Last week I told you about Holy Week. And I especially told you about how holy week is celebrated in Sevilla. Today I am telling you about this wonderful city. It is one of the most large cities in Spain and visited. It has the larger city historic centre in which you could see things that I will tell you later. Since “Expo-92” was held there, Sevilla has improved city’s imfraestructure. There are buses, trains, (AVE) subway or tube, and so on. Sevilla has one of the best weather of Europe. Spring and Summer is really hot with some days with 40 degrees Celsius. Autumn and Winter with no much cold ( about 10º ) and even some sunny days of 20 degrees Celsius.
A lot of tourists spend their holidays in Sevilla. If you were a tourist, which places should visit?
Sevilla has the Gothic cathedral larger in whole wide world. It was declared cultural heritage by UNESCO. Along it is another major building such as “La Giralda” , “El Patio de los Naranjos” and “La Capilla Real” . In all these buildings you can see major worksart such as paintings or sculptures and the Cristobal Colon’s grave. “La Giralda” is the most representative city tower. It has one hundred and four metres tall and twenty five church bells. You also can visit “Los Reales Alcazares” . Sevilla’s fortress is the most ancient palace in Europe. It was built by Arabs and obviusly has the typical Arabs features. The nicest place is “El Patio de las Doncellas” .
You also should visit “Archivo de Indias” , “Plaza España” , “Arcada Central” , “Antigua Audiencia” , “Museo de Bellas Artes” and “The Town Hall” .
Another place where tourists like walking around is “Barrio de Santa Cruz” . It is an ancient place of medieval Jewis. Narrow and white streets where you will can see typical Sevillan houses with a lot of flowers decorating its facades.
Sevilla is the Art city. There is a mayor theatre called “Teatro de la Maestranza” where are played plays, concerts, operas and so on. It was built because of “Expo 92” . Another major theatres are “Auditorio Municipal Rocio Jurado” , “Teatro Lope de Vega” , and “Teatro Central” . You will can visit more than twenty museums each focused on a specific subject.
Flamenco music is the typical style which have made known Sevilla in whole wide world especially by the famous songer “Camaron de la Isla” . Now you could see another major play guitar called “Paco de Lucía” .
Another kind of music is “Sevillanas” . They are typical dancing of the city where women dress typical and beautiful dress with colorful dots. Man dress typical suits with the characteristic Sevillan Hat.
The main events in Sevilla are “Holy Week” , “Sevilla’s Festival” , ( also known as “April’s Festival” ) , and “Corpus Christi” . Another typical thing is “bullfighting” . The bullring is called “La Maestranza” and you could see that embarrassing spanish tradition.
About sporting places you could visit “the Olimpic Stadium”, “Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium” , and “Benito Villamarín Stadium” . In these last stadiums play Sevilla and Betis respectively. Sevillan people live football very intensely. Sevilla and Betis supporters don’t get on with each other. Each of them want to represent the city and desire the worst thing for their eternal rival.
Don’t forget to see Guadalquivir River. You even could sail on it. You also can sail on Sevilla’s River Port.
You will feel good in this city because Sevillan people are very friendly and funny. Sevillan women are really beautiful and some spanish people tell, they are the nicest women in Spain. Be careful, you could fall in love and don’t come back to your city anymore.
Enjoy “Mediterranean Diet” with a lot of delicius things like “Gazpacho” , “spanish ham” , “cocido andaluz” , “fish fried” etc …
And drinks like “Tinto de verano” , “Fino de Jerez” , “Manzanilla” and beer of course.
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