
What is in season in Seville, and what to order when the market changes.
SpringIn season now
- Torrijas de Semana Santa
- A classic sweet of Seville's Lenten cooking, with pestinos. Confiteria La Campana lists torrijas among its seasonal sweets and Confiteria Rufino among its Lenten fried sweets.
- Espinacas con garbanzos
- Spinach with chickpeas is one of the two essential Lenten dishes Visita Sevilla names, with chickpeas and cod. Casa Cuesta and Las Teresas list it.
- Pescaito frito at the Feria de Abril
- Visitors traditionally eat pescaito frito on the night the lights go on at the Feria (13 to 18 April 2027), and manzanilla is the wine of the fair.
- Atun rojo de almadraba
- Atlantic bluefin tuna trapped by the almadraba method off the Cadiz coast as it migrates between February and July; Cadiz's Mercado Central sells local red tuna in May and June.
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Hotels in Seville, 13-18 Apr 2027
SummerIn season now
- Gazpacho andaluz
- The cold blended soup of tomato, cucumber, pepper, bread and olive oil. Las Teresas and Bodeguita Antonio Romero list it.
- Salmorejo
- A thicker cold soup of tomato and bread from Cordoba. Visita Sevilla notes that cold tapas such as salmorejo become more popular with the arrival of summer; Casa Robles, Taberna Coloniales and Casa Cuesta list it.
- Ajo blanco
- A cold soup of bread, crushed almonds, garlic and olive oil, usually served with grapes or melon; Wikipedia traces it to Arab cuisine.
Festivals this seasonVelá de Santa AnaExpected 21-26 Jul 2027
AutumnIn season now
- Setas de temporada
- The mushroom season in the Sierra de Aracena runs mainly from October to December, with niscalo, boletus and seta de cardo. Bodeguita Casablanca lists a revuelto de boletus y trufas and La Brunilda a risotto de Idiazabal y setas.
Festivals this seasonNavidad y Belenes de SevillaExpected 27 Nov to 6 Jan
WinterIn season now
- Mantecados and polvorones
- Christmas shortbreads of the Andalusian tradition, with Estepa known for its polvorones. Confiteria Ochoa sells mantecados artesanos and polvorones, and Confiteria La Campana lists Christmas specialities.
- Roscos de Reyes
- The ring cake of Epiphany on 6 January; Confiteria La Campana makes roscos de reyes and lists them first in the menu of its site.
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