Location: Seville
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What to do and see in Seville, Andalucia: The Best Things to do Good for a Rainy Day
Originally founded as a Roman city and now home to three UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Seville is bursting with antique charm. The Alcazar palace complex is a stunning collage of architectural styles, and the Cathedral will impress you with its beauty and its status as the burial site of Christopher Columbus. The Metropol Parasol is the world’s largest wooden structure, a massive mix of grids and swirls that contains a market and a terrace observatory.
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1. Catedral de Sevilla
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4.5 based on 26,003 reviews
This majestic Cathedral dates back to the 15th century and claims to be the third largest building of its kind in the world.
Reviewed By WineEng - Green Valley, United States
This is THE site to visit when in Sevilla. Absolutely enormous, the largest gothic cathedral in the world consists of the main cathedral, many chapels, a small treasury and many memorials plus the converted bell tower. When busy, it’s much better to have purchased tickets in advance or be prepared to wait in long lines to hope to buy a ticket. It takes 2 1/2 - 3 hours to visit everything while stopping to enjoy the varied architecture. A Columbus is buried here so some come to see that. The organ has four banks with over 7000 pipes and can be heard at specific times during the week. Fantastic piece of history. Cheers!
2. Museo De Bellas Artes De Sevilla
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4.5 based on 2,068 reviews
The Museum of Fine Arts of Seville, founded in 1839, contains a collection of works from medieval times through the early 20th century. It displays a choice selection of works by Spanish artists from the 17th century, the so-called Golden Age of Sevillian painting. Monday Closed
Reviewed By 07veb - Eastham, United Kingdom
A free to enter museum with a British passport (at the moment) we were able to wander at leisure through a magnificent exhibition of religious art by one of Sevilles greatest exponent from the 17th Century. The statues were exceedingly lifelike and the paintings were real works of art. Well worth the 2 hours we spent which seemed like half an hour
3. Casa de Pilatos
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4.5 based on 3,666 reviews
Construction of this palace began in 1492. Today, part of the palace is a museum and is open to the public. There is a separate wing where the present Duchess of Medinaceli lives with her descendants and family. The palace has many gardens, patios, fountains, and salons. The patios contain many Roman statues. Everywhere on the first floor one will find Roman mosaic floors. The walls are covered with beautiful ceramic tile in many different Mudejar styles.
Reviewed By travelling-model - Hong Kong, China
The Casa de Pilatos is famous for its magnificent patio and well-kept gardens, while the precious coloured ceramic tiles are considered to be among the finest in Seville. The Casa de Pilatos has around 150 different 1530s Spanish glazed tile. designs made by the brothers Diego and Juan Pulido, one of the largest azulejo collections in the world. It is the finest example of a civil palace in Seville. The building is a mixture of Italian Renaissance and Spanish Mudéjar elements and decorations. It is the prototype of the Andalusian palace At the end of 2009, Tom Cruise filmed the movie Knight and Day with Cameron Diaz at the palace.
4. Torre Giralda
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4.5 based on 10,658 reviews
This lovely structure was originally built as a minaret for a mosque, although it has since been converted into a bell tower.
Reviewed By Razeghian - Paris, France
This tower first has been constructed as a minaret of the masque by moorish caliphate in 10 or 11 century and then its changed to a bell tower of the cathedral when Christian conquered Seville in 12 century. I recomend to climb it and visit the town from 104m high tower.
5. Basilica de la Macarena
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4.5 based on 2,400 reviews
This church houses La Esperanza, the weeping statue of the Virgin Mary, patroness of bullfighters.
Reviewed By boubouka71550
Really its the pearl of Sevilla ,the diamond of the city .I visited in Semana Santa and i could standing for hours to get in Basilica
6. Iglesia de San Antonio Abad (El Silencio)
7. Iglesia de la Magdalena
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4.5 based on 295 reviews
Reviewed By 836Danielle - Montreal, Canada
A really lovely church, especially at night when all lit-up and filled with people.It is a baroque church, with lots of gilt and gold, niches and statues. Worh a visit!
8. Museo Militar Regional
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4.5 based on 118 reviews
Reviewed By Brucestewart - Livingston, United Kingdom
We came across this interesting museum purely by chance. We were visiting the Plaza de Espana for a second time when we saw the signs for the museum. I'm a student of military history, with the Penisular War against Napoleon being one of my particular passions, so in we went as I knew that it would have much to interest me. Admittance is free although there is a donations box close to the exit point. We had to leave our bages in a locker from which we took the key and then had to pass through a scanner to enter the museum. I usually set such machines beeping as I have two metal hips, always a troublesome issue at airports, but I didn't set this scanner off. Perhaps someone should check out its settings? Anyway I found the museum to be fascinating with a great range of exhibits including model soldiers, uniforms, weapons both old and modern, ammunition, flags, coaches, cannon, gas masks including one for a horse, medals, buttons, unit shoulder patches, models of forts, the list is endless. Well worth visiting.
9. Iglesia Colegial del Salvador
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4.5 based on 2,070 reviews
Reviewed By CalBristol - Weston super Mare, United Kingdom
The title of the review was taken from the free guide to the chuirch and I certainly couldn't disagree with it! I visited this church in the morning (after visiting the cathedral the previous afternoon) and what a difference; the interior is cool with few visitors and the free guide leaflet and information boards dotted around are very good. The altarpieces are stunning and although I am not the slightest bit religious, you cannot help but be overawed by the craftmanship and quality of the decoration. To describe the various altarpieces would take too long but the highlights for me was the St Christopher statue in painted wood dating from 1597 and the flying angels on the main altarpiece, holding the lamps! It is a place to sit and marvel at the decoration. There are very good restrooms as well and don't forget to visit the High and Low sacristies which contain interesting religious exhibits. The Orange Tree Court didn't appear to be open when I visited. The combined ticket covers both the admission to the cathedral and San Salvador - for my money, this church is by far the better of the two!
10. Museo Palacio de la Condesa de Lebrija
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4.5 based on 776 reviews
Reviewed By travelling-model - Hong Kong, China
Museo PALACIO de la condesa de lebrjais a house-museum in central Seville, you must take a private tour in order to visit the upper floor of the house. Dating to the 16th century and remodeled between the 18th and 20th centuries. The art collections of the house are very interesting and and unique which included a veriety of Roman mosaics and other antiquities as well as Asia art and even a couple of European master-Rubens paintings. The interior of the palace is decorated in a palette of architectural styles, with elements such as Moorish arches, Plateresque decoration, tilework retrieved from ruined convent, a coffered ceiling from a 16th-century palace and a Renaissance frieze, while its façade and layout reflect typical Andalusian style. This mansion is interesting and different compared to other attractions in Seville. I like here much and it's very Instagrammable and photogenic. Don't miss it if you love to post photos in social media. It's definitely will catch a lot of attentions. 這是塞維利亞中心的一座私人屋苑博物館。 它的歷史可追溯到16世紀，並在18和20世紀之間亦進行了改建。這所房子的藝術品收藏非常有趣且獨特，其中包括各種羅馬馬賽克、古董、亞洲藝術，甚至還有幾幅由歐洲名家魯本斯的畫作。 宮殿的內部包括摩爾拱門，Plateresque裝飾，從毀壞的修道院中回收的瓷磚，16世紀宮殿的方格天花板和文藝復興時期的，其立面和佈局反映出典型的安達盧西亞風格。 由於遊客不多。我在這裡可以自由拍攝了很多美麗的照片，真是不容錯過的景點。
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