Metropol Parasol (Las Setas) tickets: from €16, the sunset light show and the second visit

💡 The Short Version: Entry to Las Setas (the Metropol Parasol) is from €16 and covers the 360-degree viewpoint, the film Feeling Sevilla and the night-time Aurora light show. It is open daily from 9:30 to midnight (1:00 in summer), takes 60 to 90 minutes, and you can return once within 48 hours, though not at the sunset slot. Aurora starts at sunset, about 18:00 in winter and 21:00 in summer. The Antiquarium below is a separate €2 museum, free with an Alcázar ticket. A flamenco combination is from €48. Or book on GetYourGuide: Setas de Sevilla Entry Ticketad is sold by Las Setas itself, at €16.

The tickets

Prices are from setasdesevilla.com, where you buy online or at the ticket office on level -1 of the building.

• Change or cancel free up to 2 hours before your time.
• A second visit is allowed within 48 hours of the first entry, subject to capacity, but not at the sunset slot.
• The audio guide is included, in eight languages.
• Book online, the operator advises, because of capacity limits.

Setas de Sevilla Entry Ticket

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Setas de Sevilla Entry Ticketad is the operator’s ticket, sold by Las Setas on GetYourGuide at the same €16. It is the operator’s own ticket at the same price.

With flamenco

From €48 · the visit plus a show

The operator’s combined ticket adds the flamenco show at the tablao in the Metropol Parasol: the viewpoint, Feeling Sevilla and Aurora, then the show with a preferred seat and a cocktail. Flamenco shows in Seville compared sets the show against the others.

When to go

Las Setas opens daily at 9:30 and closes at midnight in winter and at 1:00 in summer, with the last access 30 minutes earlier. The viewpoint works at any hour, but the ticket’s two hallmarks are in the evening:

• Aurora starts at sunset. That is about 18:00 in winter and about 21:00 in summer. The operator’s home page prints the exact time for the day.
• The second visit is allowed within 48 hours, subject to capacity, but not at the sunset slot.
• The film runs every 15 minutes.

What to see

The Metropol Parasol stands in the Plaza de la Encarnación, and its operator describes it as the largest wooden structure in the world. Allow 60 to 90 minutes for the route:

The Metropol Parasol from the Plaza de la Encarnación. Photo: Gzzz, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. The lift to the roof. Buy your ticket, then take the lift from the basement level, next to the Antiquarium entrance. About 90% of the route is accessible, and there are two accessible lifts.
2. The 360-degree viewpoint and the walkways, the highest point of the structure, with Aurora lighting them after sunset.
3. Feeling Sevilla, the multisensory film, with sessions every 15 minutes.
4. The exhibition on the way down, with works that follow the history of the city, and a rest area where you can have a snack.

The walkways on the roof of the Metropol Parasol. Photo: Anual, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What to skip: the Antiquarium on a short stop. It is a separate museum with its own ticket.

The Antiquarium

€2 · closed Mondays · under the plaza

Under the structure is the Antiquarium, a city museum of Roman and Islamic Seville, about 4,879 square metres. It has the House of the Column with its Medusa mosaic, the House of the Sigma and the Hospitium of the Dolphins, and an Almohad house of the 12th and 13th centuries. It is open Tuesday to Saturday 10:00 to 20:00 and Sunday and holidays 10:00 to 14:00, with the last entry at 13:30. It is closed on Mondays, 25 December and 1 and 6 January. The Real Alcázar general ticket includes it, on the same day or the next. Seville museums has the rest of the city’s museums.

The Antiquarium under the Metropol Parasol. Photo: Álvaro C.E., Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Practical information

• Getting there: the Plaza de la Encarnación has a south entrance on Calle Imagen and a north entrance on Calle Regina and Calle José Gestoso, and both connect to the Antiquarium. Buses 27 and 32 stop close by, and the Metrocentro tram stops at Plaza Nueva, a ten-minute walk. There is no car access.
• Bags: there are lockers.
• Pets: only in the plaza and shopping area; toy dogs under 5 kg in a carrier may go up.
• Wi-Fi is free throughout, and there is a water refill point.

The Alcázar and Cathedral are a few minutes south: the Cathedral and Giralda page has the hours. What to book before you go to Seville lists every ticket and closed day, free things to do in Seville covers what costs nothing, and where to stay in Seville compares the areas. Seville public transport lists the buses that stop here.