City break in Seville

We only had 1 spare day there as my wife was playing in the final of a golf competition nearby. So we took the Iconic (most basic) tourist bus pass for a day. We enjoyed the 2 guided walks and used the bus a lot. Stopping off from time to time to see something that interested us.

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spanishman said:
We only had 1 spare day there as my wife was playing in the final of a golf competition nearby. So we took the Iconic (most basic) tourist bus pass for a day. We enjoyed the 2 guided walks and used the bus a lot. Stopping off from time to time to see something that interested us.

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I've found hop on hop off city buses the best way to see most cities.
 
As in posts above,

Cathedral (climb the tower for great views)
Alcazar
Plaza de Espana (some good busking, flamenco dancing etc goes on in the Plaza de Espana)

The bull ring is also worth looking around.

Plenty of decent tapas bars in the back streets around the cathedral, you can usually pick out the good ones from the queues of locals waiting to get in.

Also lots of good bars and restaurants in Triana across the river (which is actually now a lake, not a river, as it's been dammed at both ends)
 
Malaguena said:
Get on a train and go to Malaga ;)
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I'm heading there in 3 weeks with my wife for four days. Staying in the old town. Is there anything you'd recommend over and above the obvious tourist haunts. My wife is 5 months pregnant just in case you were going to recommend some strenuous hikes!
 
Humpty said:
I'm heading there in 3 weeks with my wife for four days. Staying in the old town. Is there anything you'd recommend over and above the obvious tourist haunts. My wife is 5 months pregnant just in case you were going to recommend some strenuous hikes!
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Stay near a hospital then
 
I got back from Seville yesterday with 2 young kids. Isla Magica is a must for the kids. We went twice, we got day 2 tickets inside the park for 18 euros each (but doesn't include the waterpark). Under 4s are free. It's absolutely boiling their at the moment. If you want a beach day Cadiz is a great option but if you are getting a train book early as the trains sell out days in advance for some reason. We ended up hiring a car for about 50 euros in the end
 
Humpty said:
I'm heading there in 3 weeks with my wife for four days. Staying in the old town. Is there anything you'd recommend over and above the obvious tourist haunts. My wife is 5 months pregnant just in case you were going to recommend some strenuous hikes!
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The old town is great - plenty of decent bars off the main drags, and even those on the main drags aren't too bad - dive off any the many side streets off Calle Larios and get yourself lost amongst the maze of streets - everywhere is safe, though there has been an increase in the number of people begging on the streets over the last couple of years, and some can be quite "in your face".

Plaza de la Merced is the local's place in the centre to sit and drink and watch the world go by - same as Plaza de la Constitucion but that's more of a tourist trap

The pedestrian walkway from the centre up to the Marina at Muello is pleasant, and plenty of bars and restaurants both on the way and when you get there (bit touristy though), plus the Pompidou Centre is there if you're into that sort of thing - you're also then almost at the beach area of Malagueta. Loads of little bars over the road from the beach and plenty of Chiringuitos (beach restaurants) all the way up - the seafood is freshly caught, and cooked on fires on the beach in front of you - magnificent). A lot of them tend to close early evening though, especially late in the season so are more a lunchtime or mid/late afternoon thing. Our favourite is El Cachalote but tbh they're much of a muchness.

For a bit more local experience, get a 6 or 11 bus (one is to El Palo and the other to Playa Virginia - can't remember which way round) up to El Palo and walk down the beach from there back towards the city - again loads of bars and restaurants, but very local and less likely to speak English.

Alternatively get off the bus at El Balneario on Calle Bolivia - now that's a great restaurant that sticks out into the sea - and walk up the beach towards El Palo - again, loads of bars and restaurants and again, less likely to speak English

You can get bus passes (Tarjeta Bus) at loads of tabacs - put 10 euros on each card and then it's 1.20 a trip anywhere in the City, though I think you have to make a one off payment for the card - can't remember how much but it's not extortionate - tap in when you get on the bus, no need to tap out. You can also use cash, but the trip then costs 1.50 and they don't take notes bigger than 5 euros. Guess it depends how many trips you think you might make. Taxis are also relatively cheap and easy to use.

If you are into art, the Carmen Thyssen Museum in the centre is less well know than the Picasso Museum, plus there's the Russian Museum and a cracking Car Museum a bit further out.

There's a "graffiti / street art trail" round the SoHo area (which likes to think of itself as "edgy" but it really isn't !) plus the Modern Art Museum down there.

The Alcazaba Moorish Palace (think Granada's Alhambra, but smaller) is interesting with great views from the top, but that might be a bit of a hike if Mrs Humpty doesn't feel up to it - you can get a bus up to the top I think (35 to Gibralfaro IIRC).

