The Don'ts of Visiting Sevilla, Spain

[@markpowellmp]

Definitely cross the river for much nicer and more interesting restaurants, as well as the more authentic Seville Plaza de Espana blew me away. Simply the most impressive building I have ever visited. Viva Sevilla!!!!

[@annieroche22]

I just booked a few days away in seville. Was there once for a few hours. I cannot wait. Love from Ireland Edit; I'm just back from a 3 day trip to seville. Beautiful amd safe city

[@malthuswasright]

I went for Christmas and new year a few years ago - it was still quite warm during the day and it was fantastic.

[@pdfarrelly]

Spent a lovely weekend in Sevilla in early February a few years back. Weather was nice even then. Would recommend for anyone interested in some winter sun.

[@yousausage]

Same, was there this year first week of February this year and it was 25C. A very nice place.

[@holdencawffle626]

I'm going feb2025. 1st time. Can't wait!

[@TJR93]

February makes a lot more sense than July or August.

[@kevinlatz3155]

Seville on my bucket list to see in Spain!

[@WA-hornet007]

Please do visit Madrid as well if you can.

[@Iusuallydontcommentbut...]

I was there in early march. Sevilla is fantastic! It was just a long weekend so I wanna go back. The architecture the tiles the flamenco, the colours! The oranges trees are so cool, and smells so good! Orange trees are looks so happy: green, orange against the blue sky.

[@pedrolardies9597]

Speaking of colours in Seville, there is a song sung with sevillanas, which is one of the varieties of flamenco that is sung and danced in Seville, hence the name sevillanas. On KZbin you can search for it under the name, Sevilla tiene un color especial, sung by the group, los del río, the same group that made the song Macarena famous. Best regards.

[@teynaranjas788]

Watching from Nicaragua and seeing you put on that Toña cap made me sit up and smile!

[@Kakashi10ist]

9:30 yeap, we can see in your eyes you like it a lot. Glad you enjoy your time as always.

[@charmainelawrence9580]

Love your content! You and your family are awesome! 2:08 Keep up your amazing content! 🎉🎉🎉

[@mikehess4494]

Stay hydrated. I take addtion fluids twice a day through a port inside my right shoulder. Gracias for the information.

[@SuperKasper333]

This city, in itself, is incredibly beautiful. Yes, to the siestas. I have spent time, especially in Mallorca, incredibly hot mid day. The citizens' day is scheduled around siesta anyways.

[@codacraft]

Sevilla is my 2nd favorite city in Spain after Valencia. My husband and I would hang out in the Avenida de Hercules area and hear all sorts of music. Great great fun!

[@pep_4769]

I am from Sevilla and all you say is really true

[@joinjen3854]

I was in the Navy in Rota Spain. I love Andalucia region,including Sevillam

[@balsera04]

The Archivo de Indias is amazing! I had a guided tour last year and was absolutely incredible.Also, travellers can’t miss the Jewish Quarter (Barrio de Santa Cruz), specially at night. It’s just magic. But they should be aware it’s a sort of labyrinth, I had to ask for help to get out of it.

[@EasternDreamer615]

I visited Sevilla in January of last year. I found it to be economical and providing good value for money. I originally intended to visit Portugal on that trip but decided to explore Andalucia instead.

[@Brizza032]

Drove over to Seville from the Algarve with buddies. Took 4 steps outside and wow it’s hot there. It was the hottest day in 50 years that day. Stay hydrated but beautiful place

[@leohickey4953]

All good advice. The only suggests I'd make are: if you're not a fan of the heat (as I'm not), maybe avoid "the Frying Pan" altogether in the peak summer months. My birthday happens to be in October and it's still shirtsleeves weather right into the evening at that time of year, when the oranges are ripening in the tree-lined streets. Also, if someone suggests visiting the Royal Tobacco Factory, don't think it will be a boring concrete box. It's spectacularly ornate, like everything in Seville, it was the place where Carmen worked in Bizet's opera, and is now an administration building for the university. Love Sevilla, and the whole of Andalucía.

[@shivadas7655]

I’m thinking of doing exactly this for my first time there! Do you reckon it’s the same in granada or might be slightly colder

[@leohickey4953]

@@shivadas7655 Granada is typically just a couple of degrees cooler than Seville. I've also visited there in the late autumn and found it very mild and pleasant, so you shouldn't need a coat walking around either city in the evening.

[@shivadas7655]

@@leohickey4953 that’s incredible! I’m guessing it’ll be colder from November. But definitely going to go to both cities and test it out. Also canaries might be nice

[@leohickey4953]

@@shivadas7655 Yes, the Canaries will be a couple of degrees cooler, but the average temperature there should still be in the teens Celsius (mid 60s F) in November. I'd take a light jacket to be on the safe side for the evening. By the way, if you're familiar with south Asian cooking it's well worth finding a Moroccan restaurant, of which there are plenty of good ones in the bigger cities of Andalusia. I'm sure you'll have a great time.

[@shivadas7655]

@@leohickey4953 great advice, I appreciate that. I’ve heard about Moroccan food being incredible. Will have to try some. I’ll head to granada first and see if I can get my buddy to tag along into the canaries. We agreed that there’s no point in rushing there for the summer this time as to avoid the tourist crowd.

[@myramyraUSA]

I went to Andalusia in December. I loved it because it wasn’t hot. It was still busy enough to have to get tickets for the main attractions in advance.

[@davidmalarkey1302]

One of my favorite cities also Malaga It is fantastic too.

[@carolynmathews4606]

Went there in May & loved it! Weather was perfect, sights were amazing, & I agree with all of your tips! I suggest getting a City Sightseeing bus ticket to see more of the city, & to easily get to more places than just the old town center. Worth it!

[@loopyloujuggler]

Great video thank you. I'm due to be going in just over a week's time, and I've never been to Spain - so these are all very useful tips. 👍😊

[@JuaqiemMckelvy3214]

All of Sevilla es lindisima 👏

[@timmmahhhh]

I saw a construction video on Andalusia that refers to the region as the Iberian Oven. Believe it! We were there first week of October last year thinking it might be cooler. It may have been cooler but that equaled 39C/100F for the high each of the 3 days we were there. I very much understand siesta culture now and definitely practiced it there. Which make me also understand why dinner time was 8:00 to 11:00/20:00 to 23:00. You're right about advance tickets though. Sevilla was our last stop in Spain and we decided to play it by ear and not arrange things like we did in all other previous cities. We decided to go to the alcasar and stood in line for tickets for 90 minutes. That morning. We made it into a back part of the cathedral but since we didn't have tickets we had to pass on that too. Really, you can get horses up that Tower? Amazing.

[@pedrolardies9597]

To climb up the tower, instead of stairs, there is an internal ramp that runs around the tower. The reason is that before when Andalusia was occupied by Muslims, the tower was where the muezzin shouted the verses of the Koran, as happens in Muslim countries, because before being a cathedral it was a mosque. The muhecin would climb on horseback to the top of the tower, which is why it has no stairs but a ramp. Later when the Christians reconquered Seville, the mosque was converted into a cathedral, which is what it was before the Muslim occupation, and they added a bell tower at the top.

[@NotMyName888]

Minor correction - much of the sherry wine is not sweet but rather very dry, including manzanilla and fino, which is typically what goes into rebujitos

[@JanG_GC]

Yes! Came here to say this

[@CJWJR]

I studied in Sevilla in the Fall of 2007 at La Universidad de Sevilla (in the program for American exchange students). What memories this brings back! I had to Google where Las Setas is because it didn't even exist back then. I remember taking the B2 line there once, and it was just a square-shaped street that the buses went around. I also remember the opening day of the Tranvia in October of that year. (I think it even derailed on its 2nd day of service near the Archivo de Indias.) You're right - don't fall for the gypsies' tricks! As another student warned me, "One of them will tell you your fortune while the other one will rob you blind." The only places open on Sundays were a few cafes on the plazas, but other than that even El Corte Ingles was closed.

