Nice Roman ruins close to Sevilla. You'll need a car to easily get here from the Old Town area and…read moreyou can see the ruins In about an hour. It's my third visit to Sevilla but I didn't know this place existed on prior visits. Admission is only €1.50.

Roman ruins on the outskirts of Seville. I went on a hotter day but was surprised that so few…read morepeople were here. The impressive amphitheater was used to film Game of Thrones, and I particularly enjoyed seeing the many mosaic floors that have been preserved. If you like history or archaeology this is a great afternoon trip out of town. Easily accessible by city bus. Bring water and snacks--there is literally nothing else around here.

Idealism meets modern; a classic plaza with wafting orange blossoms in the air, old school fountain…read moreand yet in use by kids, elderly and everything in between. Unique shops surrounding, hand laid stonework throughout and not so small you've no intimacy in your experience like lots of other Seville plazas. One of my favorite thus far!

Nice plaza and meeting point, all ages gathering, very clean despite old age, trams going by across…read morethe plaza, good spot for catching a taxi.

Reminds me of the souks in Marrakech and old walls that go with it. Daytime, yeah but night,…read moreREQUIRED! This is an amazing place to slip through the cracks of time and truly see what cultural foundations have been laid to make Seville such a complex place to be. World Heritage quality through and through.

The arch is accessible 24 hours, and is just for pictures and passing through (no museum or entry…read morevenue). It is an interesting part of the city's history, located in the heart of main cultural attractions, and some great restaurant and shopping activity. So as many know, back in Medieval times, cities had defense walls around them. Depending on the size of the circumference, there were a varying number of gate entries. This arch was one of them. In Spain, the arches were named with very practical titles, often for the direction in which they headed (for example, Seville's Puerta de Jerez was the gate you exited to head down to Jerez). Other times they were named for the mercantile business happening at that gate. In this case, Arco del Postigo del Aceite (arch of the olive oil shutter) was the olive oil gate. Shutters were a name for the doors of these Medieval gateways. Apprently, this is one of only 3 remaining gateways from the old Arab wall (which used to have 20), dating back to 1107. Nearby Plaza del Cabildo, still has a small section of the same wall. The other two arches are Puerta de la Macarena, and Puerta de Córdoba. This arch was called "Ship's Gate" (bad al-Qatay), in the 12thC, when shipyards were built outside it. It later had other names, as the city changed, and it was used for new functions: Puerta de la Alhóndiga, Puerta del Aceite or Puerta de la Aceituna. My cousin from NYC likes to say "everything in New York is famous," which may be true, but in Seville, everything seems to be involved in Holy Week. This arch is no exception. Almost every landmark, monument, sculpture, fountain, etc. in Seville, has some role to play in their annual Holy Week festivities. In this case, the Arco del Postigo del Aceite is along the route of the brotherhoods' processions, and is yet another place to pay respect and homage to the past. This arch has a statue of San Fernando, with bishops Isidoro and Leandro and a plaque about the reform of Tortello. Inside the arch, there are remnants of the planks used to stop the flooding from the river. Just next to the arch is a little 18thC chapel, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception.