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Pleasant and knowledgeable guide. Okay visit.
The ticket read that it was a 1 hour tour. It did not start on time and was longer than expected. We had to leave before we had seen everything as we didn't allow enough time. The tour and guide were great though
The Alcazares are spectacular, but above all the guide knew the history very well, explained everything in detail, and made everything very enjoyable. Carlos great
Very beautiful site, very relevant comments from our guide Ghislaine, very pleasant and instructive visit in her company. We recommend
Good build up to highlight visit. Very crowded and busy which made it difficult to follow the guide. But otherwise fine by good explanation
Sincerely the guide in this case was very professional but the speed with which we made the visit was very excessive, and for 20 or more people I think that speed was not necessary.
Exact, efficient meet-up and knowledgable guide.
Our tour guide was friendly, organized, funny. Perfect.
It was very good. It just all happened too quickly. The guide spoke too quickly.
The guide was friendly, patient and knowledgeable
Amazing guide ,,fernando had an amazing wealth of knowledge and made the whole tour amazing
Fernando's visit was very informative and fluid. An enjoyable time, we recommend it.
Our guide Melissa was lovely, great energy and great with the kids. The site is magnificent
Glide past crowds and enjoy an immersive, expertly-led tour of a royal Spanish gem.
Inclusions
Skip-the-line entry to the Alcázar of Seville
Expert English, French, Spanish, German, or Italian-speaking guide (as per option selected)
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Everything was perfect, the place absolutely wonderful, completely unexpected despite seeing photos Absolutely recommended!
Very easy to communicate with Headout . The audio guide was very clear and interesting. The information given was perfect! In short, everything was great! Thank you
It's magnificent, splendid. But a lack of organization. You buy the tickets but you don't know which queue to get into. It's stressful. Whereas if there were signposts. Those who already have their ticket, those who don't. The tour at such and such an hour... In short... And I find it really very, very crowded. It's impossible to take nice pictures. But it's still a great experience.
I also liked the Giralda and the Alcazar, but I recommend the former only for people with healthy legs, because you can get up on a 35-turn ramp. True, there are little window boxes with seats for resting.
Wonderful place, I really didn't want to leave! The garden is just breathtaking. Get the ticket in advance! Beware, the ticket controllers are strict. My friend is a flight attendant and her flight was suddenly moved to an earlier one. She had a ticket to the Alcazar but of course would like to get in earlier so she wouldn't miss work. The security didn't let her in and there was no possibility to switch time slot or get your money back.
It's so beautiful! It's a must-see, along with the cathedral and Giralda tower. But the Alcazar gardens are a jewel! We recommend
Both the indoor part and the gardens are beautiful. Buying tickets with Headout was easy and made us avoid the queues.
Everything worked well and we got all the information we needed. It is an experience to visit the place. However, we had problems getting their audio guide to work.
Admission for four people worked without any problems for all three sights we had booked with the help of the clearly laid out app. Despite the high season, there were no waiting times, just a quick security check (backpacks checked) and then we were off. Seville is beautiful and offers an infinite number of magnificent sights for people interested in art history. The view from the Giralda over the sea of houses in Seville is fantastic.
The Real Alcazar is a wonderful and well-preserved place. The gardens are manicured and lush. We did not have to queue at all having purchased our tickets in advance and used the audio guide in Italian included in the cost of the ticket. An excellent experience!
Zero wait! Ticket in hand, 15 Min in advance and we went right in! Two wonderful, very different places that you absolutely must see!
We preferred the Alcazar! An afternoon of strolling, our eyes drawn everywhere by the castle's décor, and a long walk in the gardens.
The Alcazar is just amazingly beautiful
A very rich and magnificent visit to the gardens
Unfortunately unkempt in places, a pity.
It was amazing! The Islamic culture was very vivid!
No waiting with the electronic ticket
Correct codes no problem with entries.
The Alcazar is a must visit place. We should have booked fir the earlier slot had we known there was so much to see.
A unique experience
Very easy to match tickets with times vood entrance.
Everything worked perfectly. Except for retrieving the ticket, as the mobile reception was poor and there was no WiFi available
A must-see in Seville
The experience was spectacular, I liked everything very much. So beautiful, so well cared for. Without words
Easy purchase, no problems at entry, experience as expected!
Enjoy access to the real-life kingdom of Dorne from Game of Thrones in the heart of Seville.
Inclusions
Entry to the Alcázar of Seville
Digital audio guide in English, Spanish, German, Italian, and French (as per option selected)
Skip-the-line English guided tour of the Alcázar of Seville (as per option selected)
The Alcázar is AMAZING, we all loved the experience, one of the best we had in Spain so far. The guide was super nice and it's huge with lots of beautiful sights and history attached to the location.
