air-conditioned hotel in Sevilla

Sorry 0 the only otel we have used in Seville is the Alfonso XIII - which we found has excellent AC (althoug others have complained about problems - perhaps a particular room or floor) but it's distinctly upscale = with matching price.

We did not consider a lot of other places for just this reasons - but that was a couple of years ago. I would check newer or newly renovated places that should have decent AC.

Someone I know told me she got heatstroke in Seville in the summer. The temperatures can go up to 120. I suppose it's a dry heat, but still . . . .

I don't really know what you mean by "American Style" air-conditioning, but there are a few hotels with A/C that you may find acceptable. You nee to remember that for A/C to work properly there needs to be a little moisture in the air, not an abundant commodity in Sevilla in August.

The following hotels have A/C of a sort:
Las Casas del Rey de Baeza
Alcoba del Rey de Sevilla
Alfonso XIII
Casa Imperial
Casa Romana
La Casa del Maestro

Hotel Macarena isn't too far from the center of Sevilla. There's a/c but I'm not sure it's an American type of cooling.

I stayed at this hotel when they held the International Summer Sports in August. They had more than 40 C. and still ran the marathons. Many of the teams put their people into the Macarena.

Underground parking if you need and there's still a lot of free parking on the street too.

Even if you decide to stay elsewhere, visit their lobby terrace. It's a typical Andalucia patio.

Blackduff

Try new Petit Palace Marques de Santa Ana from the
high tech group. Nothing to do with an Americanan kind of hotel, but has high tech like flat 20 inches TV, hydro showers and the like. When we were there last February no AC was needed but you can write them and ask them.
wwwhthoteles.com

sorry it is www.hthoteles.com, and besides de Petit Palace Marques de Santa Ana they have other hotels in Sevilla. The Marques is located very close to the Cathedral , the others might be well located too.

We stayed in Seville in early August last year and yes, it was hot and very dry. I was concerned about the air conditioning at the Alfonso XIII after having read about so-called "inadequacies" in at least one TripAdvisor review. However, we stayed there and experienced absolutely no problems.

There are other, less expensive hotels, some of which have been mentioned above, which may be more to your tastes and budget. I doubt you'll have any probelms with the A/C in those places.

And going to seville at that time of year is no more "insane" than going to a lot of places in the southwestern US and southern California...in fact, if you do go to Seville you'll see all the architectural "inspirations" for buildings in those U.S. areas just mentioned.

I think of American Style hotel airconditioning being those horrible noisy units they build in under a window. We stayed at Casas de la Juderia, and the only problem we had with the air which was like built in central air conditioning, was that while we were gone the maid always turned it so low that when we returned we had to scrape the ice off the mirrors -- well, almost.

There's another hotel which I used very often is called Alcora. Now this certainly can't be called central. You'll have to take a mini-bus from the hotel to the center of Seville. This is free.

The airconditioning is great. The hotels are superb and you can negotiate with the prices. For me it was great, since I had a car each time.

It is very posh though and you would like using a swimming pool in this summer weather.

It's worth a look.

Blackduff