Worth it if you are spending part of a day on the Triana side of the Guadalquivir, and free if you saw the Real Alcázar first. A general ticket bought there for 15.50 euros covers admission here; the reduced one at 8.00 euros does not, leaving 2.10 euros to pay. Plan around the calendar too: the centre opens Tuesday to Sunday, so Monday is out, and last entry is at 7pm.
Centro Cerámica Triana stands on Calle Callao, 16, in the former Santa Ana pottery works, and keeps its kilns on the ground floor, some of them from the sixteenth century. TUSSAM bus 43 stops 46 metres from the door.
The Triana market on Plaza del Altozano is about 100 metres away, close enough to fold into the same stop. The collection holds pieces Aníbal González designed for the Plaza de España, which makes that square the natural other half of the day. Avoid Jueves Santo and Viernes Santo, when the doors stay shut, and expect 10am to 3pm through Semana Santa and the Feria.
Is Centro Cerámica Triana worth visiting?
Yes, for anyone drawn to the Plaza de España tiles. Centro Cerámica Triana shows the kilns, well and decorating board of the Santa Ana works in place, beside pieces designed by Aníbal González. A ticket costs €2.10, waived for holders of a general Real Alcázar ticket and for under-16s, with doors open six days a week until 8pm.
Getting to Calle Callao, from the old town or the airport
The address is Calle Callao, 16, at the corner of Antillano Campos. The closest bus is TUSSAM line 43, whose San Jorge (Altozano) stop is 46 metres away; line C3 stops at Pagés del Corro (R. Salas González), 240 metres off.
A TUSSAM single ticket costs 1.40 euros on board, and the multiviaje travel card brings a journey with a transfer down to 0.76 euros, as set out in the guide to Seville bus passes and fares.
Neither the metro nor the tram reaches Triana’s old core. Plaza de Cuba, the nearest metro station, is an 11-minute walk, and the Archivo de Indias tram stop on the other bank is 12 minutes away. From the Real Alcázar the simplest route is on foot across the river, roughly 1.3 kilometres in a straight line.
Arriving straight from the airport, the EA bus charges 6.00 euros, and its Plaza de Armas stop is just over 700 metres from the centre in a straight line, on the opposite bank. No urban travel card covers that ride; the full breakdown is in the airport to city centre guide.
Reception answers on 955 47 42 93, which is the number for group visits and workshop dates.
Which Alcázar ticket gets you in free
General admission costs €2.10, the rate the ICAS sets, and free entry applies on four counts: birth or residence in Seville city, being under 16, holding a disability accreditation plus one companion, and presenting a general Real Alcázar ticket. A reduced rate of €1.60 applies to students under 25, Carné Joven youth-card holders, pensioners, over-65s and groups of more than 10.
The Alcázar route is the one worth reading closely. The exemption does not apply with the reduced ticket of the Real Alcázar de Sevilla, so the €7.50 that separates the €15.50 general ticket the Patronato sets from the €8.00 reduced one, detailed in the guide to its rates and free-entry rules, also decides these €2.10 on the other side of the Guadalquivir. Keep the general Alcázar ticket until you have crossed the river.
| Route in | Condition | Price |
|---|---|---|
| With a general Alcázar ticket | Reduced ticket not accepted | €0.00 |
| Under 16 | Age | €0.00 |
| Born or resident in Seville city | Accreditation | €0.00 |
| Disability and companion | Accreditation | €0.00 |
| Reduced admission | Students under 25, Carné Joven, pensioners, over-65s, groups over 10 | €1.60 |
| General admission | None | €2.10 |
Five things still standing on the ground floor
- The kilns, several of them historic and some dating from the sixteenth century.
- The water well and the clay tanks, at the start of the production sequence.
- The mineral mills and the almágenas, the vessels that held prepared pigments.
- The potter’s wheel, in position rather than in a display case.
- The decorating board, where painters worked the large tile panels.
The Cerámica Santa Ana works produced vessels and tiles from the late medieval period onwards and, as Visit Sevilla describes it, was one of the last workshops still active in the twentieth century. All five stations are included in the €2.10 ticket.
What the upper floor adds, and the Plaza de España link
The first floor holds the permanent collection, with works spanning the 12th to the 20th centuries, plus a temporary exhibition room and a space titled «Triana, corazón del flamenco. Nombres y carteles de la Bienal», on the flamenco Bienal’s names and posters. It is covered by the same €2.10 admission.
The collection includes ceramic pieces designed by Aníbal González that decorated the Plaza de España, alongside holdings from the municipal collection and works lent by the collector Vicente Carranza, by the Junta de Andalucía and by the State.
Artisan pottery workshops sit outside general admission; ask reception for dates and prices.
Opening hours, and the weeks to avoid
The centre opens Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 8pm, with last admission at 7pm. Those hours shorten to 10am to 3pm, with last admission at 2pm, on 24 and 31 December, on 5 January, throughout Semana Santa and during the Feria.
It closes completely on 25 December, on 1 and 6 January, and on Jueves Santo and Viernes Santo, which is five full closures, plus three shortened dates on top of the Semana Santa and Feria weeks. Those two spring closures fall on the heaviest days of the Carrera Oficial.
To pair it with the Triana market and its two closing times, go on a Tuesday to Saturday morning: the food stalls trade from 9am to 3pm, and after that only the bars stay open. Both sit at the start of a 1.7 km Triana walk that runs on to Santa Ana Church and Calle Betis, where the church’s cultural visit runs weekdays from 10.30am to 7pm. A Real Alcázar ticket opening a municipal door across the river is an unusual arrangement, and every other way in to Seville’s monuments is set out in the guide to Seville monument tickets and who pays nothing. The ICAS rule here also differs from the regional museums and the Archivo General de Indias, compared in the guide to Seville’s museums.
Frequently asked questions about Centro Cerámica Triana
How much is Centro Cerámica Triana?
General admission is €2.10, on the tariff the ICAS sets, and the reduced rate is €1.60. Entry is free for people born or resident in Seville city, for under-16s, for visitors with a disability and one companion, and on presentation of a general Real Alcázar ticket.
Does an Alcázar ticket get you into the ceramics centre?
The general one does. The ICAS grants free entry on presentation of a general Real Alcázar ticket and states that the exemption does not apply with the reduced ticket. A €15.50 purchase covers it; an €8.00 reduced purchase does not.
What are the opening hours at Centro Cerámica Triana?
Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 8pm, with last admission at 7pm. Hours shorten to 10am to 3pm on 24 and 31 December, on 5 January, through Semana Santa and during the Feria, and it closes entirely on 25 December, 1 and 6 January, Jueves Santo and Viernes Santo.
Is Centro Cerámica Triana connected to the Plaza de España?
Yes, through its collection. It holds ceramic pieces designed by Aníbal González that decorated the Plaza de España, alongside municipal holdings and works lent by the collector Vicente Carranza, the Junta de Andalucía and the State.
The tiles of the Plaza de España have a postal address in Triana. Seeing where they were fired costs €2.10, or nothing at all.