Sevilla Travel and Holiday Guide

Most of the tourists come to Seville city in Spain to enjoy and see the beauty of Seville. However, they tend to visit Seville during their festivals. Festivals are great experiences if you can join them in Sevilla.

The most famous celebration in the city of Seville is the “Semana Santa” (or Holy week). This is a part of the tradition and culture of the Sevillanas as Spanish people. Historically, the said celebrations begun in the 14^th century, and now it’s been made a tradition which is celebrated every year. Many of the Spanish people are religious; the main attraction during the Semana Santa is the procession in their streets with an image of the Virgin Mary, image of their patron and other image of their Saints.

In the 17^th century this has believed that this was the period of the creation of Jesus del Gran Poder (Great power) where it has been said this was the root of Catholicism but has also known as a Festival of Gold because during this celebration people are glimmering with their with gold. However, this has also viewed as celebration of prosperity. The La Macarena which means “Our Lady of Hope” a title given to Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza. And the Christ of Cachorro, are the essential images of during the processions.

During the Holy Week, this includes the religious holidays of Palm Sunday (Passion Sunday), Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday), and Good Friday. This is usually celebrated for the spans of seven days, staging daily processions as well as the 40 days of Lent.

“Feria de Abril” or the April Fair is also another form of celebration being celebrated in Seville, Spain. Before the exact celebration of Feria de Abril, people in Seville were busy preparing lights and small lanterns. And when the month of April (celebration month) comes, many of tourists from all around the world come to participate with the celebration dressed in short jackets, boots and chaps and the women wears with a colorful ruffled folk dress.

Mostly, when April falls people are busy celebrating the April Fair, the stores are closed during the mid day. The People in Seville (the ordinary people) who were in their folk dresses are the most amazing and the main attraction during the Feria de Abril. Their tradition has become really strong from generations to generations.

All day long, with in the span of this celebration routine of these people are noticeably increadible. They sleep for just a while, take work for sometimes and then after that they party all day long. Dancing with Flamenco dance, eats, and drinks and strolling all around the city.

They said, the said celebration is solemn though they were dressed in colorful uniforms. Streets along the path of Seville city are covered with white awnings. Streets of the city are filled with beautiful scented flowers.

Also according to their history, one of the grandeur celebration held in the city of Seville is the “Vel” night of Santa Ana. The celebration is being held at the sailors’ neighborhood of Triana. The said celebration happens during the fall of July 24^th - 26^th day impart with the celebration of Saint James and Sta. Ana.

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Barrio Santa Cruz is one of the places in Seville, where tourists and locals used to visit because of its fairs, simple relaxing environment yet elegantly designed. The Santa Cruz quarter is said to be the most “picturesque and delightful part of the city”. This is the reason why most of the tourists head to Santa Cruz.

The place is simple; it has a narrowed winding streets and white painted houses along the streets of Santa Cruz. This is the most relaxed place in the city of Seville, where you commonly noticed people used to sit outside the bar while waiting for their Tapas.

Most of the time people used to visit the Barrio Santa Cruz to unwind life, watching the world as it passes by, talk with friends under the sun, live life as simple and as free as you want to be. This is Barrio Santa Cruz.

Maybe you want to sit in beautiful tiled benches of the Santa Cruz while watching the gardens made in the past centuries. Since Spain is a place of great/ famous artists in the world, where famous artists were born, it’s no doubt that even in this small place of Santa Cruz in Seville bordered with most of the famous attraction in Spain such as the Calles Mateas Gago, Santa Maria La Blanca/ San Jose, the Jardines de Murillo and the Alcazar.

Barrio Santa Cruz was believed to be formerly the Jewish quarter. But was taken over by the Christians and was gradually developed by them. Places such as the Legend of Don Juan, Murillos Garden, Patio de Banderas situated inside the Royal Alcazar, the Roman Monilitos, Los Venerables Square, Romero Morube streets, and Alianza square were places boost by the Sevillanos in the district of Santa Cruz.

Tourist would be more amazed and fascinated by the beauty of Santa Cruz as they go headed for more places in this district of Seville as they walk through the street of callejon de Rodrigo Caro. They could also be amused by the glamour of the most typical Square of Dona Elvira Square.

