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These gardens are a blend of Moorish and Italian Renaissance styles.

This huge park dominates the southern end of the city. Its present design was laid out for the 1929 Exposition. Keep an eye out for peacocks perched in the trees.

These squares represent the heart of the city. Plaza de San Francisco (also called Plaza Mayor) is Seville’s oldest and the focal point of public spectacles. Plaza Nueva is a pleasant park with a monument to King Fernando the Saint.

These formal gardens used to be the orchards and vegetable plots for the Alcázar. Donated to the city in 1911, they are named after Seville painter Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. A monument to Columbus features the bronze prows of the Santa María , the caravel that bore him to the New World in 1492.

This square was opened up when Napoleon’s soldiers destroyed the church that once stood here. The square is now adorned by an ornate iron cross, La Cruz de la Cerrajería.

This pedestrianized promenade is the principal shopping street of old Seville. Here’s the place to window-shop for all the traditional flamenco and feria gear, and certainly the place to be seen during the early evening paseo .

Set off by pairs of columns at either end – the southern set are ancient Roman and are surmounted by 16th-century sculptures of Hercules and Julius Caesar – this once fashionable promenade is now a rather dusty affair, but is very popular for its nightlife.

Once the location of the hay market, but now home to a Sunday morning pet market. Birds, puppies, exotic fish, lizards, mice and even silkworms have been known to turn up here. Also good for bars and restaurants.

With the Torre del Oro at one end (see Torre del Oro & Torre de Plata), this tree-lined riverfront promenade makes for a pleasant stroll.

The park of this Churrigueresque palace is one of the city’s largest. The palace, built in 1682, is the headquarters of the regional government.