As anyone who has been to Spain will already know, when it comes to food the pig holds a special place of affection in the hearts of the Spanish (if you can excuse a rather mixed metaphor). No one knows exactly how long this love affair has been going on, but it's thought that domesticated [...]
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Nights in the Gardens of the Royal Palace
Update: This year's Noches en Los Jardines de Los Reales Alcazares run from June 14th to September 8th, 2017 Despite the heat there are lots of good reasons to come to Seville in the summer time, and plenty of things to see and do when you've finished lounging by the pool or sitting in pavement [...]
Semana Santa in Seville
Semana Santa (Holy Week) is Spain's major annual religious extravaganza, but nowhere is it celebrated on a scale, or with such fervour, as in Seville. From Palm Sunday (although because the processional timetable is so full some brotherhoods go out on the preceding Friday and Saturday) through to Resurrection Sunday the city virtually shuts down [...]
Sevilla | NO8DO
As an observant visitor to our fair city of Seville, you may have noticed, on such diverse objects as lampposts, manhole covers, buildings and garbage trucks, among others, a little motif that seems to read NO8DO, except that the 8 is somewhat large, and often appears as if a little blurred. You may guess from [...]