Sevilla Tapas Tour
Sep 25th, 2023 | 11:09 PM
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Shawn Hennessey of Azahar-Sevilla. I've used her for years. She just celebrated her 30th year of living in Sevilla, and there is no one who knows the food scene better than Shawn. I go to the tapas bars to which she gives her top rating of 5 oranges.
https://azahar-sevilla.com/tapas-tours/
https://azahar-sevilla.com/tapas-tours/
Sep 26th, 2023 | 11:11 PM
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Sorry it doesn’t work. If you take a tapas tour in your first city, Granada, to “learn the ropes” regarding ordering, you may just want to frequent in Sevilla the great bars in your apartment’s neighborhood that she rates most highly in the section of her website, Tapas by barrio.
Or there is a discussion going on at Hungry Onion under the long “Andalucía anyone?” thread with lots of suggestions for Seville.
Seville is not the land of the “free tapa” like Granada
but it has some exceptional gastro bars like Ekscrunchy’s and my favorite, La Azotea and La Tienda de Azotea across the street in the San Lorenzo quarter and plenty in the Arenal.
Or there is a discussion going on at Hungry Onion under the long “Andalucía anyone?” thread with lots of suggestions for Seville.
Seville is not the land of the “free tapa” like Granada
but it has some exceptional gastro bars like Ekscrunchy’s and my favorite, La Azotea and La Tienda de Azotea across the street in the San Lorenzo quarter and plenty in the Arenal.
Sep 26th, 2023 | 11:17 PM
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https://azahar-sevilla.com/sevilletapas/barrios/
https://www.hungryonion.org/t/andalucia-anyone/35305/20
https://www.hungryonion.org/t/andalucia-anyone/35305/20
Last edited by Maribel; Sep 26th, 2023 at 11:19 PM.
Oct 1st, 2023 | 01:57 PM
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Thank you! My husband and I are booking a tour with Gayle in Granada and will take our learnings with us to Sevilla and Madrid.
In Sevilla, we will typically go out for lunch but have dinner in the apartment since we will be connecting with California in the evening. I will look for a little market to figure out small dinners.
During our month in Aix-en-Provence, we found a vendor at one of the markets who made traditional French dishes to take away. We also found a couple of shops that sold takeaway dishes. And, of course, we made charcuterie for dinner. I'm sure Sevilla will have something similar in the Santa Cruz/El Arenal neighborhoods.
In Sevilla, we will typically go out for lunch but have dinner in the apartment since we will be connecting with California in the evening. I will look for a little market to figure out small dinners.
During our month in Aix-en-Provence, we found a vendor at one of the markets who made traditional French dishes to take away. We also found a couple of shops that sold takeaway dishes. And, of course, we made charcuterie for dinner. I'm sure Sevilla will have something similar in the Santa Cruz/El Arenal neighborhoods.
Oct 1st, 2023 | 11:13 PM
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For purchasing take away-
One of the best places, as in for the most variety, would be El Corte Inglés (Spain's large department store) supermarket downstairs, on the Plaza del Duque. It's huge!!! I can find everything there. There are many take-away options. But upstairs at its Club del Gourmet there are even more temptations, albeit at higher prices. Manu Jaro for pastries, etc.
In the Barrio de Santa Cruz there's the Andalucía Selecta on Ximénez de Enciso 5 that can provide you with treats.
On Hernando Colón 9, in the center, there's Maestro Marcelino.
Although you'll need to walk across the bridge, the Mercado de Triana, founded in 1823, is large, lively, colorful, atmospheric and filled with places to purchase take out. It's on the Plaza de Altozano next to the Puente de Isabel II (bridge).
If you find yourself up at Las Setas (the largest wooden building in the world and a major tourist sight, especially for walking around the top at sunset), underneath it is the Mercado de la Encarnación, where you can purchase Iberian ham and cheeses.
In the Arenal, there's the Mercado del Arenal, another of the city's municipal indoor markets, although not very interesting, much smaller, but does have take out.
One of the best places, as in for the most variety, would be El Corte Inglés (Spain's large department store) supermarket downstairs, on the Plaza del Duque. It's huge!!! I can find everything there. There are many take-away options. But upstairs at its Club del Gourmet there are even more temptations, albeit at higher prices. Manu Jaro for pastries, etc.
In the Barrio de Santa Cruz there's the Andalucía Selecta on Ximénez de Enciso 5 that can provide you with treats.
On Hernando Colón 9, in the center, there's Maestro Marcelino.
Although you'll need to walk across the bridge, the Mercado de Triana, founded in 1823, is large, lively, colorful, atmospheric and filled with places to purchase take out. It's on the Plaza de Altozano next to the Puente de Isabel II (bridge).
If you find yourself up at Las Setas (the largest wooden building in the world and a major tourist sight, especially for walking around the top at sunset), underneath it is the Mercado de la Encarnación, where you can purchase Iberian ham and cheeses.
In the Arenal, there's the Mercado del Arenal, another of the city's municipal indoor markets, although not very interesting, much smaller, but does have take out.
