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I love this video done by TurismoSevillaTV (though in some parts the editing is a bit choppy). It gives you a nice visual overview of Spain’s most beautiful city.
Category: architecture
Wabi Sabi Vintage Market
This afternoon I stopped into Wabi Sabi Shop & Gallery to check out their Sunday Vintage Market, an exclusive one-day-only event that they were hosting with Mary Jo Torres from Mulita Couture. I was told that this is just the start of regular “every-other-Sunday” events, which will include poetry readings and wine tastings, along with fashion, furniture and art workshops.
Owner María Lopez Vergera opened her bright new space just off the Plaza Encarnación in part to help make people feel less intimidated about walking into an “Art Gallery”, which I think she mostly does by just being herself. I love the mix of art and fashion, retro furniture and cool chachkas on display, but it’s the friendly and open welcome you get from María and Manolo that really makes you feel at home. Seriously my kind of place.
Wabi Sabi Shop & Gallery
Viriato 9
Tel. 954 214 065
La Cartuja Revisited
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I had some business out at the Cartuja this morning and was surprised to discover on my way home that there are actually some very lovely spots out there (besides the monastery). It also helped that it was a beautiful blue sunshiny day…
Occupy Plaza Pescadería
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This morning on the way to the gym I passed through Plaza de la Pescadería and saw this colourful display – and so of course I had to find out what was going on!
Turns out it’s a one-day event being put on by Seville University architecture students, protesting the way that the four bars and restaurants in the square are taking up the public space there by continually extending their terrazas.
They are using yarn to represent “home” and homeowners occupying the public benches and the spaces between them. The students were still hard at work when I left them, so if you’re in the neighbourhood be sure to check it out.
Plaza de la Pescadería
Sevilla Walking Tours
Today’s post is by guest writer Peter Tatford (aka Sevilla English)
who tells us about his unique walking tour service.
Pretty much wherever you go on holiday these days, one of the services you’ll find on offer will be guided tours of the city, and/or its individual monuments and museums. These can be fun, informative and useful, but during the seven years I’ve lived in Seville, I’ve all too often seen large herds of tourists following disconsolately in the wake of a single guide, and wondered what they were getting out of it. And it started me thinking “What would I like a walking tour to be like?”
My walking tours are designed to be small and informal, so people can feel personally involved with what they see, and can ask questions or add their own comments or experiences without feeling intimidated.
There’s a mix of history, legend, and anecdote, which Seville has plenty of, and I also point out some of the best places to eat, suggest places to go and things to do, and say something about what it’s like to live here.
Even though I have lived here for over seven years, I am always discovering new things about the city’s customs and culture, its past, and how, timeless though it seems, it is, in fact, a living, breathing community.
The Sevilla I will show you is my Sevilla. I hope you will find it as beautiful and fascinating as I do.
We usually start at 10.30 and the tours are about two hours long – there may also be a coffee break included, depending on the route taken. You will either be picked up at your hotel, or a central meeting point will be arranged.
For more information or to book a tour you can contact me at:
