Are you staying in Southern Spain and on the lookout for some new locations to discover round Seville? In that case, you’re in the fitting place!
I’ve been residing in Southern Spain, for over 3 years now and visited plenty of stunning locations and locations which can be inside straightforward attain from Seville. In this text, I’ve chosen seven straightforward day journeys from Seville that tick all of your journey packing containers – stunning places, straightforward attain from Seville, and loads of time and issues to discover in simply sooner or later.
Before we get to them, I’ve shared some ideas for choosing the fitting vacation spot for you under, and on the finish of the article, you’ll discover some bonus ideas that may make your journey far more handy and hassle-free. Enjoy!
Planning Your Day Trip from Seville
Planning your day journeys from Seville is fairly straightforward – the town is effectively related to plenty of different locations in Southern Spain by high-quality highways, prolonged rail connections, and even frequent bus companies.
So even in the event you’re not eager on driving a automotive, there are many locations you possibly can discover very simply with only a prepare or a bus experience.
In this text, I’ve compiled among the finest choices for cities and locations to go to inside a brief attain from Seville. I attempted to maintain the journey time beneath two hours, so there may be sufficient time to discover the town with out feeling such as you spent more often than not within the automotive or commuting someplace.
There is a large combine of various dimension locations so everybody can discover one thing they may like – larger and extra identified locations and a few smaller native gems thrown in between.
For ease of reference, I’ve additionally added notes on every possibility whether or not it’s straightforward to do this particular vacation spot with a prepare or bus, do you have to not need to lease a automotive whilst you’re staying in Seville.
If you’re unsure how one can determine on a spot the place you wish to go, there are a couple of questions you possibly can ask your self:
- Do you like hassle-free journey and need to use a prepare or a bus? In that case, the larger cities that are higher related by rail community are a greater possibility for you (Granada, Cadiz, Cordoba)
- Do you desire a quick journey time and extra time exploring the vacation spot? In that case take a look at the cities closest to you by automotive or prepare, like Cadiz (sufficiently small that you just see every little thing in sooner or later) or Jezer de la Frontera
- If you need to spend a while on a seashore whilst you’re staying in Seville, I might suggest heading to Cadiz or Tarifa (in Tarifa you get to expertise the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea on the identical time)
- Are you a historical past fanatic and need to see all of the gems of Southern Spain? In that case head in direction of Granda, or Cordoba!
- If you need to see a bit extra genuine facet of Southern Spain, locations like Jerez de la Frontera or Tarifa might be match for you
- If you wish to tick off among the ‘bucket list’ locations for Southern Spain, a good selection is both Ronda or Gibraltar (technically not Spain, however effectively well worth the journey)
- For wine fans, you’ll love the Sherry triangle city of Jerez, and people who like good meals will love the free tapas custom in Granada (free small tapas served with each drink almost anyplace within the metropolis)
So right here they’re, my prime picks for Seville day journeys!
Top Day Trips from Seville
1. Cadiz
Cadiz is a coastal city on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, and it’s stated to be one of many oldest cities not simply in Spain, but additionally in Europe.
Cadiz is kind of a singular place – to begin with, it’s positioned by itself island, related to the mainland with two bridges and a stretch of lengthy seashore. Cadiz is usually favored by native Spanish vacationers who love the town’s white sandy seashores and conventional southern hospitality. Cadiz certainly seems like a small village, although it’s a fairly well-known metropolis.
While in Cadiz, you’ll have loads of time to see the previous city, the market, the Cadiz Cathedral and among the different monuments across the shoreline, just like the Castle of San Sebastian with its stunning promenade stretching into the ocean, and Castillo de Santa Catalina, ruins of an previous fortress with beautiful views throughout.
You can drive to Cadiz fairly simply from Seville (about 1.5 hrs), or take a neighborhood prepare which can get you there in 1 hour and 45 minutes.
2. Jerez de la Frontera
Jerez de la Frontera is a ravishing conventional Andalusian village, about midway between Seville and Cadiz. If you want a brief and fast journey out of the town, to see one of many prettiest white villages, Jerez is a superb possibility for a day journey.
Known primarily for its sherry manufacturing custom (a part of the Sherry Triangle), Jerez could also be a small place, however there’s a lot to be found, and every little thing might be seen in simply sooner or later.
One of the highlights of the journey could be visiting the native Alcazar, a Moorish fortress from the eleventh century, adopted by a go to a neighborhood taverna to see a Flamenco efficiency. There can be a devoted museum for sherry manufacturing known as Bodega Tradition, and Jerez Cathedral can be value a go to.
To get to Jerez, you possibly can simply drive there from Seville, or take the prepare in course of Cadiz, which ought to take round 1 hour.
3. Tarifa
Tarifa is the southern sizzling spot for water sports activities and exquisite seashores. In distinction to many of the coastal locations in Southern Spain, in Tarifa, you’ll discover extra pure, pristine seashores that supply a way more stress-free technique to take pleasure in some sunbathing and swimming within the sea.
Tarifa is a well-liked resort for windsurfers and kitesurfers, and likewise for many who love to look at stunning sunsets. In Tarifa, there are additionally quite a lot of firms providing whale-watching and dolphin-watching boat journeys on prime of ferry crossings to Morocco, a rustic with plenty of issues to do you would additionally add to your itinerary.