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The Santa Ana church in Seville city is located in Triana Quarter. This is the oldest church in the history of Seville. The church was built during the 18^th century and it was Alfonso X who ordered for the construction of the building. The said construction of the Santa Ana parish begun in 1276 and was finally finished in the first quarter of 14the century. The Gothic style acknowledges the design furnished of the church.

The Santa Ana Church has gone through different renovations and reforms due to several reasons such as nature calamities like Earthquake of Lisbon in 1540 diminished part of the church. But few years later, this has been renovated back to its original appearance.

Some main attractions found inside the Santa Ana Church were The Retablo Mayor, and several sculptures of Nufro de Ortega and Nicolas de Jurate, from the year 1540.  Some of the paintings of Retablo mayor of Pedro de Campaña, the Stmo. Cristo Del Socorro (Christ) by Andrés de Ocampo from the year 1620. The lauda sepulcral of D. Iñigo López in 1503 who are according to the legend those women who have believed by the sanctity of the portrait will be given the assurance to marry and have children in the future.

The place has been categorized as “Significant work of art architecture- Moorish Christian sites, religious treasury” the said church has the image of “Virgin de la Rosa” preserved even until this present days.

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The Maria Luisa Park in Seville is one of the loveliest parks in Europe. This has become the center of attraction of Seville nowadays. According to the legend, the park was made possible due to a strong personality of the Sevillanos, a determination of looking forward to a progressive city in the future.

They took for granted the opportunity of a city being at the Guadalquivir River, they were making things that makes a tremendous burst of energy and “had turn the entire southern end of the city into an expanse of gardens and grand boulevard”. This is where the Maria Luisa Park was been made possible.

The Maria Luisa Park has a paradisiacal half mile of palm and orange trees, elms and Mediterranean pines. The said place is filled with alluring flowers in Spain, bowers climbs from a hidden part of the garden and ponds and pavilions.

The park was designed like the Plaza de España. The design was collaborated with the 1920’s Art Deco and Mock Mudejar by architect Anibal Gonzalez. However, along the end part of Maria Luisa Park is the grandest mansion from the fair that have already been adopted as a museum. Where city’ archaeological collections were kept and where Roman mosaics and artifacts were the main exhibits.

Also in Maria Luisa Park you will be able to see the statute of Astarte Tainit, the virgin goddess once worshiped throughout the Mediterranean.

People from different walks of life seem to appreciates and adore the beauty of its nature built by most famous architect of Spain, an environment of tranquility in Luisa Park bring peace of mind.

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There are several reasons why people ought to know and learn different languages from all around the world. It would be more advantageous for those who have learned more than one language to go abroad for vacations, studies, and business deals.

Those people who have learned languages of the foreign places gain many friends. They could have not just a bunch of Friends but literally a “Friends” with more than just a bunch of people but friends who understands cultures and traditions both. Through learning languages people were able to see, tell and understand the cultures and traditions of every human race. There will be no more boundaries of ethnicity, classes nor can culture hurdle the understanding, peace and love in this world.

According to the research, Languages are beautiful- because through languages we become human. Because we tend to share things and thoughts with our pier and that make sense. It is fun and we learn ideas from these people. Sometimes, those languages are too sexy for us to speak out. We find it amusing. 

However, some researches say, it is important to learn different languages because this helps us increase our global understanding, this will also help us improve our employment potential and increase native language ability. Sharpen cognitive and life skills, improve chances of entry into college or graduate school.

Through learning different languages, we will be able to appreciate international literature, music and film and make travel more feasible and enjoyable. And we expand our study abroad options through learning different languages.

They said, many of the foreign schools have offered foreign language subject as part of their curriculum. But it shows that those options were not enough to make their students totally understand a language. But why we need to learn languages, because through this, we ought to see the world new. However, one most important language we need to learn is the English one. Because English is the number 1 used international language. This language is an essential tool to be in any internationally conversations.

