Where to Stay in Seville (2026): The Best Areas, 12 Hotels and a Tourist Tax That Is Still Only a Proposal

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Seville adds no tourist tax to the hotel bill in October 2026. The mayor has asked the Junta de Andalucía for one, and the Junta has so far refused, so the only tax on your room is Spain’s 10% VAT. What shapes the bill instead is the heat and the walking: the old centre is compact, but the average daytime high at Seville airport is 36.0 °C in July, so where you sleep decides how much of the day you spend in the sun.

This guide covers five areas, from Santa Cruz to the Santa Justa station, 12 hotels, the airport links and what the bill really includes. The hotels are researched picks, chosen for location, what each property publishes and consistent guest feedback, and each was checked as operating in October 2026. No hotel pays to appear here.

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Seville’s hotel tax: there is none, only VAT

No tourist tax is in force in Seville or anywhere in Andalusia as we write. The Junta de Andalucía’s own list of the region’s taxes names an ecological tax, a tax on customer deposits in credit institutions, a single-use plastic bag tax and an improvement levy, and none of them is a tax on tourist stays. We found no decree or official bulletin that creates one.

A proposal is not a law. On 5 August 2026 the mayor, José Luis Sanz, said he would ask the Junta’s tourism councillor, Manuel Gavira, for a tourist tax or a similar source of extra funding, and the press reported on 18 September that he raised it again at a meeting. The Junta, according to those reports, maintains its refusal, and business groups oppose the tax. Until the Junta approves and publishes a rule, nothing changes on your bill.

Worked example (our arithmetic): a double room at €120 before VAT, for three nights, costs 3 × €120 × 1.10 = €396, with nothing added for tourist tax. Check whether the rate you are comparing already includes the 10%. Barcelona charges a tourist tax and Madrid does not; hotel taxes around the world compares more cities.

Getting in from the airport, and around

• By bus, the TUSSAM Especial Aeropuerto, line EA, runs between the airport and the centre, with stops that include Santa Justa station, the Prado de San Sebastián and Plaza de Armas. A single ticket is €6 and a return €8, bought on board, from the sales clerk at the airport stop or by bank card on the bus. TUSSAM’s visitor page gives a bus roughly every 12 to 20 minutes; Aena lists first buses at 04:30 and 05:22 and last buses at 00:05 and 01:00, depending on direction.
• By taxi, the fare from the airport is fixed. Tariff 4 is €26, Monday to Friday from 07:00 to 21:00; tariff 5 is €29, at night, on weekends and public holidays, on 24 and 31 December, in Holy Week and during the April Fair. Each bag over 10 kg adds €0.57, up to four.
• By train, Santa Justa is Seville’s main station, opened on 2 May 1991 with the Madrid–Seville high-speed line. Renfe’s route pages give 06:50 as the first departure to both Córdoba and Málaga.
• On foot, the hotels give their own distances. Hotel Bécquer, in El Arenal, puts the Cathedral 900 m away and Triana 400 m away, across the Isabel II bridge.

Santa Cruz: the Cathedral at the door

Santa Cruz was Seville’s Jewish quarter until the expulsion of 1492, and its winding streets, small squares and courtyards have survived. The city’s tourist office calls it a high-traffic tourist area and asks visitors to respect its residents. That is the price of the location: the Cathedral, the Giralda and the Real Alcázar are all within a few minutes’ walk.

Where to stay in Santa Cruz

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• EME Catedral Mercer, splurge. On Calle Alemanes, in a 16th-century Andalusian building that the hotel places in the Santa Cruz district, opposite the Cathedral, with a rooftop pool and solarium facing the Giralda, and Superior rooms of 22 to 29 m² or Deluxe rooms of 25 to 27 m². Choose it for a five-star address facing the Cathedral. Watch out: the pool is open from 11:00 to 20:00 only, and the spa’s thermal circuit is by prior reservation, for up to six people. Check rates on Booking.com →
• Hotel Casa 1800 Sevilla, splurge. On Calle Rodrigo Caro, two minutes’ walk from the Cathedral and the Giralda, in a house-palace refurbished in 1864, with 33 rooms in six categories, a rooftop pool open from 10:00 to 20:00 every day of the year, and top-category rooms with a private terrace and a jacuzzi. Choose it for a pool above Santa Cruz. Watch out: the hotel has no private parking, and in summer it sells day passes for the pool to non-guests. Check rates on Booking.com →
• Hotel Murillo, good value. A two-star hotel on Calle Lope de Rueda, with Superior rooms on the upper floors that have a private terrace and a kettle with a coffee set. Choose it for the old quarter at a lower price. Watch out: the Murillo group runs several properties in Santa Cruz, among them Hotel Murillo Reinoso, so check which one you are booking. Check rates on Booking.com →