[@susanr1306]

Amazing the increase in tourists since 2001 when we did just walk in to cathedral and alcazar in July. Great city. See flamenco show too!

[@suwu5706]

We visited Seville last October. Gorgeous but it was SO HOT! Take Walter’s advice about staying out of the heat.

[@LtNduati]

Loved Sevilla, but good God is this a great video, even for Wolter, this is a bucket-list destination but has plenty of lovable and quirky highlights

[@Iusuallydontcommentbut...]

If you going in winter or should season there is no heat it just chilly mornings with mild temperatur in the day.

[@1pureboy1]

Lots of people saying October is best, I’m here now in October, with pouring rain and a chilly 17°, so be aware great weather isn’t guaranteed.

[@marshac1479]

Lovely place. I went in February 2023. It was great. I wasn't enamoured with Las Setas though.

[@DIY-Forumorg]

thanks for the tip on booking in advance, ill be there in a week, did not think of booking to the cathedral or palace, sold out on the main site but found a guide with 4 tickets left, so yea, lucky me for finding you! very nice tips all over, good video

[@gregshulas4452]

Extremely thorough! This was better than the Spain Loves and Hates that came out after it. There is more production than the traditional Wolters World but it does not get in the way as much.

[@fco.javierdejuan2856]

I agree!

[@Benito-lr8mz]

La catedral de Sevilla es impresionante no solo por su aspecto o contenido sino por su tamaño es la catedral gotica mas grande del mundo y la 3 por tamaño en general entre todas ; el Archivo de Indias es el lugar del mundo con mayor cantidad de documentos de America o Filipinas del siglo 16 a principios del 19 con 80 millones de paginas y 10 kilometros lineales de estanterias con documentos con escritos autografos de Colon ; Balboa ; Hernan Cortes; Pizarro ; Elcano o Magallanes entre muchos otros; el casco antiguo de Sevilla es sitio Unesco

[@vaughanlockett658]

Lived there for a year, spring is the best time to visit . Easter time huge festival le feria . Vist Santo Ponce, Cordoba . Not many tourists in the winter so is the best time. Plenty of hotels on the outskirts of Seville if you're looking for a budget break. With plenty of buses and trains into the City. The locals use the cafes and restaurants on the opposite of the river from the cathedral. The food is more reasonable priced and more authentic. Find a nice wine bar the wine is to die for local wine. If you're struggling with flights into Seville you can fly into Madrid and catch 200mph express train to Seville 2.5 hours nice experience clean modern trains buffet and Aircon. Your a 2 hr drive from Gibraltar and another 1/2 hr your into some the best deserted beaches in Europe.

[@carmenpereira8849]

i love Sevilla.

[@WA-hornet007]

We're about to go on our trip to Espania so its like youtube read my mind and showed this video on my feed.

[@ignacioheredia9599]

Are you done with the trip? How about your impressions? Have you survived the summer of Seville?

[@WA-hornet007]

@@ignacioheredia9599 Yes , we are done & back into the country. I thought Seville "though very hot" but still calming , folks from uber drivers to the hotel managers were nice and welcoming , we did struggle with the language but still we survived. I would certainly go back to the Madrid and Seville but not a fan yet of Barcelona.

[@ignacioheredia9599]

@@WA-hornet007 great. On my way, on spite to be a Sevillian guy, I would rather flee to the Northern Spain seeking more warm climate. Galicia and Asturias. Asturias it's all that you expect on Switzerland or Ireland in only an blessed lush and green mountained land.Great Mountains and dramatic sea cliffs on just one hour. Don't miss Carmona, so close to Seville (30 km away to Seville) on your next trip to Seville.

[@WA-hornet007]

@@ignacioheredia9599 Will do .. Thanks a bunch for all your work. It did help us during our trip .

[@HerrBrutal-bl2fk]

Wolter: Hope I'm not offending the locals in this safe, well ordered, happy European city The locals: We love you, Wolter! So glad you paid us a visit!

