The Don'ts of Visiting Sevilla, Spain

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Are you heading to Seville for the summer holidays and not sure what to expect? Well here are what to do and what not to do in Sevilla, Spain. From the bull fights to the orange wine to the incredible history with the cathedral and the alcazar to the scam artists and more. Everything you should know about visiting Seville, Spain
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@loopyloujuggler Күн бұрын

Great video thank you. I'm due to be going in just over a week's time, and I've never been to Spain - so these are all very useful tips. 👍😊

@pdfarrelly Ай бұрын

Spent a lovely weekend in Sevilla in early February a few years back. Weather was nice even then. Would recommend for anyone interested in some winter sun.

@yousausage Ай бұрын

Same, was there this year first week of February this year and it was 25C. A very nice place.

@joinjen3854 Ай бұрын

I was in the Navy in Rota Spain. I love Andalucia region,including Sevillam

@leohickey4953 Ай бұрын

All good advice. The only suggests I'd make are: if you're not a fan of the heat (as I'm not), maybe avoid "the Frying Pan" altogether in the peak summer months. My birthday happens to be in October and it's still shirtsleeves weather right into the evening at that time of year, when the oranges are ripening in the tree-lined streets. Also, if someone suggests visiting the Royal Tobacco Factory, don't think it will be a boring concrete box. It's spectacularly ornate, like everything in Seville, it was the place where Carmen worked in Bizet's opera, and is now an administration building for the university. Love Sevilla, and the whole of Andalucía.

@davidmalarkey1302 Ай бұрын

One of my favorite cities also Malaga It is fantastic too.

@mikehess4494 Ай бұрын

Stay hydrated. I take addtion fluids twice a day through a port inside my right shoulder. Gracias for the information.

@charmainelawrence9580 Ай бұрын

Love your content! You and your family are awesome! 2:08 Keep up your amazing content! 🎉🎉🎉

@Iusuallydontcommentbut... Ай бұрын

I was there in early march. Sevilla is fantastic! It was just a long weekend so I wanna go back. The architecture the tiles the flamenco, the colours! The oranges trees are so cool, and smells so good! Orange trees are looks so happy: green, orange against the blue sky.

@SuperKasper333 Ай бұрын

This city, in itself, is incredibly beautiful. Yes, to the siestas. I have spent time, especially in Mallorca, incredibly hot mid day. The citizens' day is scheduled around siesta anyways.

@kevinlatz3155 Ай бұрын

Seville on my bucket list to see in Spain!

@codacraft Ай бұрын

Sevilla is my 2nd favorite city in Spain after Valencia. My husband and I would hang out in the Avenida de Hercules area and hear all sorts of music. Great great fun!

@malthuswasright Ай бұрын

I went for Christmas and new year a few years ago - it was still quite warm during the day and it was fantastic.

@CJWJR 5 күн бұрын

I studied in Sevilla in the Fall of 2007 at La Universidad de Sevilla (in the program for American exchange students). What memories this brings back! I had to Google where Las Setas is because it didn't even exist back then. I remember taking the B2 line there once, and it was just a square-shaped street that the buses went around. I also remember the opening day of the Tranvia in October of that year. (I think it even derailed on its 2nd day of service near the Archivo de Indias.) You're right - don't fall for the gypsies' tricks! As another student warned me, "One of them will tell you your fortune while the other one will rob you blind." The only places open on Sundays were a few cafes on the plazas, but other than that even El Corte Ingles was closed.

@balsera04 28 күн бұрын

The Archivo de Indias is amazing! I had a guided tour last year and was absolutely incredible.Also, travellers can’t miss the Jewish Quarter (Barrio de Santa Cruz), specially at night. It’s just magic. But they should be aware it’s a sort of labyrinth, I had to ask for help to get out of it.

@suwu5706 Ай бұрын

We visited Seville last October. Gorgeous but it was SO HOT! Take Walter’s advice about staying out of the heat.

@teynaranjas788 Ай бұрын

Watching from Nicaragua and seeing you put on that Toña cap made me sit up and smile!

@tobiojo6469 Ай бұрын

Hey Mark, awesome video

@aaronclift Ай бұрын

I’m from Texas and would say that Sevilla’s summers are about on par with ours minus the humidity of Texas.

@joshlunt7827 Ай бұрын

Interesting video!

@LtNduati Ай бұрын

Loved Sevilla, but good God is this a great video, even for Wolter, this is a bucket-list destination but has plenty of lovable and quirky highlights

@Kakashi10ist Ай бұрын

9:30 yeap, we can see in your eyes you like it a lot. Glad you enjoy your time as always.

