Planning the day
Seville evening around the show
A walking plan in four parts around a one-hour flamenco show on Calle Cuna: the Cathedral, Santa Cruz, the Setas and tapas, with no fixed clock times.
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The theatre's own notes recommend beginning with a walk through the historic centre, going from large monuments to small streets and squares within minutes. They suggest not trying to see everything: Seville is also enjoyed by stopping in a square you had not planned to visit or pausing at a terrace. A show of one hour leaves room for that. Pick two stops, not five, and keep the show as the fixed point of the evening.
A simple order for the day
One workable order: a walk to the Cathedral and the Giralda, then into Santa Cruz, then a stop for tapas, then the show, then something light afterwards. Another puts the Setas at the end of the afternoon, which the theatre's notes suggest for the light. Neither needs a clock: the only fixed time is your session, and it is on your confirmation. Leave a margin of at least 20 minutes before it for the queue.
The Cathedral and the Giralda
The Cathedral of Seville was registered with the Alcázar and the Archive of the Indies as a World Heritage Site in 1987. It is one of the largest church buildings in the world and the largest Gothic cathedral, and Christopher Columbus and his son Diego are buried inside. The Giralda, its bell tower, is a former minaret about 104.5 metres tall. The area around it is worth a walk even if you do not go inside.
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz is Seville's main tourist neighbourhood and its former Jewish quarter, bordered by the Jardines de Murillo, the Real Alcázar, Calle Mateos Gago and the streets around Santa María la Blanca. Its churches include one on Calle Mateos Gago that holds a Last Supper by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, who lived in the neighbourhood. The theatre's notes suggest wandering without a fixed route, with the narrow streets and patios as the point.
The Setas
The Metropol Parasol, known as the Setas de Sevilla, is a large mostly wooden structure of six parasols in La Encarnación square, in the old quarter. Construction began in 2005 and finished in April 2011. Its upper levels are panoramic terraces over the city centre, and the roof of the market below is an open plaza shaded by the parasols. The theatre's notes suggest the area for a sunset stop. Level 0 holds the Antiquarium, an underground museum of Roman and Moorish remains found on the site.
Tapas on either side
The theatre's notes suggest tapas as a pause between the walk and the show, or as the plan after it. They name streets such as Mateos Gago, Rodrigo Caro, Hernando Colón and Álvarez Quintero, and the squares of El Salvador and San Francisco. Classics they list include montadito de pringá, spinach with chickpeas, fried fish, solomillo al whisky, croquettes and cod pavías. Eat lightly before a one-hour show and save a longer meal for afterwards.
After the show
The theatre points out that the end of the show need not end the day, especially in months when warm evenings let people stay out later. You can walk back toward the squares, look for somewhere to eat, or simply watch how the streets change as night falls. Lit monuments, terraces and the night atmosphere give the city a different face. Your session time is on your confirmation, so work the rest of the plan around it. If you are staying on, the theatre's notes suggest the squares, a late supper or a slow walk past the lit monuments.
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