The mistake that costs most on a short Seville trip is putting Triana on a Sunday or a Monday. On Sunday the Triana Market has no food stalls and shuts at 5pm; on Monday the ceramics centre and the Antiquarium under Las Setas stay closed. Pick the right weekday for each half of the plan and two days are enough for the city’s big interiors.
A two-day Seville itinerary costs 56.50 euros in tickets and needs no transport between stops, roughly 2.4 km of walking on day one and 6.1 km on day two. It suits first-time visitors who want the inside of the Real Alcázar de Sevilla, Seville Cathedral and the Giralda rather than a tour of facades. The airport bus drops you about 30 minutes from landing, and lunch happens later than most visitors expect, at around 2pm. What to see with one or three days instead is laid out in what to see in Seville in 1, 2 or 3 days.
How do you spend 2 days in Seville?
Spend day one on the cathedral block: the Real Alcázar at 9.30am, the free Archivo de Indias at noon, Seville Cathedral and the Giralda at 3pm, then Santa Cruz. Spend day two at Plaza de España at 9am, the Torre del Oro, Triana before 3pm and Las Setas after dark. Tickets total 56.50 euros.
How to get from Seville airport to the first stop
The EA bus run by TUSSAM is the cheapest way in, at 6 euros single or 8 euros return, and the return is valid only on the day you buy it and the next one. That makes it a good fit for a trip that lands on day one and flies out on day two, and a waste for a stay of two full days with nights either side, where a second 6-euro single is the right ticket.
Buses leave the terminal between 5.22am and 1am and reach the Prado de San Sebastián in about 30 minutes, stopping at Santa Justa on the way. For the first stop of this plan, get off on the Paseo de las Delicias by Almirante Lobo, 389 metres from the Puerta del León of the Real Alcázar. Suitcases carry no supplement on this route.
A taxi is a fixed fare rather than a meter: 26 euros on weekdays from 7am to 9pm and 29 euros at other times, on weekends and public holidays. It is charged per car, so for four people landing on a weekday it costs 2 euros more than four bus fares. Every stop, timetable and fare is in Seville airport to the city centre.
Which days of the week to choose for each half
The cathedral-block day works on any day of the week, while the Triana day only works properly from Tuesday to Saturday. If the trip includes a Sunday, make that the cathedral day, because Seville Cathedral opens a free visit from 4.30pm to 6pm that afternoon with an online booking.
| Day of the week | Triana and Las Setas day | Cathedral and Alcázar day |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | Market without food stalls and shut at 5pm, Blanca Paloma closed, Antiquarium until 1.30pm | Cathedral from 2.30pm, free from 4.30pm to 6pm with booking; Archivo until 2pm |
| Monday | Ceramics centre and Antiquarium closed, no fish stalls at the market | Works, minus the Archivo de Indias; the Venerables’ afternoon becomes a free 3pm to 7pm slot, booked online |
| Tuesday to Friday | Everything open | Everything open; the Freiduría Puerta de la Carne closes on Tuesdays |
| Saturday | No cultural visit at Santa Ana church, which holds only services at weekends | Everything open |
So a Saturday and Sunday trip puts the Triana day on Saturday. A Friday and Saturday trip does the opposite, so that Santa Ana church is still open for its weekday visit. Sunday and Monday is the weakest pairing: cathedral day on Sunday, and a shortened Triana day on Monday built around the riverside and the Las Setas rooftop.
Day one, the cathedral block hour by hour
Day one stays inside the cathedral block, and the order follows opening hours: the Real Alcázar shuts at 5pm from October to March, so it goes first, and Seville Cathedral takes visitors until 6pm, so it goes after lunch.
