


Seville is a leafy, semi-arid city filled with ancient buildings and narrow streets, built for horse buggies, and wide squares with fountains and monuments. The triangle that covers the area from Huelva to Seville to Cádiz and borders the Atlantic coast encloses the Guadalquivir River estuary. Its banks are lined with rice and cotton fields, orange groves, Carthusian horse ranches, and bull ranches that raise the beasts for the ring. To the west lie the Costa de la Luz beaches.
Spring and autumn, when the weather is mildly cool with averages in the 60°Fs, are considered the best seasons for visiting. Seville summers, however, are known as the hottest in the country. Spain is the top destination for European tourists, so June - September are the most crowded times. Spaniards themselves take vacation in August, so many small shops and some restaurants shut down at this time, but museums and historic sites remain open.