@susanr1306 Ай бұрын

Amazing the increase in tourists since 2001 when we did just walk in to cathedral and alcazar in July. Great city. See flamenco show too!

@marshac1479 Ай бұрын

Lovely place. I went in February 2023. It was great. I wasn't enamoured with Las Setas though.

@HerrBrutal-bl2fk Ай бұрын

Wolter: Hope I'm not offending the locals in this safe, well ordered, happy European city The locals: We love you, Wolter! So glad you paid us a visit!

@ReZel80657 15 күн бұрын

The military museum on the plaza is something almost everybody miss

@myramyraUSA Ай бұрын

I went to Andalusia in December. I loved it because it wasn’t hot. It was still busy enough to have to get tickets for the main attractions in advance.

@Brizza032 29 күн бұрын

Drove over to Seville from the Algarve with buddies. Took 4 steps outside and wow it’s hot there. It was the hottest day in 50 years that day. Stay hydrated but beautiful place

@Iusuallydontcommentbut... Ай бұрын

If you going in winter or should season there is no heat it just chilly mornings with mild temperatur in the day.

@donaldobrien9171 Ай бұрын

Went to Seville in February. Low seventies and sunny days.

@gregshulas4452 Ай бұрын

Extremely thorough! This was better than the Spain Loves and Hates that came out after it. There is more production than the traditional Wolters World but it does not get in the way as much.

@DavidZ4-gg3dm Ай бұрын

Its summers are extremely long, hot & dry. On average, days in July & August peak at 36C.

@Benito-lr8mz Ай бұрын

La catedral de Sevilla es impresionante no solo por su aspecto o contenido sino por su tamaño es la catedral gotica mas grande del mundo y la 3 por tamaño en general entre todas ; el Archivo de Indias es el lugar del mundo con mayor cantidad de documentos de America o Filipinas del siglo 16 a principios del 19 con 80 millones de paginas y 10 kilometros lineales de estanterias con documentos con escritos autografos de Colon ; Balboa ; Hernan Cortes; Pizarro ; Elcano o Magallanes entre muchos otros; el casco antiguo de Sevilla es sitio Unesco

@bigm9228 Ай бұрын

Great video, but would have been great a few days ago when I was there. 😂

@timmmahhhh Ай бұрын

I saw a construction video on Andalusia that refers to the region as the Iberian Oven. Believe it! We were there first week of October last year thinking it might be cooler. It may have been cooler but that equaled 39C/100F for the high each of the 3 days we were there. I very much understand siesta culture now and definitely practiced it there. Which make me also understand why dinner time was 8:00 to 11:00/20:00 to 23:00. You're right about advance tickets though. Sevilla was our last stop in Spain and we decided to play it by ear and not arrange things like we did in all other previous cities. We decided to go to the alcasar and stood in line for tickets for 90 minutes. That morning. We made it into a back part of the cathedral but since we didn't have tickets we had to pass on that too. Really, you can get horses up that Tower? Amazing.

@pedrolardies9597 Ай бұрын

To climb up the tower, instead of stairs, there is an internal ramp that runs around the tower. The reason is that before when Andalusia was occupied by Muslims, the tower was where the muezzin shouted the verses of the Koran, as happens in Muslim countries, because before being a cathedral it was a mosque. The muhecin would climb on horseback to the top of the tower, which is why it has no stairs but a ramp. Later when the Christians reconquered Seville, the mosque was converted into a cathedral, which is what it was before the Muslim occupation, and they added a bell tower at the top.

@user-nc2qj2jc5q Ай бұрын

I would never go in spring, summer or early fall to hot. I live in Castellón and the summer temps have been to hot from these past summers.

@Tramptraveller Ай бұрын

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@bdavi6457 18 күн бұрын

Wonderful video! I’m not necessarily fluid in Spanish or French. Is English spoken?

@williamcrawford6219 Ай бұрын

Wolters, is that Bar Estrella with the Bull heads and the spinach/chickpeas?

