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Tours
Horse-drawn carriages wait near the cathedral, Plaza de España and Puerta de
Jerez, charging a hefty €50 for up to four people for a one-hour trot around the Bar-
rio de Santa Cruz and Parque de María Luisa areas.
Sevilla Walking Tours
( 902 15 82 26; wwwwww.sevillawalkingtours.com ) English-language tours of the
main monumental area, at 10.30am Monday to Saturday, lasting about two hours
for €12. Meet in Plaza Nueva.
Guided Walks
Festivals & Events
Seville's Semana Santa processions and its Feria de Abril, a week or two later, are
worth travelling a long way for, as is the Bienal de Flamenco.
SEMANA SANTA
( www.semana-santa.org , in Spanish) Every day from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday,
large, life-size pasos (sculptural representations of events from Christ's Passion)
are carried from Seville's churches through the streets to the cathedral, accompan-
ied by processions that may take more than an hour to pass.
Holy Week
FERIA DE ABRIL
The April Fair in the second half of the month is the joyful celebration after the
solemnity of Semana Santa. The biggest and most colourful of all Andalucía's feri-
as, it takes place on a special site, El Real de la Feria, in the Los Remedios area
southwest of Seville's city centre.
Spring Fair
BIENAL DE FLAMENCO
( www.bienal-flamenco.org ) Spain's biggest flamenco festival is staged for a month in
September of even-numbered years (it alternates with Málaga), and brings together
the best of classical and experimental music and dance.
Flamenco Festival
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