Centro and El Arenal: Plaza Nueva and the river

Plaza Nueva has been the seat of civil power for centuries and is home to the City Hall. From there the Sierpes and Tetuán streets run through the city’s busiest shopping area, and the Plaza de Armas bus station is close by. Towards the river, El Arenal was the city’s main port in the Middle Ages; the Torre del Oro, the Hospital de la Caridad and the Maestranza bullring and theatre are here.

Where to stay in Centro and El Arenal

• Hotel Inglaterra, comfortable. On Plaza Nueva, where the hotel says the Fonda Inglaterra opened in 1857 opposite the Town Hall and calls itself the oldest hotel in the city, with Classic rooms of 20 to 30 m², a free coffee and tea lounge for guests and a rooftop bar, La Terraza. Choose it for Plaza Nueva and a hotel with more than 160 years of history. Watch out: the hotel calls La Terraza one of the most popular night spots in Seville, so ask which floor your room is on. Check rates on Booking.com →
• Hotel Bécquer, comfortable. A four-star hotel on Calle Reyes Católicos, run by one family for more than fifty years, with a free minibar, a Sevillian courtyard and free flamenco performances for guests on Fridays in October and November, the last on 13 November 2026. Choose it for the walk across the Isabel II bridge to Triana. Watch out: the hotel counts the Cathedral at 900 m on foot, a longer walk than from the Santa Cruz hotels. Check rates on Booking.com →
• Hotel Simón, good value. On Calle García de Vinuesa, 50 m from the Cathedral, in an 18th-century Andalusian house that the hotel calls one of the oldest hotels in Seville, with a patio and fountain, 24-hour reception and a continental buffet breakfast. Choose it for a historic building by the Cathedral at a low price. Watch out: the hotel’s own footer lists one star, and some rooms are traditional, with tiles and dark wood, rather than modern. Check rates on Booking.com →

Triana: across the river

Triana, on the far bank of the Guadalquivir, began as a suburb outside the walls and is known as the home of potters, sailors and flamenco artists. Calle Betis runs along the river with views of the Cathedral and the Torre del Oro, and the tourist office points visitors to the Triana ceramics centre and to the peñas and tablaos where flamenco is performed live. The 19th-century Triana Bridge connects it to the centre.

Where to stay in Triana

• Triana House, comfortable. A boutique hotel and bed and breakfast on Calle Rodrigo de Triana with seven rooms, each paying tribute to one of Andalusia’s provinces, and, by its own account, the first Passivhaus-certified hotel in Andalusia. Choose it for a quiet, designed stay in Triana. Watch out: with seven rooms it is small, and its website gives no room sizes. Check rates on Booking.com →
• Albergue Triana, budget. A hostel in a traditional Triana house, with beds in a shared room or private doubles, breakfast included and a jacuzzi in summer; the hostel counts the Cathedral at 15 minutes on foot and Calle Betis at 5. Choose it to keep money for tapas and flamenco. Watch out: the jacuzzi is a summer feature only, and booking sites list the hostel as Triana Backpackers. Check rates on Booking.com →

Alameda de Hércules and La Macarena: bars and music

The Alameda de Hércules, opened in 1574, is considered the oldest public promenade in Europe. It takes its name from the two Roman columns at its southern end, topped by Hercules and Julius Caesar. After a period of decline it was renovated in 2008 and is now part of the city’s alternative scene, with terraces, music venues, bookshops and street art; the tourist office advises going in the late afternoon or at sunset. It lies in La Macarena, the neighbourhood of the Macarena basilica and one of the best-preserved stretches of the 12th-century Almohad city walls.

