Seville Daytrip
Dec 18th, 2003 | 05:28 AM
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Seville Daytrip
We'll be in Seville in early June.
The total length of time will be 4 1/2 days (AVE from Madrid in the morning).
Substract 1 day for a daytrip to Cordoba leaves 3 1/2 days.
In the event we decide 2 1/2 days (plus the evenings of the daytrips) in Seville is sufficient, I'd like to have some ideas for another daytrip.
We're not particularly interested in horses or sherry. We'll be using public transportation. A short bus ride is ok but would prefer train.
The original plan called for Carmona. It appears to be quite close to Seville and I've read nice things about it. It's a bus ride but I don't know how long it takes.
Any other suggestions?
The total length of time will be 4 1/2 days (AVE from Madrid in the morning).
Substract 1 day for a daytrip to Cordoba leaves 3 1/2 days.
In the event we decide 2 1/2 days (plus the evenings of the daytrips) in Seville is sufficient, I'd like to have some ideas for another daytrip.
We're not particularly interested in horses or sherry. We'll be using public transportation. A short bus ride is ok but would prefer train.
The original plan called for Carmona. It appears to be quite close to Seville and I've read nice things about it. It's a bus ride but I don't know how long it takes.
Any other suggestions?
Dec 18th, 2003 | 06:09 AM
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Myer
If you are in your first visit to Seville I would not suggest to include one more day trip, and therefore limit your time to a day and a half in Seville.But if you are still interested:
Carmona is a nice place but it is secondary to Seville.
Your one day return, train possibilities are limited on to Cordoba, Jerez(wine and horses) , Huelva(uninteresting), Osuna and Cadiz. So you can plan a visit one of this last two,Osuna in land , about 60 miles from Seville stands well above Carmona.
Plenty of Monasteries, churches and a real Andalusian town.
Cadiz by the sea is a sort of european
La Habana(Cuba).
If you are in your first visit to Seville I would not suggest to include one more day trip, and therefore limit your time to a day and a half in Seville.But if you are still interested:
Carmona is a nice place but it is secondary to Seville.
Your one day return, train possibilities are limited on to Cordoba, Jerez(wine and horses) , Huelva(uninteresting), Osuna and Cadiz. So you can plan a visit one of this last two,Osuna in land , about 60 miles from Seville stands well above Carmona.
Plenty of Monasteries, churches and a real Andalusian town.
Cadiz by the sea is a sort of european
La Habana(Cuba).
Dec 18th, 2003 | 07:52 AM
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car,
Let me clarify.
With a daytrip to Cordoba and one other daytrip we will still have 2 1/2 days in Seville.
How would you compare Carmona and Osuna?
How long does it take to get to Carmona by bus? I think it's 1 hour to Osuna from Seville by train.
Since we like to just walk around and see the sights (not big on museums, churches) and visit some of the main places, will there be enough in Seville for 3 1/2 days?
Let me clarify.
With a daytrip to Cordoba and one other daytrip we will still have 2 1/2 days in Seville.
How would you compare Carmona and Osuna?
How long does it take to get to Carmona by bus? I think it's 1 hour to Osuna from Seville by train.
Since we like to just walk around and see the sights (not big on museums, churches) and visit some of the main places, will there be enough in Seville for 3 1/2 days?
Dec 18th, 2003 | 08:29 AM
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Seville is a wonderful city and could easily occupy 3 and 1/2 days. It's atmospheric and my vote for the best real old world Spanish city in Spain. Just walking in the various neighborhoods is fun. The Barrio de Santa Cruz is small, but I could wander it over and over. It's so fun to keep coming back to the same place even though you thought you were going in a different direction. The site of the 1929 World's Fair is interesting. Take a carriage ride through it and the surrounding park. I don't know if the bullfights are on then, but if so, check them out.
Dec 18th, 2003 | 09:21 AM
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Myer,
It takes an hr. by bus from Seville to Carmona-34 km. Carmona is rather like a miniature Seville without the Gualdaquivir River, and it's surrounded by fortified walls. It rises above the agricultural plains and has the former 15th century Alcazar of Peter the Cruel, now Parador, at the top. It has a Roman necropolis which some find interesting (and some don't-open Tues.-Sat), and many churches and seignorial mansions.