I know it's a tourist trap but everybody goes to El Pimpi for drinks and snacks - it's part owned by Antonio Banderas (as are most things in Malaga now it appears). If you're there though, just opposite there's a hotel with a roof bar - for the life of me I can't remember the name (and we're away at the moment) but if you're sat on the terrace at El Pimpi and look away from it's main building, it's opposite, over the road and on the left - about 5 stories tall and a fairly nondescript entrance - you can see the roof terrace if you look up - get the lift (which you can see from the doorway) up to the roof and enjoy the views over the City, the Cathedral etc - anybody can go up there, not just residents, and the drinks are relatively cheap - last time we were there a bucket of gin and tonic (90% gin as is the case over here - no measures either, they just keep pouring) was 9 euros I think.

That's all off the top of my head I think - all the places I've mentioned have websites so you can do a bit of planning if any appeal.
 
Oh, and Casa Aranda on Calle Herreria del Rey do the best churros and chocolate in the city and is very popular with locals - mornings and early afternoons only.

Just round the corner from there is the Covered Market - Mercado Central de Atarazanas - which is worth a look round just to see all the produce
 
Malaguena said:
The old town is great - plenty of decent bars off the main drags, and even those on the main drags aren't too bad - dive off any the many side streets off Calle Larios and get yourself lost amongst the maze of streets - everywhere is safe, though there has been an increase in the number of people begging on the streets over the last couple of years, and some can be quite "in your face".

Plaza de la Merced is the local's place in the centre to sit and drink and watch the world go by - same as Plaza de la Constitucion but that's more of a tourist trap

The pedestrian walkway from the centre up to the Marina at Muello is pleasant, and plenty of bars and restaurants both on the way and when you get there (bit touristy though), plus the Pompidou Centre is there if you're into that sort of thing - you're also then almost at the beach area of Malagueta. Loads of little bars over the road from the beach and plenty of Chiringuitos (beach restaurants) all the way up - the seafood is freshly caught, and cooked on fires on the beach in front of you - magnificent). A lot of them tend to close early evening though, especially late in the season so are more a lunchtime or mid/late afternoon thing. Our favourite is El Cachalote but tbh they're much of a muchness.

For a bit more local experience, get a 6 or 11 bus (one is to El Palo and the other to Playa Virginia - can't remember which way round) up to El Palo and walk down the beach from there back towards the city - again loads of bars and restaurants, but very local and less likely to speak English.

Alternatively get off the bus at El Balneario on Calle Bolivia - now that's a great restaurant that sticks out into the sea - and walk up the beach towards El Palo - again, loads of bars and restaurants and again, less likely to speak English

You can get bus passes (Tarjeta Bus) at loads of tabacs - put 10 euros on each card and then it's 1.20 a trip anywhere in the City, though I think you have to make a one off payment for the card - can't remember how much but it's not extortionate - tap in when you get on the bus, no need to tap out. You can also use cash, but the trip then costs 1.50 and they don't take notes bigger than 5 euros. Guess it depends how many trips you think you might make. Taxis are also relatively cheap and easy to use.

If you are into art, the Carmen Thyssen Museum in the centre is less well know than the Picasso Museum, plus there's the Russian Museum and a cracking Car Museum a bit further out.

There's a "graffiti / street art trail" round the SoHo area (which likes to think of itself as "edgy" but it really isn't !) plus the Modern Art Museum down there.

The Alcazaba Moorish Palace (think Granada's Alhambra, but smaller) is interesting with great views from the top, but that might be a bit of a hike if Mrs Humpty doesn't feel up to it - you can get a bus up to the top I think (35 to Gibralfaro IIRC).

I know it's a tourist trap but everybody goes to El Pimpi for drinks and snacks - it's part owned by Antonio Banderas (as are most things in Malaga now it appears). If you're there though, just opposite there's a hotel with a roof bar - for the life of me I can't remember the name (and we're away at the moment) but if you're sat on the terrace at El Pimpi and look away from it's main building, it's opposite, over the road and on the left - about 5 stories tall and a fairly nondescript entrance - you can see the roof terrace if you look up - get the lift (which you can see from the doorway) up to the roof and enjoy the views over the City, the Cathedral etc - anybody can go up there, not just residents, and the drinks are relatively cheap - last time we were there a bucket of gin and tonic (90% gin as is the case over here - no measures either, they just keep pouring) was 9 euros I think.

That's all off the top of my head I think - all the places I've mentioned have websites so you can do a bit of planning if any appeal.
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That's incredible. The grafitti trail especailly sounds great. Mrs Humpty had already ear marked El Pimpi :ROFLMAO: Thank you so much
 
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