Where to stay near the Alameda

• Hotel Patio de la Alameda, good value. A three-star hotel in a 19th-century palace on the Plaza Alameda de Hércules, with 39 rooms around three Andalusian courtyards, a chill-out terrace and 24-hour reception. Choose it for the Alameda’s terraces at a low price. Watch out: it faces the square that the city says comes alive at sunset, so ask for a quiet room. Check rates on Booking.com →
• The Corner House, comfortable. An urban hotel at Alameda de Hércules 11, with a rooftop looking over the square and the restaurant El Disparate, which the hotel says is recommended by the Michelin Guide. Choose it for the Alameda and a rooftop drink. Watch out: reception is staffed from 08:00 to 16:00 only, so arrange a late check-in with the hotel in advance. Check rates on Booking.com →

Santa Justa: the station base

Santa Justa is in Nervión, east of the historic centre. The station is Spain’s third busiest after Madrid-Atocha and Barcelona-Sants, with more than 12.7 million passengers in 2024, and the airport bus stops here. It is not the old quarter, and the hotels near it say so: one counts a 15-minute walk to the historic centre, another 20 minutes to Santa Cruz and the Giralda. For a day trip on an early train it is the easiest base in the city.

Where to stay near Santa Justa

• Catalonia Santa Justa, comfortable. On Calle José Laguillo, near the AVE station and 15 minutes on foot from the historic centre by the hotel’s count, with a rooftop pool, jacuzzi and spa, and single rooms of 10 m² and doubles of 16 m². Choose it for a pool and spa near the trains. Watch out: the pool is closed from 31 October to 31 March (dates subject to change), and a double is 16 m². Check rates on Booking.com →
• ibis Styles Sevilla City Santa Justa, good value. On Avenida de la Buhaira, 500 m and a 5-minute walk from Santa Justa station and 2 minutes from the EA airport bus, with 21 m² rooms, an unheated outdoor pool on the roof and the rooftop bar La Azotea de La Mariflores. Choose it for early trains and the airport bus. Watch out: the pool is closed for maintenance from 6 January to 12 February 2027. Check rates on Booking.com →

How to book Seville

• Count the VAT, not a tourist tax. Add 10% to a rate shown without it: a €120 room costs €132. No tourist tax applies today.
• Watch the season. The 1981–2010 averages from AEMET, Spain’s meteorological agency, give July a daytime high of 36.0 °C and August 35.5 °C at Seville airport, with almost no rain. Check the pool months before you pay for a pool: Catalonia Santa Justa’s is closed from 31 October to 31 March, and ibis Styles’ from 6 January to 12 February 2027.
• Mind Holy Week and the April Fair. Seville’s taxi tariffs change for both, and Hotel Bécquer says Holy Week processions pass its entrance. Check the dates for the year you travel.
• Check room size. Rooms differ more than the stars suggest: a double at Catalonia Santa Justa is 16 m², a room at ibis Styles 21 m², a Classic room at Hotel Inglaterra 20 to 30 m² and a Superior at EME Catedral Mercer 22 to 29 m².
• Compare totals. Hotel booking sites compared goes through where to book.

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Sources & further reading

• Junta de Andalucía: own taxes of Andalusia
• elDiario.es: Seville’s mayor will ask the Junta for a tourist tax, 5 August 2026
• El Español: the mayor meets the new tourism councillor, 18 September 2026
• Agencia Tributaria: VAT rates
• Agencia Tributaria: the 10% reduced VAT rate
• Aena: Seville airport by bus
• Aena: Seville airport by taxi
• TUSSAM: how to get here
• Visita Sevilla: Santa Cruz
• Visita Sevilla: El Arenal
• Visita Sevilla: Museo and Plaza Nueva
• Visita Sevilla: Triana and Los Remedios
• Visita Sevilla: La Macarena
• Visita Sevilla: Alameda de Hércules
• Visita Sevilla: Nervión
• Visita Sevilla: Santa Justa station
• Renfe: trains from Seville to Córdoba
• Renfe: trains from Seville to Málaga
• AEMET: normal climate values, Seville airport
• Official websites of each hotel named above, checked in October 2026

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