Route of the palace houses of Seville

We start in the Macarena neighborhood. Our first stop is the house Palacio de Dueñas of the much loved by the Sevillians deceased Duchess of Alba. Here you will find, in addition to the building, a museum of belongings of the late Duchess.

We continue towards the fair street, to visit the palace of the palace of the marquises of the Algaba. Today it is a government building, but it can be visited.

We deserve a break, we suggest you to have tapas in the different bars of the mercado de Feria frequented by locals. If you prefer to sit at the table and you are more of a food traveler, we propose the Lebanese Fatouch and its beet hummus or the little Bottega Italia and any of their pastas, but leave room for their canollo or tiramisu for dessert. If you’re looking for a more immersive experience, one option I recommend for dinner today or any other day is to try SAZON The Folk Cook, SAZON is the world’s first platform that offers homemade Spanish food prepared by locals in their own homes, where you will taste it in total privacy.

With renewed energy, we will walk to the Alameda de Hércules, here we will find the casa de las sirenas. Here we find the house of the sirens, a former palace, now a civic center, with free visit and, possibly, an exhibition.

Strolling through the neighborhood of San Lorenzo, we suggest you to walk along the man of stone street where the bust is located stone man legend has it that a poor wretch lies here impaled, continuing on until he reaches the monsalves palace. This building is proposed as an extension for the “Down There” series, as it was filmed here. museum of Fine Arts of Seville, which if it is open we recommend visiting because only its building is a former Mercedarian convent and houses inside a collection of Baroque art, as well as works by Murillo, Velázquez and Zurbarán. Since you are in the area I suggest you visit the Museum of Fine Arts as it is free for EU citizens and costs only 1.50 euros for the rest.

To end the day we return our steps to the alameda, we suggest you to have dinner at “Arte y Sabor“. A restaurant of Andalusian, Arabic and Andalusian fusion… to say that its pastry is a delight (open from Friday to Sunday). Another option is to have tapas at 
Lola por Dios.

Here we leave you free to eat an ice cream, have a drink or find a place to dance in this square that is pure atmosphere.

We started the morning with a visit to the Salinas house (open Monday to Friday from 10 am to 2 pm), which is very well preserved.

We will continue walking through the Barrio de Santa Cruz, its buildings are old palace houses now converted into apartments or private tenement houses, get close to their railings and courtyards to discover small hidden gems, while you get to the Plaza de los Venerables, where you can visit the ancient Hospital de los Venerables.

After the visit, we will go to the bustling alfalfa square where we give you two options: tapas standing in its typical tascas such as La Trastienda or La Bodega de la Alfalfa or sit down to eat at La Escaloná where you can try without fear any of their tapas, although the most popular are the carrillá, their croquettes or their tuna tataki.

Walking to have lunch, we will return to visit the Mañara palace and visit the Pilate’s house one of the best preserved in the city, owned by the Dukes of Medinaceli, consult if during your visit to the city Engranajes Culturales makes dramatized visits because it is very worthwhile, it is a visit to which you will dedicate time.

If you want to enjoy a good flamenco show in the area, I recommend you La Casa del Flamenco, is a house-palace of the XVth century converted into a flamenco auditorium, which offers very complete shows and has several shows in the afternoons.

For dinner we suggest La Hostería del Laurel where you will sit at the table that inspired the most famous Sevillian literary character: D. Juan Tenorio and from which we recommend its popular oxtail. If you feel like something more informal, you can have tapas at the bar Santa Cruz Las columnas.

We started the day at the Calle Cuna, specifically at the Palace of the Countess of Lebrija. A visit you can not miss, both for the building and for the jewels it houses inside from Italica, including huge entire mosaics.

After this visit, we went to the Plaza del Salvador.where we will sit at the high tables in the center to enjoy a cold beer, the most typical tapas of the city as some delicious potatoes and the views of one of the most beautiful and full of life squares in the city center (you have the opportunity to enjoy the best tapas in town). Like la Antigua bodeguita or the Freiduría El Salvador).

In the afternoon, we continued our walk to Fabiola´s house. Today it has been converted into an exhibition hall of traditional art. To end the afternoon I recommend a visit to the Hospital de la Caridad and have a drink on the terrace of the Hotel Doña María which has spectacular views.

To finish this route of palatial houses we propose a different visit. We are going to visit the Pinello house, today converted into a hotel, which houses the restaurant LaHerre and we suggest you to dine here or in its patio or on its terrace, with a menu of exquisite dishes ranging from its fried fish to its local meats, through various types of rice.

Enjoy!