Best Time to Visit Seville

March to May, October to November

Months to avoid: July to August (temperatures regularly above 40°C, city feels hollowed out, prices inflated)

Recommended stay: 3-5 days

Plan Seville for March to May, October to November. Give it 3-5 days. The window to avoid is July to August (temperatures regularly above 40°C, city feels hollowed out, prices inflated).

What the season gets you

• Tapas culture here is the real thing. Bodeguita Romero or Bar Eslava will charge you €2.50 for a montadito that has no right to taste that good
• The Alcázar's gardens are still used by the Spanish royal family, you're walking through a working palace, not a museum
• Semana Santa (Holy Week) turns the entire city into a slow-moving procession of candles, incense, and brotherhoods that have been doing this for 500 years