The city of Seville

Typical places in Seville

Due to its historic monument heritage, Seville receives tourists from all over the world, being one of the most visited cities in Spain, with Barcelona and Madrid. The most representative monuments are the Cathedral with La Giralda, El Alcázar, the Archivo General de Indias (declared World Heritage by UNESCO) and the Torre del Oro. Recently, it has been selected for the filming of the world- famous series Game of Thrones.

Seville river port is situated at 80 km. from the Atlantic Ocean, and it is the only river port in Spain. The Guadalquivir river is navigable since its mouth in Sanlucar de Barrameda until Seville.

In 1929, on the occasion of the Ibero-American exposition, the city experienced a big urban development with the setting up of parks and specific buildings for this event: María Luisa Park, Plaza de España, etc. With the world exhibition in 1992 its infrastructure and communications were improved.

Seville has two Universities: Pablo de Olavide University, founded in 1997, and 13,000 students; and University of Seville which was founded in 1505, and has more than 65,000 students. A lot of foreign students select Seville as their destiny for the ERASMUS programs and Spanish courses.

Seville is also a cultural city with museums, theatres and many monuments to visit. Painters such as Murillo, Velazquez, Valdes Leal were from Seville; and also writers such as Machado, Rueda, Becquer. Its Easter Images are also well-known and famous, produced by important sculptors: Martinez Montañes, Juan de Mesa, Alonso Cano.

Andalusia is a very touristic region due to its long cost which offers a huge amount of beaches and coast villages from Almeria (Cabo de Gata) to Huelva, close to Portugal. Besides Seville, other four Andalusian towns are world heritage sites: Ubeda and Baeza in Jaen, Cordoba and Granada.