The official website no longer had tickets to the Seville Cathedral for the day. Managed to buy through an intermediary in total not overpaying much. I recommend for those who miss buying tickets in time on the official site. The cathedral with the Giralda is worth a visit.
Everything was perfect, the place absolutely wonderful, completely unexpected despite seeing photos Absolutely recommended!
We were able to enter quickly at the appointed hour but there was no fast line. Very nice view from the Geralda Tower. Easy to go up with enough recup places to rest and also have a nice view.
I also liked the Giralda and the Alcazar, but I recommend the former only for people with healthy legs, because you can get up on a 35-turn ramp. True, there are little window boxes with seats for resting.
Wonderful place, I really didn't want to leave! The garden is just breathtaking. Get the ticket in advance! Beware, the ticket controllers are strict. My friend is a flight attendant and her flight was suddenly moved to an earlier one. She had a ticket to the Alcazar but of course would like to get in earlier so she wouldn't miss work. The security didn't let her in and there was no possibility to switch time slot or get your money back.
It's so beautiful! It's a must-see, along with the cathedral and Giralda tower. But the Alcazar gardens are a jewel! We recommend
Everything worked well and we got all the information we needed. It is an experience to visit the place. However, we had problems getting their audio guide to work.
Admission for four people worked without any problems for all three sights we had booked with the help of the clearly laid out app. Despite the high season, there were no waiting times, just a quick security check (backpacks checked) and then we were off. Seville is beautiful and offers an infinite number of magnificent sights for people interested in art history. The view from the Giralda over the sea of houses in Seville is fantastic.
Zero wait! Ticket in hand, 15 Min in advance and we went right in! Two wonderful, very different places that you absolutely must see!
We preferred the Alcazar! An afternoon of strolling, our eyes drawn everywhere by the castle's décor, and a long walk in the gardens.
It was very nice. I recommend to for everyone.
If you come to Seville you can't miss the Cathedral and the Giralda, they are truly unique in the world
Excellent, although the d'alta the tail is useless
A beautiful cathedral. It takes you back in time. Indescribable works. 🌷🌷🌷
A very rich and magnificent visit to the gardens
Everything was fine, it was a great experience.
Unfortunately unkempt in places, a pity.
The cathedral is wonderful. Very nice view from the Giralda bell tower.
Stupendous Cathedral, a wonderful place
Correct codes no problem with entries.
Easy to perform even x people who are not particularly "technological"
The Alcazar is a must visit place. We should have booked fir the earlier slot had we known there was so much to see.
A unique experience
Very easy to match tickets with times vood entrance.
Explore the best of Seville with this combo that gets you access to three UNESCO sites.
Inclusions
Entry to the Alcázar of Seville
English Guided tour of the Alcázar of Seville (as pr option selected)
Entry to the Seville Cathedral
English Guided tour of the Seville Cathedral (as per option selected)
Entry to La Giralda
English Guided tour of La Giralda (as per option selected)
Exclusions
Food & drinks
Hotel transfers & transportation
Excellent historical context generated by Mercedes Charming, we highlight its proximity and tenderness. Very professional, well documented and time management.
Everything went smoothly and the experience was amazing! Both the Catedral and Real Alcázar are unforgettable. But what made our experience the best was our tour guide, Rosa! She explained everything with love and passion and made sure everyone was feeling comfortable, she also took the time to answer all our questions and to give more details and fun facts about the monuments. Thank you Rosa ❤️ You are what I wish for when it comes to tour guides!
A unique and unforgettable experience, our guide Dyana took care of us and taught us many interesting things. Thank you
Punctuality of appointments and pick-up! On the other hand, some rather cavalier schedule changes the day before could have caused us to cancel our visit by moving it from 1:00 pm to 11:00 am. All the more so as we learnt that the morning of the tour was partially booked. 11H00: Cathedral+Giralda and 15H00: The Alcazar.
The experience was ten, our guide, Guadalupe, was a great professional, explained very well, and in detail, the visit to the cathedral. Very nice and pleasant. We also did with her the guided visit to the Alcazar. We were delighted. A totally recommendable experience, essential in the visit to Seville. I would repeat, no doubt.
Beautiful experience that is worth the price of the ticket especially if done with a tour guide, I highly recommend the skip the line which we did and it allowed us to enter without waiting, there is a kiosk inside, a little expensive, but it is all part of a wonderful experience. Highly recommended.
The guide great, knowledgeable and nice. Beautiful places
Everything well arranged. Excellent guide, who told and explained everything very well. Super experience!!!!
All of it. Our guide was so knowledgeable and had a sense of humour. I strongly recommend doing the combo trip.
The guide was very interesting and pleasant. You could feel her knowledge and passion.
Our guide Sam was fantastic, very informative and had a great sense of humour. The Alcázar and cathedral were beautiful and it was so nice to hear about the history of each.
