Santa Cruz

A look around

What you’ll be living next to. Swipe through.

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Where it sits

The circle is Santa Cruz and roughly a 10-minute walk around it.

How far is everything?

From the middle of this area to the city's headline sights — pick your own on the city page and these become your list.

• Torre del Oro & the river7 min walk575 m
• Plaza de Toros de la Maestranza8 min walk649 m
• Casa de Pilatos9 min walk745 m
• A tapas crawl10 min walk825 m
• Las Setas at sunset12 min walk986 m
• Mercado de Triana13 min walk1.1 km
• Crossing to Triana14 min walk1.1 km
• A flamenco tablao21 min walk1.7 km

On your doorstep

What you’re living next to if you stay here.

• 1.The Real Alcázar — A working royal palace of Moorish courtyards, carved plasterwork and sunken gardens — the most beautiful building in Spain, and a Game of Thrones set to boot. Book the first slot online.
• 2.Seville Cathedral & La Giralda — The largest Gothic church on earth, with Columbus's tomb inside and the Giralda — a Moorish minaret turned bell tower — to climb by ramp for the view over the rooftops.
• 3.Plaza de España — A vast half-moon of tiled pavilions and bridges around a canal you can row — built for a 1929 fair and now the city's grandest set-piece. Go early or at golden hour.
• 4.Wandering Barrio Santa Cruz — Getting lost on purpose in the old quarter's whitewashed lanes — orange trees, hidden plazas, and the odd flamenco guitar drifting out of a doorway. The whole point of Seville.
• 10.Parque de María Luisa — The city's shaded gardens — tiled benches, fountains, palms and parrots, wrapped around Plaza de España. The place to escape the afternoon heat, ideally on a rented bike.
• 14.The Archivo de Indias — The archive of the Spanish empire — Columbus's own logbooks and the paperwork of a New World, in a serene Renaissance building beside the cathedral. Free, cool and quiet.