[@SevillaStorytime]

Be so so careful with the heat. Especially in August. I have seen 6 people with sunstroke in the last 3 days, tourists don't always comprehend just how dangerous the sun can be. Stay hydrated, seek the shade, and use sun cream. Especially between 2pm and 8pm - the siesta exists for a reason

[@aaronclift]

I’m from Texas and would say that Sevilla’s summers are about on par with ours minus the humidity of Texas.

[@hoosomio]

Tejas .en español

[@adreamer6392]

Well he said Sevilla in castellano, let him have his state's name 😅

[@eyewal]

Thanks for the video. Very helpful info. What is the music you underscore it with?

[@tobiojo6469]

Hey Mark, awesome video

[@ronken]

Is it better to do currency exchange there at the airport or before I fly out there from the U.S.?

[@donaldobrien9171]

Went to Seville in February. Low seventies and sunny days.

[@DavidZ4-gg3dm]

Its summers are extremely long, hot & dry. On average, days in July & August peak at 36C.

[@adreamer6392]

46C°...even 50° rarely

[@JavierPrieto]

I'm from Sevilla and I've liked your post a lot, as it covers some locations as the Archivo de Indias which are usually forgotten for many tourists. I'm sure you know it but please don't call siesta time the break the stores do between 2 and maybe 5. That's the time for the workers to go home and have lunch, and probably take care of their family. Some days we have time to get a little nap, but that's not usual anymore.

[@JavierPrieto]

You may also be sure to check for activities in local websites. Specially In the summer there are lots of things to do even past midnight when it's not so hot (kids activities in Alamillo Park, Roman Theater in the coliseum ruins of Italica in Santipomce, and my favorite one, concerts in the Alcazar gardens). There's also a great 360 viewpoint in our only skyscraper and another one in the Pabellón de la Navegación, which is also a fun visit for kids in the other side of the river.

[@JavierPrieto]

You can also find some other great attractions in that side of the river, including a mall below the skyscaper. If you're into art, you can visit the Caixaforum (exhibitions change every free months) and the Centro de Arte Contemporáneo un the monastery of the Cartuja.

[@vladgogulancea345]

@1:19 You meant 100 feet not meters, it,s more like ~35 meters. and it was built for donkeys to climb not horses.

[@a.g.4843]

I will go there next January :) …no heat expected.

[@JanG_GC]

You may be surprised! I first visited in January and it was warm enough to breakfast on the terrace and to only need a coat in the evening. Enjoy, it's a fabulous city!

[@a.g.4843]

@ great, thanks for the useful information! :)

[@Michaelcj-m2d]

I would never go in spring, summer or early fall to hot. I live in Castellón and the summer temps have been to hot from these past summers.

[@joshlunt7827]

Interesting video!

[@bdavi6457]

Wonderful video! I’m not necessarily fluid in Spanish or French. Is English spoken?

[@ignacioheredia9599]

We can communicate in English if necessary but we value the effort to make ourselves understood in Spanish

[@ReZel80657]

The military museum on the plaza is something almost everybody miss

[@janetf3377]

I am not sure where to go in Spain. I want to go with my elderly mother. I was thinking Seville would be a nice place to visit. I am a little worried about Barcelona and the pickpockets. Any suggestions on which city to go to that has historical sites, beaches and the area is predominantly safe?

[@clintgriffin5922]

@janetf3377 I went to Barcelona last year going in knowing the pickpocket history. I would have had a much better time if I just chilled out. I had no problems at all. Just be smart and aware and you'll have a good time.

[@taryndancer29]

My birthday is in January so I'll definitely come to Sevilla in January 2025. Hoping there won't be too many tourists at that time.

[@alexkouznetsov7239]

I advise everybody to ignore this guy warnings. I have been to many of those destinations that he had covered. NOTHING went wrong ever. No taxi driver tried to rip me off although I was expecting that after listening to this travel l guru. People in Spain incl taxi drivers are just freaking nice, all of them! Wonderful country, go there and enjoy

[@williamcrawford6219]

Wolters, is that Bar Estrella with the Bull heads and the spinach/chickpeas?

