If you land in Seville after 1am, the decision is already made: the last EA bus into the city has gone and a taxi at the €29 off-peak fare is the only way in until the first bus at 5.22am. Before that, the answer depends on how many of you there are. Aena lists three ways out of the terminal, car, bus and taxi, and there is no rail link.
A single ticket on the EA airport bus costs €6 and takes about half an hour to Prado de San Sebastián, which makes it the obvious pick for one to three travellers. Four people on a one-way weekday arrival pay €24 by bus against €26 by taxi, close enough that luggage settles it. Luggage never adds to the taxi fare on this run, since the €0.57 bag supplement does not apply from the airport into town.
Is the bus or the taxi better from Seville airport to the centre?
The TUSSAM EA bus is cheaper for one to three people, at €6 single, and leaves the terminal for the city from 5.22am to 1am. The taxi charges a fixed €26 on weekdays from 7am to 9pm and €29 otherwise, so it suits groups of four and anyone landing after 1am.
Which EA stop to get off at for your hotel
The EA line, branded Especial Aeropuerto and run by TUSSAM, leaves from the Arrivals stop and calls at Santa Justa, the mainline rail station, before Luis de Morales, San Bernardo, Prado de San Sebastián, Paseo de las Delicias and Marqués de Paradas. It ends at Plaza de Armas, by the river on the western edge of the old town.
For a hotel in Santa Cruz or near Seville Cathedral, get off at Paseo de las Delicias, the stop at Almirante Lobo. It sits 389 metres in a straight line from the Puerta del León, the Real Alcázar entrance, and 443 metres from the cathedral, closer than Prado de San Sebastián at 648 metres from the same gate. For an onward train, the Santa Justa stop on Avenida de Kansas City is under 300 metres from the station.
Staying on to the end is a mistake for most visitors. Plaza de Armas, on Calle Torneo, is 1,129 metres from the cathedral, but it suits a hotel near the Museo de Bellas Artes or along Calle San Vicente.
How long the ride takes and how often the bus runs
Allow 29 to 31 minutes from the terminal to Prado de San Sebastián and 42 to 44 minutes to Plaza de Armas, according to TUSSAM and its winter timetable, in force since 28 September. Santa Justa comes earlier, inside the first half hour.
Through the middle of the day five buses leave each hour, one every 12 or 13 minutes. Early in the morning and from 10pm the gap widens to 19 minutes or more, and between midnight and 1am there is a single departure. The timetable is the same seven days a week.
How to pay for the airport bus, with nothing to book
There is no transfer to book. The fare is paid on board with a bank card, no paper ticket needed, so a bank card is all a visitor needs for a single ticket; staff at the terminal stop also sell tickets. Once bought, a ticket cannot be refunded or passed on.
The €8 return is the ticket to think twice about. TUSSAM treats it as valid on the day of purchase and the day after, so check this when you buy it. It suits a one-night stay or a day trip; on a three-day weekend the trip back is a fresh €6 single, and the airport run costs €12 a head in total. The €24.60 monthly airport card is a named pass for commuters, valid for 30 days on the EA and the rest of the TUSSAM network.
What the taxi costs, and why the weekend counts as off-peak
Seville airport taxis run on a closed fare rather than a meter, in both directions. It is €26 under tariff 4, Monday to Friday from 7am to 9pm, and €29 under tariff 5 at every other time.
Tariff 5 covers 9pm to 7am, the whole of Saturday, Sunday and public holidays, 24 and 31 December, Semana Santa from 7am to 9pm and the Feria de Abril from 7am to 8pm. A Saturday arrival at noon pays €29, not €26, exactly what landing at three in the morning on a Tuesday costs.
Luggage does not add to it either. A supplement of €0.57 per bag over 10 kg exists in the Seville taxi tariff, capped at four bags, but the airport fare carries no luggage, station or night supplements, according to Aena. Take a cab from the rank at the terminal: a taxi called by phone adds whatever the meter shows until pick-up, up to the minimum fare.
When the last bus leaves the airport
Out of the terminal, the EA runs from 5.22am to 1am. Back to the airport from Plaza de Armas, it runs from 4.30am to 12.05am. The two windows are not symmetrical, and the one that matters on arrival closes later.
For a late arrival that asymmetry decides everything. Between 1am and 5.22am there is no bus into the centre and the taxi is the only option, at the €29 off-peak fare. For an early flight out, the first bus leaves Plaza de Armas at 4.30am and passes Prado de San Sebastián at 4.42am.
The €6 single and the €26 daytime taxi are the first two numbers of any Seville budget, and both feed into the breakdown of what three days in the city cost.
Which is cheaper for your group, bus or taxi
For one to three passengers the bus wins clearly: €18 for three against €26. For four on a single weekday run the taxi costs €2 more, or €5 more at the weekend rate, and buys door-to-door with four suitcases. Over a stay of several days, four people pay €48 in bus singles against €52 for two daytime taxis.
One local factor outweighs the fares in high summer. Arriving at midday in July or August, when the mean daily maximum reaches 36.0°C, turns even the 648 metres from Prado de San Sebastián to the Puerta del León into a hot walk with a suitcase. In that window the taxi is buying shade rather than speed.
There is a scheduling argument too. A timed ticket for the Real Alcázar runs on fixed slots, so check the Real Alcázar’s opening seasons and free-entry rules before deciding whether to drop the bags first or head straight there.
Frequently asked questions about Seville airport and the city centre
Is there a train from Seville airport to the city?
No. Aena lists three ways out of Seville airport, and they are car, bus and taxi. No metro line and no commuter rail serve the terminal, although the EA bus does stop at Santa Justa, the city’s mainline station, on its way into the centre.
How much is the bus from Seville airport?
A single on the EA airport line costs €6 and a return costs €8. TUSSAM treats the return as valid on the day of purchase and the day after, so on a longer stay the trip back is another €6 single. A named monthly airport card also exists at €24.60.
Can I pay by card on the Seville airport bus?
Yes. The fare can be paid on board with a bank card, without a paper ticket, and tickets are also sold by staff at the terminal stop. There is nothing to book in advance, and tickets are not refundable or transferable once bought.
How much is a taxi from Seville airport to the centre?
The taxi runs on a fixed fare rather than a meter. It is €26 from Monday to Friday between 7am and 9pm, and €29 at all other hours, for the whole of Saturday, Sunday and public holidays, on 24 and 31 December, and during Semana Santa and the Feria de Abril.
How late does the Seville airport bus run?
The last EA bus leaves the terminal for the city at 1am and the first at 5.22am. In the other direction, from Plaza de Armas to the airport, it runs from 4.30am to 12.05am. A flight landing after 1am has no bus, which leaves the taxi at its €29 rate.
The bus charges by the head and the taxi charges by the car. Every other detail follows from that.