Real Alcázar
A Mudéjar palace with gilded wooden ceilings, and gardens of orange trees and pools.
Duration
2 hrs 30 min – 4 hrs
Best time
First slot of the day
Open
Every day
Entry price
13.5 EUR
The Alcázar is the oldest royal palace still in use in Europe: the Spanish monarchs still stay here when they come to Seville. What you visit was built in the fourteenth century by Peter I of Castile, a Christian king, using Muslim craftsmen from Granada and Toledo — which is the definition of Mudéjar.
The Courtyard of the Maidens, with its long pool and lobed arches, is the heart of it. The gardens, seven hectares of orange trees, pools and galleries, take as long as the palace itself.
Getting there
Plaza del Triunfo, next to the cathedral. Tram T1, Archivo de Indias stop, or twenty minutes on foot from Santa Justa station.
What the price covers
palace and gardens; free for Seville residents and accompanied children under 13.
What to bring
- Swimsuit
Rules on site
The ticket is timed and sells online days ahead in high season; the box-office queue can run over two hours. The upper Gothic Palace needs a separate, limited ticket.
Checked on 29 August 2026 at Real Alcázar — planning your visit
Other places in Seville
- Cathedral and GiraldaThe largest Gothic cathedral in the world, and a former minaret you climb by ramps.
- Plaza de EspañaA two-hundred-metre half-circle of brick and azulejos, with a rowing canal.
- Triana districtAcross the river, the ceramic workshops and the gypsy flamenco bars.
- Metropol ParasolA hundred-and-fifty-metre undulating timber structure set down on an old square.