[@gianlucapagnoni283]

I was there last month and explored the Sherry marca (Jerez, San Lucar) as well. Please don't say Manzanilla is a sweet wine as it is very dry! Don't say Sherry is a sweet wine as it is inaccurate! Sherry range from the driest wine (Manzanilla and Fino) to the sweetest (Pedro Ximenez and Moscatel) many people see your video and get the wrong idea about Sherry. I like your videos as they give me lots of travel ideas and inspirations but this time you made a mistake.... still love you!

[@bigm9228]

Great video, but would have been great a few days ago when I was there. 😂

[@ivanpatino9714]

Great video, I would add to your list, don't bring luggage with small/tiny wheels, almost all sidewalks have this beautiful heactagon shape patern that will destroy your luggage wheels.

[@kaijunjiang9763]

The heat is unbearable in summer. Don’t forget to take a nap in the middle of the day.

[@Entername-md1ev]

I’m going there from May 10-12 next month! Will the weather be a concern when I’m there? I’m hoping that because it’s in May it would be less hot than the summer months

[@nilshakansson9093]

I’ll be there that weekend too! I lived there September-December last year and it could be very hot, but I would guess between 25-30C

[@LMPV4]

Last year, April was much hotter than May, since there was a "Heat wave" in April and a "cold wave" some days in May. Now, it is around 24-26° C at the peak hours and sunny. Next week will be similar. Afer that, you don't know. I hope you enjoy your visit, and remember that evenings are nice in Sevilla. You can skip the worst hours without fear of missing out. Your day will just be longer. People in the south of Spain have dinner late and go to bed late, as compared to other European countries. Sometimes it is difficult to be a tourist in Córdoba and Sevilla because you don't want to miss the early afternoon hours, but if you adapt to the local's schedules, you will be ok. In Spain we say "allá donde fueres, haz lo que vieres" (there were you go, do as you see). People have been living in Seville for thousands of years. They know how live there. I hope you like Andalucia.

[@extsaojose]

It will be kinda hot, like 25C, but not unbearable like July or August

[@samtan4729]

Is tap water safe for drinking here? Thanks in advance!

[@nilshakansson9093]

Yes, not the tastiest but safe

[@ignacioheredia9599]

It's the only one water that I drink. For me but a bottle of water it's a nonsense waste of money.

[@luke211286]

Is the locals' contempt for tourists throught different places in Spain real, or is it just an overhyped media report? I think Sevilla is also reported to be one of the places where they want to limit tourist numbers

[@ignacioheredia9599]

It is indeed a fattened and overrated news, but I do not deny that it is annoying to walk around the area around the cathedral and the Alcázar, including the neighborhood of Santa Cruz. I miss the days of the pandemic in the aspect of being able to take the city back to my heart's content and read the portrait of Seville "The City" by Manuel Chávez Nogales after each walk. I like more and more to walk the streets that start above the axis of Canalejas - San Eloy-Orfila-Imagen-Plaza Jerónimo de Córdoba. [it's a imaginaire hedge that split the half northen historical center respect of Southern half.] I would like to recommend you to visit the neighborhoods. Yes, many are ugly sets of apartment blocks pressed against each other but there is real life. You can see the different neighborhoods beyond the Virgen Macarena hospital where the former retired neighbors live with immigrants from Hispanic America and Moroccans or El Cerro del Águila, neighborhood that has the shape and the life of a town inside of the Seville city or model as this neighbourhood as Retiro Obrero, close to the northern side of the historic center or the charming little neighborhood of Barrio Leon on a corner of Triana. Taste the restaurant and bar of the barrios. Know the truly and honest Sevilla

[@Tramptraveller]

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[@hoosomio]

Hola .Estas operado del corazón ?tienes un baypsss ... ? .creo

[@Vid.186]

Don't miss a Real Betis home game ❤

[@henryjanosky]