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The Plaza de Toros de la Real Maestranza de Caballeria de Sevilla or the La Maestranza Bullring in Seville is the oldest bullring in Spain. Most of the time, during the Feria de Abril in Sevilla, the La Maestranza is always the venue for bullfighting festivals.

Tourist/ people from all around the world are more fascinated with and amused by the size that invites attraction to those who have seen it. They said, the Bullring itself is already an attraction to the people. In addition to what the tourists have comment after they have seen the place, they said the bullfighting ring of the La Maesrtanza is considered one of the world’s most challenging environments because of his history that flattered the Sevillanos. Characteristics and hundreds and thousands of people watching/ present during the occasions is already an attraction to the world.

The building possessed the Baroque facades of the 1762- 1881 centuries. The arena accommodates 14, thousands people watching events and in spite of these thousands of people still scattered from all over the place, still you are able to hear the music wherever you‘re seated.

The main entrance is the Puerta Del Principe designed with a glamorous 16^th century iron gate made by Pedro Roldan. After the event, the performer or the bullfighter passes through this same gate. It is an elevated place overlooking the arena of bullfighting.

It has been told that the most famous visitor who came to visit the La Maestra Bullring is Hollywood actress Margarita Carmen Dolores- screened name: Rita Hayworth with her husband Orson Welles in 1960’s.

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La Giralda is one of the attractions lauded by the Sevillanos, this said to be the most “dominating, magnificent building in the entire city of Seville”. Most of the tourists who came to visit the La Giralda Cathedral are saying: “one of the most captivating attractions possessed by this Cathedral is the bell chamber from the top of the building.”

From the bell chamber of the said Cathedral, you will be able to see the overlooking view of the city of Seville. From there, people find it the most remarkable place to see the holistic of the Seville. The buttresses are made of the strongest architectural structure built against the counter fort during the ancient days. The buttresses are most common on more ancient building as a means of providing support to act against the lateral sideways forces arising out of the roof structure that lack adequate bracing.

The cathedral is design influence by a Gothic style. According to their history, the said Cathedral was used by the Moors. The Cathedral’s Minaret that was being built from the top of the Cathedral’s tower was used for the calling during prayers, which is a traditional function of the Minaret.

Also the said Minaret from the cathedral’s tower is for observatory purposes preventing against those people who had become threats of the king Alfonso X. The said Minaret of the La Giralda cathedral was made by Almohad architecture and was serving as a model for those at their imperial capitals of Rabat and Marrakesh.

As it has been told, this Moorish structure building took them twelve years to construct and finally become firmed against any obstructions. This was finally created beautifully made from blocks of brick trellis work. This has different styles on each side. The Balconies of the Giralda Cathedral are made influence by a renaissance style including the four stories of the Cathedral though this has been added by a mid- sixteenth century designs.

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As one of the top most economic progressive visited cities in Europe, Seville city has more of just one flight from all over Europe and all other parts of the world. Indeed, the city has marking the name as “The Financial Capital of Southern Spain” and possessed the most preserved heritage in Spain.

There are a lot of European cities which airport offers flights to Sevilla. Like Liverpool to Seville, London Stansted, Barcelona, Belfast city, Derry, Klagenfurt, Palma Mallorca, Shannon, Brest Britanny, Dublin, Bratislava, Milan, Genoa, Hamburg, Gatwick to Seville, and more.

Also there are flights coming from the East Midlands going to Seville such as from Glasgow to Seville, Newcastle to Seville, and Bournemouth to Seville. 

On the airport of Sevilla there is a national schedule of flights connecting to other Spanish cities such as Madrid, Barcelona, Arrecife, Bilbao, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Palma de Mallorca, Santiago de Compostela and Tenerife. There are also international charter flights and regular international flights to Amsterdam, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, London, Milan, Munich, Paris and Rome.

Also in Spain there are several airports that most of the tourist preferred. Like the Allicante Airport, almeria airport, Asturias Airport, Barcelona Airport, Bilbao Airport, Castillon Airport, Feurteventura Airport, Gibraltar Airport, Girona airport, Granada Airport, Gran Canaria Airport, Ibiza Airport, Jerez Airport. These were just part of those airports which are offering flights going to Seville.

