What is the Seville self-guided walking tour?
The Seville self-guided walking tour is a walk from the Guadalquivir to María Luisa Park at a speed you set, with audio narration on your phone taking the place a guide would normally hold. Allow about 3 hours: 49 minutes of that is time on your feet, the route measures 4 km, and at 10 stops you stand still and listen. Nothing runs to a clock and nobody sets the pace but you.
At the Torre del Oro the narration explains how a twelve-sided Almohad watchtower of the early 13th century came by the name Tower of Gold, and what the river port below it once handled. Outside the Real Maestranza you hear that the last act of Bizet's Carmen is set on that very pavement, and in front of the cathedral that the Giralda began as the minaret of the mosque the church replaced. In María Luisa Park comes the princess who handed her palace gardens to the city in 1893, and the alcoves on Plaza de España that give every Spanish province a tiled map of its own.
- Durationabout 3 hours
- Walkingabout 49 min · 4 km
- Stops10
- LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese
What you do on the walk
Listen
Every stop brings the story of the place, the legends around it and the detail most people pass without noticing. The same text sits on screen for anyone who would rather read.
Walk on
The way from one stop to the next is already in Google Maps: 49 minutes on foot, 4 km in all, and the route stays flat the whole way.
Break off
Sit down in the shade for a cold drink, give an hour to the Alcázar gardens, then take the walk up again later or on another day.
Eat and browse
Tips for food and shops near the route come with the stops. Your starting point and the order are yours to set in the app.
See the route and attractions →
How it works
- Book online Choose the number of people. Your booking reference arrives by email straight away.
- Get the app Download the World City Trail app from the App Store or Google Play and enter your booking reference.
- Walk when you like Start whenever you are ready, walk at your own pace and pause any time. No guide, no fixed schedule.
Who the walk is for
A first time in Seville
One walk sorts out the Moorish city, the Gothic cathedral and the 1929 exposition grounds and explains what you are standing in front of.
Anyone who avoids groups
No raised umbrella to follow and no meeting time: you stay where something holds you and move on when you are ready.
A single day in the city
3 hours reaches from the river to the park, which leaves the afternoon for Triana or for the Alcázar.
Good to know
- Bring a charged smartphone with mobile data; a power bank helps.
- No entry tickets needed: everything happens outside the buildings. Going inside is optional and paid separately.
- Family friendly; children must be accompanied by an adult.
- Not suitable for wheelchair users and difficult with strollers.
- Groups of up to 5 work best; larger groups split up, one ticket per person.
- Every purchase helps support stray cats and dogs in Greece.
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