Sevilla Urbany Blog

From the 28th April until the 3rd May

A basic definition of the April Fair would be: a big amount of tents and fairground attractions located near Los Remedios quarter... But the April fair is more than that: it is the big party in Seville; it is the Festival in capital letters. The Sevilla April Fair is happiness, colour, dancing, music, orange blossom, flavour, passion... it is Seville itself in the most important local festival in the city!

The Easter week is the period of time from Palm Sunday until Easter Sunday. During this week, we remember the Passion, Death and The Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Easter week is one of the most important times of year in Seville because of its tradition…

I was barely arriving at the reception of the Sevilla Urbany hostel when I could listen a group of canadian girls talking about how incredible had been their first "flamenco experience" in the city. They were laughing because arriving at La Carboneria had been a treasure hunt by the narrow streets of the Santa Cruz district, but getting the hostel after some glasses of sangria had been the bigger challenge...