Seville train station to Hotel Amadeus
 

We have booked two nights at Hotel Amadeus in Seville which seems that several Fodorites have stayed at. We will be arriving by train from Malaga into Santa Justa train station. From my research, it seems that the hotel is not too far away from the train station, but, I'm not sure if it's walkable or not or if we should just take a taxi. Has anyone that stayed at Hotel Amadeus or La Musica arrived by train? If so, what's the best way to get to the hotel from the S Justa train station? Appreciate any insight or assistance.

I know station and know the hotel's vicinity. This is not less than twenty minutes walk. Taxi would be able to access.

If they have a website - check it for their advice or email.

1 km walking or 6-7€ with taxi (with luggage).

I concur with kimhe. If you are travelling very light, it is walkable (I've done it at least twice, but I was not lugging a suitcase both times - just handheld bag/pouch). When I had actual luggage, I just took a taxi from the taxi rank at the station and the fare was what is mentionned above, going to hotel Casas de la Juderia one time and El Rey Moro hotel another time.

Of course you could walk it with no luggage, but I really can't imagine walking from there to the Amadeus with baggage. It seemed a lot longer to me than 1 km, if so, I'm very surprised.

mappy.com says it is 1.6 km which is about one mile

panda2ac:

I got back from 12 days in Spain last Saturday.

I stayed at Hotel Amadeus for two nights, and I took the train there from Madrid, which was my base.

There is a convenient and informative tourist office in the Santa Justa train station, which itself is a very sleek, modern, welcoming facility. I took a taxi from the station to the hotel, which, yes, was about six or seven euros. I guess it might have been walkable, but I simply wanted to get to the hotel and didn't feel like being adventurous right off the bat after the 2-1/2 hour train ride.

Seville can make Venice look organized. You'll sense that when you look at a detailed map, and you'll find it out for yourself when you realize that the signage on the streets is rather haphazard, a challenge you'll get used to the longer you walk the streets.

You'll like Hotel Amadeus — the staff, the quiet, the breakfast, the lush bathroom towels and bathrobes, the overall ambience. It's on a narrow little street and convenient to the cathedral, Alcazar, and other sites.

Thanks everyone for your responses, based on the comments, I think we will take a taxi to the hotel.

Wanderful, since you just got back, do you recommend any good restaurants or tapas bar near the hotel that were not too expensive and would like to go back to?

Sevilla is full of fabulous tapas bars/restaurants.

Very close to your hotel I can recommend

Bodega Santa Cruz (Las Columnas), very popular with both tourists and locals. Some 20-30 hot and cold tapas (some 1,50-2€), great atmosphere. http://azahar-sevilla.com/sevilletap...ga-santa-cruz/

Las Teresas has got fabulous jamón and lots of other great tapas. http://azahar-sevilla.com/sevilletap...8/las-teresas/

I've had some fabulous small dishes at Cervecería Giralda, a bit more expensive but well worth it: http://azahar-sevilla.com/sevilletap...ceria-giralda/

Many of the best and more local places would nevertheless be in other parts of town, for exapmple in the Arenal district, San Lorenzo/Alameda district.

You should at least try these two places (also with great restaurant sections):
Enrique Becerra, seven mins walking from your hotel: http://azahar-sevilla.com/sevilletap...rique-becerra/
Eslava, 20 mins walking from your hotel: http://azahar-sevilla.com/sevilletapas/category/eslava/

Two more things close to your hotel:
You are two minutes away from the fabulous Arab bath house Aire de Sevilla. A friend of mine went five times in a week:http://www.airedesevilla.com/

You are also two minutes away from great flamenco at Casa de la Memória. Popular with tourists, but this is the real deal. Both some of the finest flamenco artists in the world and up and coming talents perform here. Pastora Galván was recently voted best female flamenco dancer for 2010 by Spanish critics. She has danced here once a week for a long time:
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractio...Andalusia.html

Thank you kimhe, I had seen some of your recommendations on other postings and I had already jotted them down. I had also looked at quite a few of the restaurants recommended on the azahar site. What about casa robles, have you eaten there? Some of the dishes look quite inviting.

panda2ac:

It looks like you probably have enough restaurant/tapas suggestions for your two-day stay in Sevilla. I do have a few suggestions on other fronts:

I made my way by foot from Hotel Amadeus to Plaza de la Encarnacion to see the new ultramodern Metropol Parasol, which has stirred up a lot of buzz worldwide. 246 feet wide and 91 feet high, it's an imaginative new structure in Sevilla that's a series of six interconnected parasols built from fire-treated woodbeams. It sits atop preserved Roman ruins, which you can observe downstairs. You can walk outside along the ramps of the Metropol Parasol to get extensive views of the city. There's a bustling meat, fish, and vegetable market on the ground floor. The architect who won the commission in an international competition calls it a "cathedral without walls."

From there, I walked to Sevilla's Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla, which is very worthwhile and includes several paintings by Murillo. Uncrowded too.

Later that day, around 4pm, I believe it was, I toured Sevilla's great cathedral. I mention the time because I walked right in. Earlier in the day there were long lines to get in, including significant numbers of tour groups.

If you are interested in art, you also might want to check out the Centro Velasquez, Fundacion Focus-Abengoa, Hospital de los Venerables, Plaza de los Venerables. It's an international center for the study of Velazquez's work. It was closed when I was there because the foundation was hosting an international conference of scholars at the time. In addition to paintings by Velazquez, it includes works by Zurbaran, Murillo, and Pacheco. It was reopening two days after I left Sevilla, or May 14. The brochure I'm looking at now says it's open seven days a week from 10-2 and 4-8.

Haven't been to Casa Robles. Seems like people either love it or hate it. Looks as if it's very much oriented towards tourists, and many say they serve great food.
http://www.tripadvisor.es/Restaurant...Andalusia.html

Azahar knows what she talks about, and I get the impression that here you are somewhat into a tourist factory until they know you:
http://azahar-sevilla.com/sevilletap...y/casa-robles/

Would perhaps have opted for either Enrique Becerra (also fairly close to your hotel), Eslava or Bodega Dos de Mayo for a great Sevilla dining/tapas experience.

We stayed around the corner from Eslava....it was always so jammed, we could not get near it in 5 nights.
Mind you, it was during La Semana Santa