Nearby Attractions

The oldest royal palace still in use in Europe, built for a Christian king by Muslim craftsmen and expanded for six centuries. The Patio de las Doncellas and the gardens are the reason it stands in for Dorne on screen.

Closed: 1 and 6 January, Good Friday, and 25 December

Around €15.50 for general admission plus a €1 booking fee online, with the upper Cuarto Real Alto sold separately or as a €21 combined ticket. Free on Monday 16:00-17:00 (October-March) or 18:00-19:00 (April-September), capacity capped and queues long. Sources disagree on the current price - verify on alcazarsevilla.org.

The largest Gothic cathedral in the world, holding what are said to be Columbus's remains. La Giralda, its bell tower, was the minaret of the mosque that stood here - you climb 35 ramps rather than stairs, built so a horseman could ride up.

Closed: Restricted visiting on Sunday mornings and during services; closed to tourists on several major religious feast days

€15.50 general admission, which includes the Giralda climb; €7 for students under 26. Free for under-13s, pensioners, people with disabilities and anyone born or resident in the city of Seville, on production of documents. Shoulders and knees must be covered.

A half-kilometre semicircle of brick and tile built for the 1929 Ibero-American Exposition, with a canal you can row and 48 tiled alcoves, one for each Spanish province. Go at opening or golden hour.

Free and open air. Rowing boats on the canal cost roughly €6 for 35 minutes per boat. The city has repeatedly discussed fencing and charging tourists for entry - check whether that has happened before publishing.

A vast timber lattice finished in 2011, said to be the largest wooden structure in the world. A walkway winds across the top for rooftop views, and Roman ruins found during construction are displayed in the basement.

Around €15 for the walkway and light experience; a cheaper viewpoint-only ticket and a separate ticket for the Antiquarium ruins also exist. Prices and ticket names have changed several times since the operator took over - check setasdesevilla.com.

The old Jewish quarter, a maze of whitewashed lanes barely wide enough for two people, with orange trees, hidden patios and small squares. Walk it early morning or after dark, when the tour groups have gone.

A thirteenth-century watchtower on the Guadalquivir, built by the Almohads to close the river with a chain. It now holds a small naval museum, and the top terrace looks straight across to Triana.

Closed: Check current hours - it closes on some public holidays and in August afternoons

Around €3 for adults, with free entry on Mondays. It is a small museum and a short climb - treat it as a fifteen-minute stop rather than a main event.

Eighty million pages documenting the Spanish empire in the Americas, housed in a sixteenth-century merchants' exchange. Only a rotating selection is displayed, but the marble staircase and the shelved galleries are the point.

Closed: Mondays and public holidays; shorter hours on Sundays

Free entry with a security check. It is a working archive, so opening hours are short and the display rooms are a small part of the building.

The old sailors' and potters' quarter across the river, with a covered market built over the ruins of the Castle of San Jorge, the seat of the Inquisition. Flamenco was shaped in these streets.

Closed: Sunday afternoons; food stalls keep shorter hours than the bars

The market is free to enter and doubles as a tapas hall at lunchtime. The Castle of San Jorge interpretation centre underneath is also free.