May/June 2007
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48 Hours: Seville
By Mary Beth LaRue Photo by Krista Rossow
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Maria Rosa boutique sells made-to-order and ready-to-wear flamenco dresses. |
Where's the party? In Seville even the dresses—candy-colored with big polka dots or flowers—reflect the fiesta atmosphere.
 n National Geographic Traveler's May/June issue, writer Raphael Kadushin explores Seville, one of the historic capitals of Andalusia. The tapas, fiestas, and flower-filled patios may all be cliches, but they're authentic ones, true to a city that knows how to celebrate. Before you go, check out Traveler's picks for blogs, podcasts, magazines, and more.
Blogs
Podcasts
Newspapers
Magazines
Maps
Books
Movies
Blogs
A Wandering Woman Writes from Spain
This 42-year-old American woman leaves her "nice fat VP job" in downtown Chicago for a two-month language course in Spain. The learning never truly ends as "wandering-woman" settles into a slower-paced life in Salamanca, Spain.
Seville Photos
Let Flickr bring Seville to you. Photos tagged "Seville" are aggregated on this page—from cathedrals to locals to delicious dishes. Prepare to be inspired.
Podcasts
A Year in Europe
Download Scott and Sheryl's Seville podcast where they dish about life in La Macarena, take a walk through the Feria Market, and try Spanish foods.
Notes from Spain
Started in 2005 by English transplant and travel writer Ben Curtis, the "Notes from Spain" website is a gold mine of Spain podcasts. Choose from three categories: Notes from Spain, Cuisine from Spain, or Notes in Spanish.
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Newspapers
El Pais
Download Spain's most widely read newspaper in an English-language format through the International Herald Tribune's website or read it in Spanish on their website.
Think Spain
This Web-exclusive publication provides English-speaking residents and visitors with continually updated news, features, and information relating to living and traveling in Spain. Click on Andalusia to get news and features pertaining only to the Andalusian area.
Sur in English
Southern Spain's weekly newspaper includes a guide to weekly events and food and beverage news. Readers will find a wide selection of local topics—from news, current events, sports, and regular columns.
Magazines
Expatica
Expatica Spain's website is a wealth of information for those traveling in Spain. Browse through Spanish news, events, a business directory or an expat blog. Meet expats through the discussion forums or events and "meetups." Spain isn't your only stop? Check out Expatica websites for Belgium, France, Germany, and the Netherlands.
The Broadsheet
Madrid's glossy mag, The Broadsheet, features articles on topics from hot art galleries to restaurants, as well as features on Spain's pollen factor and interesting expatriates.
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Maps
National Geographic MapMachine
Use National Geographic's MapMachine to get a road, satellite, or physical map of Andalusian territory.
Explore Seville
Download a variety of maps—monuments, city bus routes, the Seville province—then print or transfer to your iPod.
Books
The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway (1926)
This classic American novel follows Jake Barnes, a World War I vet who works as a journalist in Paris, and Robert Cohn, a Jewish ex-boxer. Set in Pamplona and considered to be Hemingway's first significant novel, it depicts life for the "Lost Generation" after World War I.
The Seville Communion, by Arturo Pérez-Reverte (1998)
When a computer hacker breaks through Vatican security to send an urgent plea to the Pope, Father Lorenzo Quart investigates. The message concerns a 17th-century church in Seville. Though Reverte's elegant mystery thriller begins in the Vatican, it is mostly set against the backdrop of contemporary Seville's historic churches, neighborhoods, and orange-scented gardens.
Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia, by Chris Stewart (2001)
Whether it's scorpions, runaway sheep, or droughts, English sheep shearer Chris Stewart has his fair share of headaches after moving to an isolated farmhouse in the mountains outside of Granada, Spain. Publisher's Weekly wrote, "His hilly farm is a harsher place than Peter Mayle's Provence or Frances Mayes's Tuscany, and the local cuisine far less appetizing, yet his unfailing good humor and invincible optimism carry him past obstacles that would send most readers scurrying for home."
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Movies
The Barber of Seville (1987)
Gioachino Rossini's world-famous comic opera is performed before a live audience in this film graced with the sounds of the Glyndebourne Chorus and London Philharmonic Orchestra. French dramatist Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais explains the plot of The Barber of Seville in his foreword: ''An amorous old man intends to marry his ward on the following day; a young man who is more clever forestalls him, and on that very day, captures the girl in the guardian's house, right under his nose, and makes her his wife.''
Flamenco (1995)
Flamenco is Spanish filmmaker Carlos Saura's tribute to the beauty and diversity of Spain's national dance. Filmed in an abandoned Sevillan train station, the film presents the 13 rhythms of flamenco.
Volver (2006)
Written and directed by Spanish film icon Pedro Almodóvar, the film follows Raimunda (Penelope Cruz), a mother in Madrid, who lost her parents years ago in a fire in La Mancha. After her aunt's death, Raimunda's sister Sole returns to the village for the funeral and finds that her aunt continues to speak to her departed mother after her death.
Abre los ojos (1997)
Directed by Alejandro Amenábar and remade by American director Cameron Crowe as Vanilla Sky, this film follows César, a successful and handsome young man in Madrid who becomes severely disfigured in an automobile crash. The surreal plotline also involves a company specializing in cryogenically preserved human beings.
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