Food festivals in Seville worth planning a trip around, by month.
Food festivals in Seville worth planning a trip around, by month.
Feria de Abril at the Real de la Feria in Seville's Los Remedios is the city's largest annual fair, with more than 1,000 casetas (hospitality tents) serving.
Focus: Andalusian feria food, pescaito frito, sherry and rebujito
Tip: Many casetas are private to family or political associations; public casetas line the perimeter.
Semana Santa in Seville is the city's Holy Week with 60 cofradias and a torrija-and-pestinos tradition across centro patisseries, with the Sabado Santa.
Focus: Torrijas, pestinos, bunuelos and convent dulces
Tip: Torrijas sell out by 18:00 on Holy Tuesday at Rufino and La Campana; the food tradition runs through Easter Sunday.
Bienal de Flamenco de Sevilla runs the world's largest flamenco festival in even-and-odd years, with 72 shows across 11 venues including the Maestranza.
Focus: Sherry, tapeo, flamenco-bar food crawls across the centro
Tip: Tickets 12 to 75 euros; the late-night flamenco-bar crawl runs in Triana between performances. The opening gala at the Maestranza is the headline.
Navidad y Belenes in Seville is the city Christmas market and Belenes nativity-scene route across centro, with traditional polvorones, mantecados.
Focus: Roscon de reyes, polvorones, mantecados and Andalusian Christmas dulces
Tip: Polvorones and mantecados sell from late November; the roscon de reyes queue at La Campana starts forming at 08:00 on January 5th.
Feria de Abril is Seville's week-long spring fair on the Los Remedios fairground, with 1000 casetas serving pescaito frito, jamon and the rebujito cocktail under flamenco music.
Focus: Casetas: jamon iberico, pescaito frito, salmorejo, manzanilla and rebujito cocktails
Tip: Public casetas open along the main avenues; the private members-only casetas require invitations.