
Seville may not be a beachfront paradise but it offers, despite the promise of a hot summer, more than acceptable alternatives to enjoy the month of July. Firstly, because the city empties quite a lot during the summer season and, secondly, because it is very close to two dream destinations. Be that as it may, these plans will delight the Sevillian or the visitor if you are in the city this July 2024.
1. Candlelight Concerts
After the success of previous editions of Candlelight, the year begins with an exquisite selection of concerts in an incomparable space. Throughout the month you have several unmissable dates with music and always by the hand of Candlelight. We detail them below.
- Candlelight tribute to Coldplay at the Aquarium of Seville (July 6)
- The best of ABBA at the Aquarium (July 13)
- Tribute to Ludovico Einaudi at the luxurious Hotel Alfonso XIII (July 19)
- The best of The Beatles by candlelight (July 27)
2. Velá de Santa Ana 2024
After a successful last edition after the absence of this festival for two years, the Velá de Triana returns this 2024 from July 20 to 26. For the occasion, the neighborhood will recover its radiant summer look with a wide range of activities, which will not be limited to the days of the festival.
The program includes its popular Cucaña, sports competitions, concerts in the Plaza del Atozano or pottery markets. Triana will be decked out in lights, lanterns and booths to once again host the Velá de Triana, this traditional event whose origins date back to an ancient pilgrimage.
3. Alcazar Nights
Along with its dramatized visits at sunset, the cycle of concerts Nights in the Gardens of the Royal Alcazar has been held for another year . What is one of the main cultural events of the summer in Seville offers on this occasion a program that will last until mid-September until September 14.
The XXV edition of Night in the Gardens of the Royal Alcazar of Seville will continue to be held the next days from Monday to Saturday. Access for visits to the gardens will be through the Puerta de la Alcoba, located in the Paseo de Catalina de Ribera, in the Murillo Gardens, at 21:00, while the concerts will start at 22:30 hours and will not have a break.
4. Mr. Cangrejo, a gastronomic miracle to be repeated
When cuisine and sommelier cross the power of manufacturing, craftsmanship and science, the magic of eating like never before emerges: Sr. Cangrejo is where haute cuisine feels at home.
5. Paradisiacal beaches in Andalucía
Hundreds of beaches wind along the coast of Andalusia and many of them are known to be the best in the country. Crystal clear waters, sunsets that bid farewell to the day with all the luxury of colors, wild oasis, virgin and that sun that tastes like pure summer.
Andalusia reserves some of the best beaches of the Peninsula, paradises that we discover at the dawn of the summer season.
6. Discover the new Soletes Repsol
Seville adds 11 new spaces to those that treasure Soletes Repsol in the city. New additions that renowned chefs have selected as unmissable recommendations: cafes, terraces, ice cream parlors, tascas or beach bars that taste like vacations.
7. Escape: the seventh best ice cream parlor in the world, one hour from Seville.
As part of the Gelato Festival World Ranking, the Michelin of ice cream, this ice cream parlor in Cadiz has been ranked seventh. Just over an hour from Seville and with a copious amount of flavors and ice cream, La cremeria, gelato italiano is one of the options that should not miss in your summer.
8. Water parks
Summer extends, as tradition dictates, with the inseparable company of water parks. Seville hosts different spaces with refreshing attractions, pools and slides to occupy some of the days of July with these aquatic plans.
9. Nighttime visits to the roofs of the Cathedral.
Going up to the roofs of the Cathedral is one of the most surprising cultural routes in Seville, even for the Sevillians themselves. In this case, the Cabildo offers visitors this panoramic view of the entire city through the history of the construction of this temple.
10. Dramatized visits to the Royal Alcazar
The Real Alcázar of Seville joins the coming summer activities in the city and prepares a new cycle of dramatized night visits. It is a project that will have four passes every Thursday, Friday and Saturday of summer.
The appointment is in charge of the Classic Theater Company of Seville, which has prepared a visit on texts by Alfonso Zurro about the forgotten women of Seville.
11. Municipal swimming pools in Seville
The swimming pools of Seville depend on the centers of the Municipal Institute of Sports (IMD), which has already reopened some of its facilities. We review schedules and prices of the most outstanding pools in the province so that this summer you do not suffer from heat.
12. Summer cinemas return to Seville
Summer reserves the nights to offer the most refreshing plans and promises a traditional attraction designed for all profiles. The thought of pipes, small packets and folding chairs takes us directly to the summer cinemas, magnetic and incombustible year after year.
Lovers of the seventh art are in luck with the arrival of the first summer programs, but so are those who like to chat in the cool and take a good pipe to the gullet, projection through.
The Sevillian sky will be witness of this cinematographic season by the hand of these summer cinemas in the neighborhoods of Seville and nearby municipalities.
13. Natural swimming pools near Seville
It is well known that the summer season in Seville has no respite and, although the heat has not yet hit us completely, it is time to investigate in natural pools, the most refreshing alternative plan.
Going out in the street becomes impossible until late afternoon, and the day invites, at most and always after the torrid hours, to get some cool beers. Not surprisingly, there are other solutions to turn a sweltering day into a plan without fissures.
14. The most awaited premieres
The summer season is not necessarily far from the big premieres. Throughout the month of June, movies like Gru 4: My Favorite Villain (July 3), Fly Me to the Moon (July 12), Deadpool and Wolverine (July 25) await us in theaters.
15. Terraces with pools
We solve one of the great unknowns of Seville: why the city continues to receive large numbers of tourists in summer if it is well known internationally that Seville in summer is hell.
The answer comes from these hotels and other spaces with swimming pools on their terraces, breathtaking views and refreshing cocktails that will make you fall in love with the city at any temperature.
16. The best ice cream parlors in Seville
Given the inclement weather associated with summer, Seville has a good number of ice cream parlors in its streets. And thank goodness. Among the benefits of having such an offer coexist tradition, unusual flavors and other daring and surprising creations.
17. Museum of Illusions
More than 70 immersive demonstrations with holograms, rotating rooms, puzzles, puzzles, knots, impossible angles and mirages designed to deceive the mind and defy gravity, guaranteeing moments of leisure and entertainment with family or friends. At 28 San Eloy Street, visual experiences follow one after another as a continuous challenge to your perception.
18. Arcade Planet: 4 hours of video games from the 80s
Arcade Planet was born from the passion of five collectors of retro video games, who have been bringing the universe of the arcade machines of the 80s to Dos Hermanas for six years. And in this sense, they have created almost without realizing it, the largest video game show in Spain and one of the most important in Europe in the Sevillian municipality.
19. Flamenco Masterclass
Enjoy a flamenco class and learn this beautiful art from the Dance Studio “A Compás”, located in the heart of downtown Seville. Thanks to its professional teachers you will understand flamenco dance in depth, its codes and its nature.
First of all, you will enter the world of flamenco through rhythm by learning how to do ‘palmas’. Then, you will learn simple footwork steps and traditional movements. Finally, you will perform a small basic choreography.
20. Sevillian terraces with a view
In Seville there are terraces under the rocks and they are always full. There is something for everyone, from the most cosmopolitan to the most bohemian and all of them have that “noséqué” that makes us happy (we are also invaded by that curious effect called “postureo”).
The “terraceo a la sevillana” is an anthropological necessity and today we discover the best terraces of Seville so you don’t lose the habit.