The common mistake with Triana is to cross the river after lunch on a Monday. The bridge, the riverfront and the streets are all there, but the market’s food stalls closed at 3pm, the ceramics centre takes Mondays off, and Santa Ana Church only runs its cultural visit on weekdays, so a Monday afternoon catches one of three.
Triana is the old riverside district on the west bank of the Guadalquivir, reached on foot across the Isabel II Bridge from El Arenal. Its core walk measures 1.7 kilometres and ends at Plaza de Cuba metro station, about 23 minutes without stopping. The bridge itself is 938 metres from Seville Cathedral, roughly 13 minutes away, and a TUSSAM bus ticket costs 1.40 euros if you would rather ride.
What is there to see in Triana, Seville? Triana’s core sights line up on a 1.7-kilometre walk: the Isabel II Bridge, Triana Market, Centro Cerámica Triana, Capilla de los Marineros, Santa Ana Church and Calle Betis, ending at Plaza de Cuba metro. Walked straight through it takes about 23 minutes; with visits inside, plan a weekday morning that wraps up before 3pm.
Which Triana sights keep opening hours, and the day that works
Three stops on the route keep their own clocks, and only one window overlaps. Triana Market’s food stalls trade Monday to Saturday from 9am to 3pm. Centro Cerámica Triana opens Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 8pm, with last entry at 7pm. Santa Ana Church runs its cultural visit Monday to Friday, except public holidays, from 10.30am to 7pm with last entry at 6.30pm. Tuesday to Friday between 10.30am and 3pm, all three are open.
Monday is the weak day: the ceramics centre is shut and the market’s fish counters stay dark. Saturday loses the inside of Santa Ana, which opens for worship only at weekends, and Sunday also loses the market stalls, leaving the building’s bars open until 5pm. The parish adds a warning of its own: its visiting hours can be cancelled or changed without notice for pastoral reasons.
Two weeks of the year bend the calendar. During Semana Santa and the Feria the ceramics centre shortens its day to 10am to 3pm, and it shuts entirely on Jueves Santo and Viernes Santo, when six of Triana’s brotherhoods are processing towards the Carrera Oficial. In late July the Velá de Santa Ana, a street festival around the saint’s day on 26 July, fills Plaza del Altozano and Calle Betis on dates the city council sets each year.
How to get to Triana from the Cathedral, the airport or a bus stop
The walk starts at the El Arenal end of the Isabel II Bridge, which everyone in Seville calls the Triana Bridge. From Seville Cathedral it is 938 metres on foot, about 13 minutes; from the Real Alcázar, 1,406 metres and about 19 minutes. The Archivo de Indias tram stop is 917 metres away, about 12 minutes. The bridge deck itself is 165 metres long and drops you on Plaza del Altozano, with Triana Market as the first building.
Arriving straight from the airport, the EA bus charges a 6-euro single fare, which city travel cards do not cover, and terminates at Plaza de Armas. From that stop the bridge is 681 metres, about 9 minutes on foot, and the full breakdown of taxi against bus is in the Seville airport to city centre guide.
If you do take a bus, the Arjona (Puente de Triana) stop of TUSSAM lines 03, 21, 40, 41, A2 and C4 is 115 metres from the bridge, and line 43 stops at San Jorge (Altozano) beside the market. A single TUSSAM ticket costs 1.40 euros, paid on board in cash or by tapping a contactless bank card; the passes are compared in the guide to Seville transport fares. The metro is for the way home: line 1 stops at Plaza de Cuba, where the walk ends.
What to see in Triana, stop by stop on the walk
Measured along the streets, the route below is 1,704 metres, south from the bridge to the metro. Each stop gives the walking distance from the one before it.
- Isabel II Bridge. Open 24 hours. Opened on 23 February 1852 and modelled on the Pont du Carrousel in Paris, by the engineer Antoine-Rémy Polonceau, according to Visit Sevilla; the popular credit to Gustave Eiffel is wrong, since Eiffel was a child when work began in 1845. Stop halfway for the Giralda and the Torre del Oro. At the far end, the small Capilla del Carmen, finished by Aníbal González in 1928, is a one-minute look from outside.