In any case, and going again to Tarifa, whereas the city itself nonetheless very a lot seems like an previous village that hasn’t been too touched by mass tourism, it’s a breath of contemporary air to have the ability to nonetheless discover a little bit of genuine Spain even on the shoreline.
4. Gibraltar
While you’re staying in Seville, it will be a disgrace to overlook out on the expertise of visiting Gibraltar, the British sovereign territory south of Seville. Here are some very attention-grabbing Gibraltar info to know earlier than you go.
From Seville, your finest wager is to drive there by automotive as there are not any native connections that may get you on to Gibraltar. Give your self loads of time because the crossing of the border and the safety checks can take fairly a very long time – alternatively, you possibly can park the automotive on the Spanish facet on the city of La Linea, and use the a lot quicker pedestrian crossing (I might suggest this selection).
While in Gibraltar, e-book a tour of the character reserve to take pleasure in some fairly spectacular views of the Mediterranean Sea, and on a transparent day you possibly can see the African continent – Morocco – within the distance. You may stroll to the previous city and the excessive avenue to take pleasure in some duty-free purchasing.
5. Granada
One may positively get used to waking as much as this view, the one we bought from our Alhambra Palace Hotel’s room in Granada.
Granada is likely one of the three cities that kind the Andalusian golden triangle (along with Seville and Cordoba), and it’s one to not be missed.
The crowning glory of Granada is the traditional Moorish palace complicated known as Alhambra, with the Palace of Charles V, ruins of the previous Alcazaba, and gorgeous effectively preserved Generalife Gardens as a part of it.
While Granada’s Alhambra is a fairly spectacular place to go to, the sights don’t finish there. The previous a part of the city known as Albaicin is a ravishing genuine place to find, and it’s also possible to stroll to the district of Sacromonte, identified for its cave homes and Flamenco performances. Right up within the hill above Sacromonte, you’ll discover Sacromonte abbey with stunning views, and the one underground cave church I’ve ever seen.
Granada must be considered one of my favourite Andalusian cities to go to and also you gained’t remorse including it to your day journey locations wishlist. There is an everyday prepare service from Seville to Granada (2 hours 20 minutes), however it’s also possible to drive there most likely quicker with a automotive.
6. Ronda
Ronda is a kind of locations that you may’t cease speaking about. An historical metropolis divided in half by the El Tajo gorge, with the historic Puente Nuevo bridge towering over it, Ronda is a real magnificence that also feels very genuine Spanish.
Ronda has one of many oldest bullrings in Spain, and the historical past of bullfighting is seen in almost each restaurant you go to, with bull heads hanging over you whilst you take pleasure in your tapas.
Ernest Hemingway was an enormous fan of Ronda and spent quite a lot of time right here, amongst many different authors.
Ronda is the right one-day journey vacation spot as you possibly can squeeze all of its highlights right into a single journey – visiting Puente Nuevo bridge, the gardens that stretch proper behind it resulting in the previous Roman Baths, the Bullring, and when you’ve got time, I extremely suggest a go to of an previous villa known as Casa don Bosco, from the place you get among the finest views of Puente Nuevo.
Because of its location, Ronda is finest reached by automotive.
7. Cordoba
Cordoba is residence to probably the most spectacular cathedrals in Southern Spain – the Mezquita Cathedral. What was an Islamic mosque was later transformed right into a catholic Cathedral, which resulted within the distinctive architectural piece of labor it’s in the present day.
The entrance to the cathedral is thru a ravishing courtyard lined by orange bushes, and identical to with different historic monuments, the tickets is probably not obtainable on the day, so get them early earlier than your journey. While in Cordoba, it’s also possible to squeeze in a go to to the Alcazar (full identify Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos), with gorgeous gardens and exquisite water options.
To get to Cordoba, you possibly can simply drive there from Seville, however there may be additionally a quick prepare connection obtainable with low cost prepare tickets.
A Few Extra Tips
Before I allow you to off planning your journey, listed here are a couple of ideas that may make your journey far more gratifying:
- If you’re planning to go to among the fashionable historic websites like Alhambra in Granada, it’s effectively value reserving your tickets on-line prematurely. Specifically, Alhambra tickets are inclined to promote out weeks prematurely, so that you is likely to be dissatisfied in the event you arrive pondering you will get them on the gates
- If you’re touring in the summertime, it will get tremendous sizzling in Andalusia. Plan your journey accordingly and attempt to spend the most well liked time of the day commuting to your vacation spot as a substitute of climbing steep stairs on some historic monument.
- If you’re planning to make use of the prepare to your day journey, the identical as above applies – prepare ticket costs range relying on the day and season, so you’ll avoid wasting cash in the event you e-book them prematurely. And you’re additionally eliminating the possibility that the prepare you wished to take might be totally booked.
- Driving in Southern Spain is fairly straightforward, however there are some street tolls you might have to pay, they’re all the time marked. You can use a Spanish street toll calculator similar to Via Michelin the place you enter your journey and it’ll inform you the price of the tolls (normally just some euros).
I hope you loved a choice of stunning locations inside straightforward attain from Seville. Let us know within the feedback which of them are your favourite and which of them are you almost certainly including to your journey itinerary.
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Lucia is a Slovak expat residing in Southern Spain. On her weblog Viva la Vita, she shares her insights about stunning places, hidden gems, and genuine experiences from Costa del Sol and past.