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The Museum of Fine arts in Seville is said to be the most important painting gallery in Spain after the Prado Museum. The building of the said Art Museum in Seville was a Mercy convent renewed in 17^th century. Inside the Museum were the fifteenth exhibition room shows the “comprehensive pictures of the Sevillanos from the Gothic period to the early trends of the 20^th century.

Those extensive complex intertwining halls and beautiful gardens inspired from the 13^th century was a work of the most famous painter in Spain. The great El Greco, Zurbaran, Velazquez, Valdez, Leal and Esteban Murillo the pride of Seville city were those people who work for the master piece of arts shown in fifteenth exhibit rooms of the Fine arts Museum in Seville.

Aside from the work of those great painters in Spain were pieces from the middle ages to the 20^th century that Sevillanos have kept and treasured.

The fine arts Museum of Seville begun in the year 1839 where it is located at Merced Calzada at the Plaza del Museo in Seville city Spain. The said building was an example of Andalusian mannerism of the 17^th century. The fine arts Museum of Seville has three patios inside with a gallant spacious stairway.

The first time that the Museum had opened its door for the public was in the year 1841. When this was first open, only the artworks from the monasteries and convent were those of the arts displayed in this Museum. But after several years past until the present years, this has become the best Museum in Spain.

Those impressive collections from the Spanish heritage of ancient great artist were the arts compiled from the medieval to the modern style of arts.

Portrait of Jorge Manuel Theotocópuli by El Greco (circa, 1605); and Saint Ildefonsus Receiving the Chasuble by Velázquez (circa, 1623), a painting filled with great emotions. The Apotheosis of St Thomas Aquinas by Zurbarán is a hallmark is a chronological account of events of Spanish baroque painting; also by Zurbarán is the series from the monastery of Santa María de las Cuevas.

The finely painted Madonna, by Murillo is in the fine arts museum of Seville. The Cigar Makers, by Gonzalo Bilbao (1915) reflects the late 19th century trend for impressionism and social realism. Valdés Leal’s “Hieroglyphs towards the End of Life” (1671-72) are an impressive allegory on life and death in two remarkable paintings found in the Hospital de la Caridad.

The Casa de Pilatos is home to the ceiling fresco “Apotheosis of Hercules” by Pacheco (1640), various paintings by Sebastiano Del Piombo, Pantoja de la Cruz, Carreño de Miranda, Van Loo, Lucas Jordan, and an exquisite bullfighting scene by Goya.

The said museo a formerly old convent of la Merced was built in the 18^th century by Juan de Oviedo.

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The building was built during the 16^th century and a mixture of Italian Renaissance and Spanish Mudejar style. The Casa de Pilatos is said to be the concrete example of the Andalusian’s palace. The Marquis of Tarifa was said to be the first owner of the Casa de Pilatos. He used to visit different places and explore the culture, traditions and architectural designs of those places. After he came back from Jerusalem to the city of Seville, he was inspired to renovate his palace into a replica of the house of Pontius Pilate.

Since then, his building is better known of the so called “house of Pilate” or the Casa de Pilatos. The owner of the said Palace in Seville contributes most of the glamorous designs where this has become the house of the Dukes of Medinaceli and still one of the stunning palaces in Seville.

The marble tiles used for renovating furnishing the palace in 1529 were made by the Genoan craftsmen. The courtyard was made with influences of the Mudejar style elaborated with plasterwork decorative. The arches which are surrounding the building are commonly decorated designed with Gothic style. Those stone Balustrades that can be seen inside the palace were also influenced by a Gothic style.

There were three Roman statues that can be found at the palace, these were the replica of Minerva- the dancing muse and Ceres. A Greek goddess of warfare, wisdom and useful crafts-  15^th century B.C statue of Athena.

After the building has been fully furnished, the descendants of the Marquises have decided to open its door for the public. And now, this has become one of the tourist attractions in Seville, Spain. Tourist and locals are welcome to visit their place and are open for picture taking souvenir. It has been told that the place itself is a priceless treasure of Seville. Paintings, artworks, architectures and more are those that people of Seville most proud of.

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