@Entername-md1ev Ай бұрын

I’m going there from May 10-12 next month! Will the weather be a concern when I’m there? I’m hoping that because it’s in May it would be less hot than the summer months

@nilshakansson9093 Ай бұрын

I’ll be there that weekend too! I lived there September-December last year and it could be very hot, but I would guess between 25-30C

@LMPV4 Ай бұрын

Last year, April was much hotter than May, since there was a "Heat wave" in April and a "cold wave" some days in May. Now, it is around 24-26° C at the peak hours and sunny. Next week will be similar. Afer that, you don't know. I hope you enjoy your visit, and remember that evenings are nice in Sevilla. You can skip the worst hours without fear of missing out. Your day will just be longer. People in the south of Spain have dinner late and go to bed late, as compared to other European countries. Sometimes it is difficult to be a tourist in Córdoba and Sevilla because you don't want to miss the early afternoon hours, but if you adapt to the local's schedules, you will be ok. In Spain we say "allá donde fueres, haz lo que vieres" (there were you go, do as you see). People have been living in Seville for thousands of years. They know how live there. I hope you like Andalucia.

@extsaojose Ай бұрын

It will be kinda hot, like 25C, but not unbearable like July or August

@gianlucapagnoni283 Ай бұрын

I was there last month and explored the Sherry marca (Jerez, San Lucar) as well. Please don't say Manzanilla is a sweet wine as it is very dry! Don't say Sherry is a sweet wine as it is inaccurate! Sherry range from the driest wine (Manzanilla and Fino) to the sweetest (Pedro Ximenez and Moscatel) many people see your video and get the wrong idea about Sherry. I like your videos as they give me lots of travel ideas and inspirations but this time you made a mistake.... still love you!

@samtan4729 Ай бұрын

Is tap water safe for drinking here? Thanks in advance!

@nilshakansson9093 Ай бұрын

Yes, not the tastiest but safe

@Vid.186 26 күн бұрын

Don't miss a Real Betis home game ❤

@theshadowman1398 Ай бұрын

The only reason to visit Sevilla for me is to see the place where Naboo was filmed.

@aaronclift Ай бұрын

When I visited Sevilla in 2002, I had no idea that Plaza de España was used for the Naboo palace exterior. Being a big Star Wars fan, when I saw the plaza, I immediately recognized the plaza and thought it was really cool.

@pedrolardies9597 Ай бұрын

Also Scenes from the movie Lawrence of Arabia were also filmed. In the Real Alcazar were filmed scenes of the series Game of Thrones, when the Kingdom of Dorne was represented in the South. Also scenes from Mission Impossible II and Assassin's Creed.

@henryjanosky Ай бұрын

I think too many people are scary. I do not like it. 😢 Thank you for talking about that. I am going with my grandma soon. I like you video. 😀🏆🥇🇺🇸🤴🦁 🌈

@luke211286 Ай бұрын

Is the locals' contempt for tourists throught different places in Spain real, or is it just an overhyped media report? I think Sevilla is also reported to be one of the places where they want to limit tourist numbers

@vladgogulancea345 Ай бұрын

@1:19 You meant 100 feet not meters, it,s more like ~35 meters. and it was built for donkeys to climb not horses.

@balsera04 28 күн бұрын

Never , ever, go to Sevilla in summer! ;)

@davidl1969 Ай бұрын

A DON'T of Seville is don't try the local beer, Cruzcampo. It is absolutely rank rotten.

@ZONEPRESSLLC Ай бұрын

Housing has been driven up big time

@stevenikitas8170 17 күн бұрын

I love your videos (and your beautiful Greek wife) but you may be too young to know that the term "fellow travelers" that you use in every video meant "communists" in the American lexicon of the 1960s and 1970s.

@markbogers7646 Ай бұрын

never go to anything related to bullfighting, whether it is a museum or real bullfighting. This way you continue to support this disgusting cultural activity. It is animal cruelty, which in my opinion should be written as so down in the history books

@curious1264 Ай бұрын

Sorry but I totally disagree with you about doing the tower. It is all chicken wired off so if you can even get close to the small portals good luck getting a view. The amount of people they stuffed into the climb and tower is ridiculous and took us 30min to walk up at a snails pace only to arrive at the top hardly being able to move because there were so many people. Couldn't get to the viewing stairs to see the view..... waste of time and money .... tourist trap! Love Seville BUT because we wandered everywhere and largely ignored these tourist traps

@Joshua-fi4ji Ай бұрын

It was busy, but not super busy when i did it. It probably depends what time of the day/year you go up.

@curious1264 Ай бұрын

@@Joshua-fi4ji it was off season in February in the morning

@dagmarbelesova4284 2 күн бұрын

The rooftop tour of the cathedral is the *perfect* alternative - better views, no wire to block them and it's just you and a small group. And it's not that much more expensive than the standard cathedral entry.

@EasternDreamer615 Ай бұрын

I visited Sevilla in January of last year. I found it to be economical and providing good value for money. I originally intended to visit Portugal on that trip but decided to explore Andalucia instead.