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Plaza de la Alianza Santa Cruz District Review

The Plaza de la Alianza is right near the Real Alcazar in the centre of Santa Cruz.
On one of the walls is the Christ Misericordie of Santa Cruz altarpiece. Apartments and café’s line the perimeter of the square along with orange trees and draping bougainvilleas and there is a tranquil little octagonal fountain in the square.

Address: Santa Cruz District

Edificio Torre Triana, Expo 92 Triana District Review

The Triana Tower was built for the 1992 expo. It was used as an Exhibition Hall. Today the building is used for Government and public use.

Address: Triana District

Directions: right bank of the Guadalquivir

Carmen's Statue Plaza de Toros de la Maestranza Review

The statue to Bizet’s Carmen is found near the Maestranza Bullring. Carmen was Merimee’s feisty gypsy heroine who worked as a cigarrera in the tobacco factory. Bizet built his famous opera around the story which was set in 1830.

Address: Paseo Alcade Marques de Contadero

Phone: 95 422 45 77

Chapel of Carmen Triana District Review

Just over the Puente Isabel II bridge is the tiny Chapel of Carmen or Capilla del Carmen. It was built by Anibal Gonzalez in 1926. The church is made up of two parts, the chapel and the tower. The dome is made up of beautiful coloured ceramic tiles. The shape of the chapel is likened to a cigarette lighter and so has that nickname. The chapel is home to the Brotherhood of the Virgen de Carmen.

Address: Triana District

Directions: right bank of the Guadalquivir

Patio de la Monterio Alcazar Review

The Patio de la Monterio is otherwise known as the Courtyard of the Hunt. It was named this because it was the courtyard where the members of the royal court met before heading out to hunt.

Address: The Alcazar, Plaza del Triunfo

Phone: 95 450 23 23

Monument to the Immaculate Conception

At the top of a Baroque styled column in the Plaza de Triunfo is the statue of the Immaculate Conception. It was created in 1918 by a Spanish sculpture, Lorenzo Coullaut Valera.

Address: Plaza de Triunfo,

Fifth Centenary Bridge

The Fifth Centenary Bridge spans the Guadalquivir River and is the 2018 metres, is the longest in Spain. It was constructed in 1991 under the supervision of Jose A. Fernandez Ordonez and Julio Martinez Calzon.

Address: Seville

Sculptures Riverside Review

Down one end of the boardwalk are two imposing steel structures “Hommage to Tolerance” which was created by the Spanish sculptor Eduardo Chillida in 1992. He was born in 1924 and has created large pieces of work all around the world. He died in 2002.

Address: Paseo Alcalde Marques de Contadero

Directions: Banks of the Guadalquivir

Riverwalk Riverside Review

The riverwalk is used for those out for a leisurely walk as well as those with more energy for jogging and cycling. The walk is divided up into 3 tiers which run parallel and passes under an extended arch of the Puente Isabel II Bridge. Several monuments and memorials are contained along this route such as Carmen and Curro Romero.

Address: Paseo Alcalde Marques de Contadero

Directions: Banks of the Guadalquivir

Paseo Alcalde Marques de Contadero Riverside Review

This is the lovely walk which stretches along the riverfront running parallel to the Paseo de Cristobal Colon. The popular promenade is lined with many types of trees such as jacarandas, oleanders, and palms providing shade to the benches placed underneath them.

This part of the city used to be the old dock area The new boardwalk was created as part of the Exposition 92 celebrations.

Address: Paseo Alcalde Marques de Contadero

Directions: Banks of the Guadalquivir