| Time | Stop | Ticket | Walk from the previous stop |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.30am | Real Alcázar | 15.50 euros | T1 tram to Archivo de Indias, 238 metres |
| 12.10pm | Archivo General de Indias | Free | 5 minutes across Plaza del Triunfo |
| 1.15pm | Lunch at Casa Morales | Menu prices | 412 metres, 5 minutes |
| 3pm | Seville Cathedral and the Giralda | 13 euros online, 14 euros at the desk | 183 metres, 2 minutes |
| 4.25pm | Santa Cruz quarter on foot | Free | 620 metres to Plaza de Santa Cruz, 8 minutes |
| 5pm | Hospital de los Venerables | 12 euros | 299 metres, 4 minutes |
| 9pm | Dinner at the Freiduría Puerta de la Carne | 12 euros per quarter kilo of mixed fish | 457 metres, 6 minutes |
Hold on to the Real Alcázar general ticket, priced at the 15.50 euros the Patronato sets. It includes the Antiquarium and the Centro Cerámica Triana, and the Alcázar’s conditions of sale open them on the same day or the next, which saves 4.10 euros on day two. The reduced 8-euro ticket does not include the ceramics centre. What to see inside, room by room, is in what to see in the Real Alcázar.
At the cathedral, online tickets enter through the Puerta del Lagarto at the time printed on them, and according to the Cabildo visitors should arrive 10 minutes early. The visit begins with the climb up the Giralda and takes about 75 minutes, as set out in what to see inside Seville Cathedral. At the Hospital de los Venerables, the Fundación Focus sets last admission an hour before closing, at 6pm from Monday to Saturday. The full Santa Cruz walk is in Santa Cruz in Seville, what to see.
What to do on day two, from Plaza de España to Las Setas
Day two runs south in the morning, crosses the Guadalquivir before lunch and finishes north of the old town at night, about 6.1 km on foot, or 4.2 km if the long stretch from Triana to Las Setas is done by bus.
Plaza de España opens at 8am with no ticket desk, and the nearest bus stop is Avenida La Borbolla (Capitanía), served by lines 01, 30, 31, 37 and A6, 243 metres away; the metro and tram stop at Prado San Sebastián, 420 metres away. The park walk is in Plaza de España and María Luisa Park. From there it is 1,394 metres, about 19 minutes, to the Torre del Oro, which the Spanish Navy opens at 9.30am on weekdays and 10.30am at weekends for a voluntary donation of 3 euros.
The Isabel II bridge takes you 1,058 metres, or 14 minutes, to the Triana Market, whose stalls sell from Monday to Saturday until 3pm. The Centro Cerámica Triana is 173 metres away and opens Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 8pm; Santa Ana church runs its weekday visit from 10.30am to 7pm. The neighbourhood route is in Triana in Seville, what to see.
After lunch, rest from 3.30pm to 6.30pm; Plaza de Cuba metro station is 716 metres from Blanca Paloma. The Antiquarium’s last entry is at 7.30pm from Tuesday to Saturday, the TB1 bus stops at Imagen, 88 metres from Las Setas, and the Las Setas de Sevilla rooftop takes its last visitors at 12.15am, with the Aurora light show from 9.30pm between April and October.
When to eat in Seville, lunch at 2pm and dinner at 9pm
Seville kitchens work in two shifts, and the plan follows them: lunch at 1.15pm or 2pm and dinner at 8.30pm or 9pm. Between 5.30pm and 7pm on a weekday most kitchens are shut, which is why the long afternoon break on day two costs nothing in food.
- Casa Morales, by the cathedral: Monday to Saturday from 12pm to 4pm and from 8pm. Google reviewers give it 4.3 from more than 7,000 reviews. On Sundays, phone ahead on 954 22 12 42.
- Freiduría Puerta de la Carne: fried fish by weight, 12 euros for a quarter kilo of mixed fish and 8.50 for shrimp fritters, served from 7.30pm. Its 4.1 on Google comes from more than 1,800 reviews, and it closes on Tuesdays, when Las Teresas in Santa Cruz serves from 10am to 1am.
- Blanca Paloma, on Calle San Jacinto in Triana: croquette tapas at 4.50 euros, salt-cod pavías at 4.90 and bread at 1.50 per person. A 4.5 from more than 5,900 reviews. The dining rooms serve no tapas, and the restaurant closes on Sundays.
- El Rinconcillo, 431 metres from Las Setas: dinner from 8pm every day, spinach with chickpeas at 3.50 euros a tapa at the bar. Rated 4.3 from more than 14,000 reviews, and a table without a booking is unlikely.
