas and Polvorones (typical desert).
The nightlife in Sevilla is also one of its tourist activities, there are plenty of nightclubs and disco-pubs, most of those are located in central part of the city, La Alfalfa and La Alameda are neighborhoods where you can find pubs and discotheques that range from traditional flamenco to heavy metal, or many pubs.
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SEVILLA TOURISM
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 Shopping in Sevilla
Concentrated in and around the Plaza Mayor are an assortment of shops selling traditional articles such as espadrilles, fabrics, ...
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