We took the tour with Jesus in French, and we'd like to thank him and recommend him for his kindness, his explanations and his leadership of the group. The tour was breathtaking. Thank you
The guide was very knowledgeable and made the visit really interesting. We got lost and the organisers kindly phoned us and gave us instructions on how to get to the meeting point.
Excellent guide, Irene, nice and very knowledgeable who made the tour really engaging. Timely and precise organization of the operator.
An excellent organization, with very pleasant and friendly staff. Our guide was very well read and told the history of the cathedral and the palaces in very good German and also exciting and never boring.
Very good, informative and entertaining guided tour of the cathedral and the Alcazar; highly recommended and we learned a lot and gained new perspectives.
The organization was perfect, despite the change in the times of my visits, and everything went smoothly. We had 2 wonderful guides
very good guides. BUT I was not informed that the tour was postponed by 2 hours. The subcontractor (concierge sthose) claims to have sent me an email. I received nothing, not even via the Head Out app. Maybe they sent via What's app. If that's the case, they should let us know because when you arrive from overseas, you don't necessarily have access to your cell phone number. In short, it was the guides who saved the day, because I was really frustrated at having to change my entire day's schedule without notice. I will not do business with headout again.
The tour by the guide was very good and detailed/informative. You could ask questions and got answers immediately. Well done. What was problematic - for us - was the general rush and the resulting chaos of voices. But that's just the way it is! All in all, it was very good.
Elena was a very passionate guide and we were able to appreciate places that on our own and with little time we would not have been able to.
Well taken care of by clown staff , then smooth entry, good tour, just a little too long, would have preferred a break before visiting the cathedral Ge
We were called by our guide because we didn't show up at the meeting point on time and then arranged a new meeting point and joined our group. It was a great tour and we would have been very sorry to miss it. Thanks again to the Sevilla team. Silvia and Gabi
Very good guide with a great sense of humor and motivation for her work. The discovery of the cathedral and the Giralda was fascinating.
The visit was interesting but afterwards we took a tour again x better understand the internal architectural structure .Being an unusual cathedral without a floor plan in hand it is difficult to understand it . The guide was comprehensive and engaging
La visite réalisée avec Ghislaine était très vivante, un lieux magnifique, Ghislaine a su nous donner le contenu historique et réaliste. Bien organisé, la visite aurait pu durée 1 heure de plus, c'était passionnant
Skip past the lines and tour three UNESCO sites in a choice of five languages.
Inclusions
Skip the line entry to the Alcázar of Seville
Guided tour of the Alcázar of Seville in English, Spanish, Italian, German, or French (as per option selected)
Skip the line entry to the Seville Cathedral & La Giralda
Guided tour of the Seville Cathedral & La Giralda in English, Spanish, Italian, German, or French (as per option selected)
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Basking in the reflection of the Seville Cathedral sits the Alcazar Seville, snug within the warm embrace of the beauty and serenity of Andalucía. An ever-glorious testament to Mudéjar art, the palace’s ornate Gothic and Moorish-style architecture features multiple chambers, intricate carvings, and beautiful stonework and craftsmanship. Listen close, and you can almost hear the history in the creak of a stair or the crack of a wall.
Read on to know how you can best explore this iconic attraction through an Alcazar Seville tour.
The Alcazar of Seville is one of the oldest and most popular tourist attractions in Seville, Spain. Take a look at why an Alcazar Seville tour is a great option for your visit!
Also known as the Lions’ Gate, Puerta del Leon was built in the 12th century by the Almohads on Plaza del Triunfo and makes for quite a daunting and astounding main entrance to the Alcazar. It features a wide ceramic panel with an image of a crowned lion holding a cross. Built atop a tall maroon wall, the gate also features an arch and a Gothic script inlaid into the stone walls. The gate leads to Lion’s Courtyard or the Patio del Leon from where the guided tour begins.
Founded in 1503, Casa de la Contratacion is also known as the Contractor’s Room and served as the meeting place for discussions on trade between Spain and American colonies. All major trade decisions and voyages were planned and finalized in this room, including Magellan’s circumnavigation of the world in 1519. The room now houses the stunning painting The Virgin of the Navigators, a must-see on your visit to Casa de la Contratacion in the palace.
Built in the 14th century, the Palace of Don Pedro or Peter I is one of the most beautiful parts of the Alcazar Palace. It is a celebration of Mudejar art and is heavily influenced by the Moorish and Christian styles of architecture. Designed by Muslim architects due to the king’s strong friendship with Mohammed V, the walls and ceilings of the Palace of Peter I feature intricate patterns while the façade has a frieze with etchings.
Patio de Las Doncellas or the Courtyard of Maidens served as a waiting room for maidens before they began their duties for the day. There’s a myth surrounding the courtyard, which claims that the place was so named because the Moors demanded 100 virgins from the Iberian Christians as a tribute. The Courtyard features well-maintained gardens, a reflecting pool, Mudejar-style architecture highlighting tiles, and plasterwork with inlays from the 16th century.