Ten more places, by neighbourhood and closing day, are in where to eat in Seville.
What to book before you fly
Only one booking shapes the timetable on a two-day Seville trip: the 3pm Seville Cathedral slot, bought online with the entry time printed on the ticket. The rest can wait, and the only reservations that are compulsory are for free visits.
- Seville Cathedral, day one. 13 euros online against 14 euros at the desk, and the Cabildo describes the nave and the tower as capacity-limited. Buy once the dates are fixed. Arriving late or without proof for a reduced ticket gives no right to a refund.
- Real Alcázar, day one. No booking required. The desk in the Patio de Banderas opens at 9am and takes cards only. Several ticket-selling domains use names close to the official one; the monument states on its home page that its website is alcazarsevilla.org.
- Las Setas, day two. No booking required. The price is a “from” figure, starting at 16 euros, and the final amount appears when you pick the time.
- Free Sunday visit to the cathedral. Compulsory online booking for the 4.30pm to 6pm slot.
What every other ticket in the city costs is in Seville monument tickets and booking.
How to plan 2 days in Seville in July and August
Summer changes the order because of two figures. The average high at the Seville Airport station is 36.0 degrees in July and 35.5 in August, per AEMET, and in those two months the cathedral opens at 9.30am from Monday to Saturday but stops admitting visitors and closes the Giralda at 5pm.
Keep the Real Alcázar at 9.30am, since its gardens are the outdoor part of day one, and put the cathedral straight after lunch, entering before 4pm. Santa Cruz moves to the evening. On day two, Plaza de España opens at 8am and stays open until midnight in summer, so it works first thing or after dinner. Triana goes before 1pm, and from 15 June to 15 September Santa Ana church shortens its visit to 10.30am to 4pm. Leave 3pm to 7pm free; the month’s heat data is in Seville in August.
From November to March there is no Aurora show, so the rooftop goes at dusk with dinner after.
What two days in Seville cost
Tickets on this itinerary total 56.50 euros per adult, and the Real Alcázar general ticket is the one that pays twice: it covers the 2.10-euro ceramics centre and the 2-euro Antiquarium on day two.
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Las Setas rooftop, general experience | from 16.00 euros |
| Real Alcázar, general ticket | 15.50 euros |
| Seville Cathedral and Giralda, online | 13.00 euros |
| Hospital de los Venerables, with audioguide | 12.00 euros |
| Archivo de Indias, ceramics centre and Antiquarium | 0.00 euros |
| Tickets total | 56.50 euros |
| Torre del Oro, voluntary donation | 3.00 euros |
| EA airport bus, return used by the next day | 8.00 euros |
Making Sunday the cathedral day and using the free 4.30pm slot takes 13 euros off, leaving 43.50 euros. Each bus or tram ride in town costs 1.40 euros on a TUSSAM single ticket, though this plan needs none between stops. Three days with an excursion are costed in how much a three-day Seville trip costs.
Questions about spending 2 days in Seville
Is 2 days enough for Seville?
Two days cover Seville’s headline sights if each one gets its best hour. Day one fits the Real Alcázar, the Archivo de Indias, Seville Cathedral and Santa Cruz, all within walking distance. Day two takes in Plaza de España, the Torre del Oro, Triana and Las Setas. Casa de Pilatos and the Fine Arts Museum need a third day.
What should I book in advance for 2 days in Seville?
Book Seville Cathedral online, because the 13-euro ticket carries a fixed entry time and costs 1 euro less than at the desk. The Real Alcázar does not require a booking, but its desk takes cards only from 9am. Reservations are compulsory only for free slots, such as the cathedral’s Sunday visit from 4.30pm to 6pm.
How much does 2 days in Seville cost?
Tickets on this two-day itinerary come to 56.50 euros per adult, or 59.50 euros with the voluntary 3-euro donation at the Torre del Oro. Add 12 euros for two single EA airport bus tickets, or 8 euros for a return used by the next day. Meals at the four places named cost from 6.80 euros for two tapas.
Choose the weekdays first and the sights second. Seville’s two days are won by Tuesday-to-Saturday Triana and a 9.30am Alcázar.