About Seville

Seville is the artistic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of Andalusia. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of 7 metres (23 ft) above sea level. The population of the metropolitan area was 1.450,214 as of 2007, ranking as the fourth largest metropolitan area of Spain.

Semana Santa and the Seville Fair, (also “April Fair”) are the two most well-known of Seville’s festivals. Seville is internationally renowned for the solemn but beautiful processions during Holy Week and the colourful and lively fair held two weeks after. During Feria, families, businesses and organizations set up “casetas”, marquees, in which they spend the week dancing, drinking, and socializing. Traditionally, women wear elaborate flamenco dresses and men dress in their best suits. The marquees are set up on a permanent fairground in which each street is named after a famous bullfighter.