Also known as the Hall of Ambassadors or the Throne Room, Salon de Embajadores was designed by Diego Ruiz and initially served as an administrative room. King Pedro also used it to receive important guests at the palace. Do not miss the gold-foiled dome, the balconies (used to spy on dignitaries who visited the king), or the intricate motifs influenced by Moorish designs. The hall, which is believed to represent heaven and earth, also hosted the wedding of Charles I and Isabel of Portugal in 1526.
Previously a play area for children, Patio de Las Munecas or the Courtyard of the Dolls is one of the most private quarters of the Alcazar Palace. Designed for Queen Isabel II, the courtyard features intricate details, arches, plasterwork, and gossamer finishes similar to the architecture of Granada’s Alhambra.
The Baths of Maria de Padilla were named after Maria de Padilla, the mistress of Peter of Castille. Located beneath Patio del Crucero, these baths originally served as a pool but have now been converted into rainwater tanks. It is believed that Maria de Padilla went to the baths to find some peace of mind. This place with an eerie ambiance also served as one of the locations for the shoot of the popular series Game of Thrones.
Also known as the Water Gardens of Dorne from the Game of Thrones series, the Alcazar Gardens houses over 20,000 plants and trees from across the world, beautiful ponds, and fountains that are a treat for sore eyes. Also, find exotic species of flora and fauna from South America. It is the perfect place to relax and soak in the lush greenery. The gardens are divided into several areas like the Maze Garden, Garden of the Poets, and Troy Garden.
Designed by architect Vermonda Resa in the 16th century, Galeria del Grutesco or the Grotto Gallery is an extension of the Alcazar Gardens featuring a raised roof, columns creating porticos, and an adventurous maze for children. Built using volcanic stones and mock rocks, the gallery offers unparalleled views of the gardens and is a sight for sore eyes.
Consisting of 11 rooms, the Royal Apartments now serve as the chambers of the royal family and can be accessed through a private visit. The apartments are made up of rare and elaborate furnishings, tapestries, and architecture influenced by the Moorish rule. Also, find an exquisite collection of paintings, books, and tapestries that adorn the walls of the apartments. These are private quarters of the royal family, which is why photography is strictly prohibited.
A visit to such a complex and iconic historical attraction can be overwhelming and a little difficult to navigate all by yourself. To help you explore Alcazar Seville more efficiently, we recommend opting for an Alcazar Seville guided tour because it includes a tour guide who knows the attraction and everything about it thoroughly.
Once you meet your tour guide at the decided point, you will be taken inside the palace and given a tour of all the major attractions that are worth a visit within the Alcazar. These include the Alcazar Gardens, the Royal Apartments, Patio de Las Munecas, Patio de Las Doncellas, Puerta del Leon, and many more. There is a lot to explore inside the palace and an Alcazar Seville tour offers an opportunity to do just that.
Yes, Alcazar Seville tours are available for booking online.
You can book an Alcazar Seville tour online in advance.
Alcazar Seville tours costs €28.10 and above.
There are two types of Alcazar Seville tours available – Skip the Line Guided Tour of Royal Alcazar of Seville and Seville’s Alcazar, Cathedral and Giralda Guided Tour.
Alcazar Seville tours include access to all sections that are open to the public like the Alcazar Gardens, Galeria del Grutesco, Banos Dona Maria de Padilla, the Royal Apartments, Salon de Embajadores, and more.
Alcazar Seville guided tours are available in four languages – English, French, Italian, and Spanish. You can also choose a bilingual tour.
The Alcazar Seville guided tour covers all the major points of interest inside the Alcazar Seville including Puerta del Leon, Casa de la Contratación, Palacio del Rey Don Pedro, Patio de Las Doncellas, Galeria del Grutesco, and more.
It depends on the type of Alcazar Seville guided tour you book. The small group guided tour will have no more than 10 people while the other guided tours have a maximum capacity of 25 guests.
Yes, Alcazar Seville tour is worth it because it’s the best way to explore this iconic heritage site and learn all about its history. The palace is a striking blend of diverse cultures and religions. Every nook and corner of the palace is rooted in history making it an interesting site to explore.
Yes, Alcazar Seville guided tours include skip the line access.
No, Alcazar Seville tour tickets cannot be canceled or rescheduled.
The Alcazar Seville guided tours can be anywhere between 1 hour 15 minutes to 3 hours long, depending on the type of ticket you choose.
Yes, children between 0-13 years of age and senior citizens above the age of 65 enjoy reduced ticket rates. Please carry a valid photo ID. Additionally, adults can enjoy up to 5% off on their Alcazar Seville tour tickets.