As car says, Osuna is filled with impressive Baroque monuments and more seignorial homes, as the Dukes of Osuna were important patrons of the city and founded the grand Colegiata de Santa Maria there that has paintings by Jose de Ribera, contemporary of Caravaggio and Velazquez.
But honestly, I think you'll probably find more than enough to keep you happy and busy in Seville for that time. There's the Alcazar and its lovely gardens, the cathedral and Giralda, the Museo de Bellas Artes, a real unsung gem loaded with Spanish Baroque (Murillos and Zurbarans everywhere-a truly lovely fine arts museum), the Basilica of the Macarena, the Casa de Pilatos with its truely amazing! tile work and tranquil gardens, the Palacio de Lebrija, a carriage ride around the town as jmv suggests, a wander over to the Triana district to the street of the potters, a tour of the prettiest bullring in Spain, the Plaza de Toros de la Real Maestranza, the Maria Luisa park, and just wandering and getting lost in the warren of really tiny, narrow streets in the atmospheric Santa Cruz quarter.
Trains to Cadiz, which was the stand-in for Havana in the latest Bond movie, take about 2 hrs.
It takes an hr. by bus from Seville to Carmona-34 km. Carmona is rather like a miniature Seville without the Gualdaquivir River, and it's surrounded by fortified walls. It rises above the agricultural plains and has the former 15th century Alcazar of Peter the Cruel, now Parador, at the top. It has a Roman necropolis which some find interesting (and some don't-open Tues.-Sat), and many churches and seignorial mansions.
As car says, Osuna is filled with impressive Baroque monuments and more seignorial homes, as the Dukes of Osuna were important patrons of the city and founded the grand Colegiata de Santa Maria there that has paintings by Jose de Ribera, contemporary of Caravaggio and Velazquez.
But honestly, I think you'll probably find more than enough to keep you happy and busy in Seville for that time. There's the Alcazar and its lovely gardens, the cathedral and Giralda, the Museo de Bellas Artes, a real unsung gem loaded with Spanish Baroque (Murillos and Zurbarans everywhere-a truly lovely fine arts museum), the Basilica of the Macarena, the Casa de Pilatos with its truely amazing! tile work and tranquil gardens, the Palacio de Lebrija, a carriage ride around the town as jmv suggests, a wander over to the Triana district to the street of the potters, a tour of the prettiest bullring in Spain, the Plaza de Toros de la Real Maestranza, the Maria Luisa park, and just wandering and getting lost in the warren of really tiny, narrow streets in the atmospheric Santa Cruz quarter.
Trains to Cadiz, which was the stand-in for Havana in the latest Bond movie, take about 2 hrs.
Dec 19th, 2003 | 04:52 AM
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Myer
No horses, wine, churches or museums.
Hummm... this is getting difficult.
And in public transportation prefer train.
Interesting tourist challenge.
Regarding your question about Osuna and Carmona, they are similar towns, I think the view from the fortified walls in Carmona is beautiful and matches the nice provincial town elegance of Osuna, so I am going to propose you visit both;Take the bus to Carmona then a taxi to Osuna(unless you can find a direct bus which I doubt), and train back to Sevilla. the taxi I recon should cost 30/40 €, but you should agree the amount before boarding.
check the site www.turismosevilla.org
it has some good info in touring the sevilla province.
Even if you are not found of monuments the Plateresq(late baroque) front of the colegiata (Cathedral)in Osuna is fantastic.
The Plateresq is an arquitecture style originated in Spain during the XVI century, inspired in Gothic, Italian renassaince and arabian morish, the name comes from the way silver(plata) was and still is worked.
No horses, wine, churches or museums.
Hummm... this is getting difficult.
And in public transportation prefer train.
Interesting tourist challenge.
Regarding your question about Osuna and Carmona, they are similar towns, I think the view from the fortified walls in Carmona is beautiful and matches the nice provincial town elegance of Osuna, so I am going to propose you visit both;Take the bus to Carmona then a taxi to Osuna(unless you can find a direct bus which I doubt), and train back to Sevilla. the taxi I recon should cost 30/40 €, but you should agree the amount before boarding.
check the site www.turismosevilla.org
it has some good info in touring the sevilla province.
Even if you are not found of monuments the Plateresq(late baroque) front of the colegiata (Cathedral)in Osuna is fantastic.
The Plateresq is an arquitecture style originated in Spain during the XVI century, inspired in Gothic, Italian renassaince and arabian morish, the name comes from the way silver(plata) was and still is worked.
