The cultural agenda is stirring before the immediate flurry of activities and Christmas plans in Seville this 2024/25. The city shines with its own light about these dates so we have seen fit to bring together all these options that are open to us.
There are many proposals: markets, craft fairs, theme parks, gastronomic routes and other Christmas plans are added to the myriad of alternatives that Seville usually offers. Share these experiences and don’t stay at home.
1. Switching on the Christmas lights
The turning on of the Christmas lights emulates a kind of cataclysm whose main function is to establish the beginning of Christmas; thus, in Seville since the beginning of December a juicy seasonal program has been launched.
Hundreds of streets will be illuminated and embellished with shapes and colors during the coming weeks. Although they will not be the only elements expected for this December. Check out when they are scheduled to be lit this 2024.
2. Candlelight Sevilla Christmas edition
Music and Christmas go hand in hand. The houses and streets of towns and cities are filled with Christmas carols and on January 1st we attend (telematically) the New Year’s concert in Vienna. But you don’t have to wait so long or go so far to enjoy the magic of these Christmas melodies.
Candlelight, the candlelight concert series, has designed the best Christmas programs to delight us with the best live music and add an extra touch of magic to the holidays. This Christmas you have a few unmissable and very varied dates to recover the Christmas spirit that is so lacking in this twilight of 2024.
- Christmas Soundtracks at Casa de Salinas (December 20)
- Candlelight Christmas Classics at the Hospital de los Venerables (December 21)
3. Christmas Markets (to be confirmed 2024)
Christmas markets in Seville conquer the avenues, squares and spaces that the city has prepared for the occasion. The city is decorated and receives the Christmas leisure full of novelties and without restrictions.
The event will not miss the lighting, themed parks or ice rinks. An endless number of guaranteed plans among which stand out the picturesque Christmas markets, some of which are detailed below.
4. Ice Rinks (to be confirmed 2024)
One of the Christmas plans that can never be missed is ice skating. In addition to moving the mantecados and making room for the next meal, skating also allows you to bring out your artistic side.
For all those who want to participate in one of the quintessential Christmas activities, these are the ice skating rinks that there are this year in Seville.
5. Christmas gifts in the Sevillian style
Dear Three Wise Men from the East, we strongly ask you for some of these small details designed especially for lovers of Seville. If we are not fortunate enough to receive them, they are certainly good ideas to make your Christmas gifts to surprise.
6. The Andalusian Christmas villages
Andalusia is a land devoted to the Christmas party. So much so that there are localities that turn all their efforts in these two weeks through festivities and gastronomy. And, if you are here this Christmas, they deserve at least a visit.
7. Perfect restaurants for Christmas meals
December awaits and with it comes the crowded stores, the turrones and mantecados and the center of Seville flooded with Christmas lights. But it is a month that also brings with it the eternal doubt: where to have Christmas dinner in Seville?
8. The best roscones de Reyes ( by update 2024/25)
The good thing, if brief, is twice as good. For this reason, the “roscón de Reyes” is a delicacy that if in itself is good, the fact that we can only enjoy it for a couple of days in winter makes it become a fleeting delicacy.
There is something for all tastes and more and more varieties. Is there a better Christmas gift than this? To get you salivating, we are going to recommend the places where you can find the best roscón de Reyes in Seville:
9. Route through the best chocolate shops
Chocolate is our addiction, whether in the cup, in tablet or even in gel mode, and especially when it comes to Christmas time. Its smell alone makes us have exciting fantasies.
As we know that you also share our passions, we ask you to make a great sacrifice and join us on this route through the best of Seville.
10. Map with the nativity scenes of the city ( to be confirmed 2024)
Despite this fateful 2020, its limitations and restrictions, there is one of the most popular traditions of Christmas in Seville that, fortunately, we can continue to enjoy this year: visiting the nativity scenes of the city.
In this map we have created we indicate the nativity scenes of Sevillian entities that you can enjoy this atypical 2020.
11. The Three Wise Men of Seville
Seville’s Three Wise Men parade returns to travel the streets of the city in January 2025.
Those interested in participating can still sign up for the draw to be among the procession . In addition, we tell you how much it will cost to be part of this experience.