- Triana Market, on Calle San Jorge, 6. Close to 100 stalls sell fish, meat and produce Monday to Saturday from 9am to 3pm, and the bars inside keep going until midnight. The Castillo de San Jorge, the old Inquisition seat underneath, is closed; only its hall opens, as a tourist office, from 9.30am to 2.30pm. Stall by stall details are in the Triana Market hours guide.
- Centro Cerámica Triana, Calle Callao, 16, 374 metres from the bridge. The kilns of the old Santa Ana pottery works stand on the ground floor, with pieces Aníbal González designed for the Plaza de España upstairs. Entry is 2.10 euros, the rate the city’s ICAS sets, and who goes free is set out in the Triana ceramics centre guide.
- Calle San Jacinto and Capilla de los Marineros, 483 metres on. San Jacinto is Triana’s shopping street. Turn off it into Calle Pureza for the chapel at number 53, home of the Esperanza de Triana brotherhood since it was rebuilt; the brotherhood publishes no visiting hours, so you go in when it is open and keep quiet during mass, or call 954 33 26 45 first.
- Santa Ana Church, 149 metres further. Triana’s oldest parish, Gothic-Mudéjar and founded in the thirteenth century. The cultural visit covers the church, the sacristy and the crypt museum on weekdays; the parish publishes no fee for it, so ask at the door.
- Calle Betis, 118 metres away. The riverfront row facing the Torre del Oro. Visit Sevilla points to sunset for the light and to weekdays if you want it quiet. The bars along the way, from Las Golondrinas to Calle Betis, are covered stop by stop in tapas in Triana.
- Plaza de Cuba, 582 metres from Betis. End of the walk, with metro line 1 and TUSSAM lines 05, 40 and C3 on the square.
What Triana costs, and the Alcázar ticket that makes it free
A Triana morning costs 2.10 euros in admissions, or nothing if you kept your Real Alcázar ticket. The ceramics centre is the only stop with a published fee, the one the ICAS sets, and it waives it for anyone showing the 15.50-euro general Alcázar ticket; the reduced 8-euro one does not count, as the Real Alcázar tickets and free entry guide explains.
Everything else is free to walk into or past: the bridge, the streets and the market, plus the Castillo de San Jorge whenever it reopens, which needs no booking. Add a 1.40-euro TUSSAM ride out and a 1.35-euro metro ride back from Plaza de Cuba, and the whole outing comes to 4.85 euros a person. Staying on for the evening, CasaLa Teatro inside the market stages a 60-minute flamenco show daily at 6pm for 35 euros; the alternatives across the river are compared in which flamenco show in Seville to book and what it costs.
Heat changes the plan more than money does. According to AEMET, July’s mean daily maximum is 36.0°C, so in summer the weekday-morning window is also the only comfortable one; the Seville August heat data sets out what to do with the rest of the day. For where Triana fits in a two or three day trip, see what to see in Seville and what to leave out.
Frequently asked questions about Triana Seville
Is Triana worth visiting in Seville?
Yes, for a half day of streets, market and parish churches rather than one big monument. Triana’s core walk is 1.7 kilometres from the Isabel II Bridge to Plaza de Cuba, and the only fixed fee on it is 2.10 euros at Centro Cerámica Triana, free with a general Real Alcázar ticket.
What day should I visit Triana?
Tuesday to Friday. On Mondays Centro Cerámica Triana is closed and the fish stalls at Triana Market do not open. On Saturdays and Sundays Santa Ana Church opens for worship only, and on Sundays the market has no food stalls, only bars until 5pm.
How do I get to Triana from Seville airport?
Take the EA airport bus, a 6-euro single fare that city travel cards do not cover, to its last stop at Plaza de Armas. From there the Isabel II Bridge is 681 metres on foot, about 9 minutes, and Triana Market is the first building on the other bank.
Triana’s streets never close. A weekday morning before 3pm is the one time all three of its doors stand open.