I think too many people are scary. I do not like it. 😢 Thank you for talking about that. I am going with my grandma soon. I like you video. 😀🏆🥇🇺🇸🤴🦁 🌈

[@markbogers7646]

never go to anything related to bullfighting, whether it is a museum or real bullfighting. This way you continue to support this disgusting cultural activity. It is animal cruelty, which in my opinion should be written as so down in the history books

[@ignacioheredia9599]

Hack to avoid the heat at Seville at August ; walk along Prado de San Sebastián, put your hand up and wait. When a taxi is settled in front of you give this adress "aeropuerto de San Pablo". Once you arrive at that address, buy a plane ticket, the first one that leaves to Coruña, Santiago de Compostela, Vigo or Asturias. Stay for the entire month of August in any of these destinations that you have chosen randomly. Once September 1 arrives, take your plane back to Seville. Go ahead, you can start your visit to Seville without worrying about looking at the thermometer.

[@TJR93]

Seville seems like a bad place to visit during the summer due to the heat and possible over-tourism.

[@adreamer6392]

@@TJR93 Local here, it is a bad time cause the heat. Tourists tend to avoid it, so not so much. Sevillian people (those who can) go to the beach and run away from the city those days.

[@johnarnold6623]

Seville is good for a day trip. DO NOT DO A RIVER CRUISE! Waste of money. It’s not even river. There’s no inlet or outlet. DO go in the spring when the oranges are fruiting. Extremely pretty

[@hoosomio]

Jajaja one day ?? .jajaja

[@balsera04]

Never , ever, go to Sevilla in summer! ;)

[@curious1264]

Sorry but I totally disagree with you about doing the tower. It is all chicken wired off so if you can even get close to the small portals good luck getting a view. The amount of people they stuffed into the climb and tower is ridiculous and took us 30min to walk up at a snails pace only to arrive at the top hardly being able to move because there were so many people. Couldn't get to the viewing stairs to see the view..... waste of time and money .... tourist trap! Love Seville BUT because we wandered everywhere and largely ignored these tourist traps

[@Joshua-fi4ji]

It was busy, but not super busy when i did it. It probably depends what time of the day/year you go up.

[@curious1264]

@@Joshua-fi4ji it was off season in February in the morning

[@dagmarbelesova4284]

The rooftop tour of the cathedral is the *perfect* alternative - better views, no wire to block them and it's just you and a small group. And it's not that much more expensive than the standard cathedral entry.

[@hoosomio]

Elige las horas madruga .más temprano .simplemente .

[@curious1264]

@@hoosomio lol we get up in the dark and start walking the cities as the sun rises

[@j.d.5626]

First rule, don´t go in summer

[@ZONEPRESSLLC]

Housing has been driven up big time

[@stevenikitas8170]

I love your videos (and your beautiful Greek wife) but you may be too young to know that the term "fellow travelers" that you use in every video meant "communists" in the American lexicon of the 1960s and 1970s.

[@theshadowman1398]

The only reason to visit Sevilla for me is to see the place where Naboo was filmed.

[@aaronclift]

When I visited Sevilla in 2002, I had no idea that Plaza de España was used for the Naboo palace exterior. Being a big Star Wars fan, when I saw the plaza, I immediately recognized the plaza and thought it was really cool.

[@pedrolardies9597]

Also Scenes from the movie Lawrence of Arabia were also filmed. In the Real Alcazar were filmed scenes of the series Game of Thrones, when the Kingdom of Dorne was represented in the South. Also scenes from Mission Impossible II and Assassin's Creed.

[@edwalgino1]

@@pedrolardies9597 Don't forget The Wind and the Lion.

[@pedrolardies9597]

@@edwalgino1 👍

[@davidl1969]

A DON'T of Seville is don't try the local beer, Cruzcampo. It is absolutely rank rotten.

[@beticusmagnus8673]

Eat and drink with all of the Sevillanos. Avoid tourist heavy areas - they will gouge you on prices. Have fun.

[@hoosomio]

Esoooo