Triana on foot: a self-guided walk from the Torre del Oro across the river to the market, the ceramics quarter and Calle Betis, with what is open each day

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💡 The Short Version: Start at the Puerta de Jerez tram stop and finish at the Plaza de Cuba metro station: 3.0 km, about 40 minutes of walking and half a day with the stops. Walk it Tuesday to Friday. The ceramics centre is shut on Mondays, the church of Santa Ana shows visitors round only Monday to Friday, and the market’s shops close at 14:30 and on Sundays. The Torre del Oro asks a voluntary €3 and the ceramics centre €2.10, free with a Real Alcázar ticket. Or book a walk: Authentic Trianaad (from €14, 2 hours) starts at the Plaza del Altozano and takes in Calle Betis, the church of Santa Ana and a corral de vecinos.

The route

Map of the walk numbered stops in walking order

Open the whole route in Google Maps - all the stops in walking order, set to walking directions, which is the version to put on your phone.

The route follows the east bank from the Puerta de Jerez past the Torre del Oro and the bullring, crosses the Puente de Isabel II, loops west to the potters’ streets, comes back by Calle Pureza to the river on Calle Betis and ends at the metro. The Santa Cruz walk passes the Puerta de Jerez at the old tobacco factory. Prices are the adult rate in euros from each operator.

Walk it with a guide

A guide adds the stories and the corrales, the old shared courtyards. Prices are GetYourGuide’s lowest “from” prices, per person.

• Authentic Triana: Sightseeing Tour of the Flamenco Quarter and Its Corralesad: from €14, 4.3 stars from 124 reviews, 2 hours. It starts at the Plaza del Altozano and takes in Calle Betis, the church of Santa Ana, the Capilla de los Marineros and a corral de vecinos, with views of the Santa Ana ceramics factory and the Castillo de San Jorge.
• Seville: Small-Group Triana and Guadalquivir Walking Tourad: from €22.50, 4.9 stars from 65 reviews, 1.5 hours, up to 10 people, in English. It walks the neighbourhood and the river.
• Seville: Small-Group Electric Bike Tourad: from €48, 4.9 stars from 219 reviews, 2.5 hours, up to 10 people. It rides through Triana, the Parque de María Luisa and the Plaza de España.

The river-cruise operator’s €18 ticket also includes a guided walk of Triana every day at 13:00 from Calle Postigo del Carbón 4, limited to 30 people on a first-come basis: see Guadalquivir river cruises. Seville walking tours compares the rest.

1. Puerta de Jerez

Metrocentro tram €1.40 · metro line 1 · Calle San Fernando

The Metrocentro tram and metro line 1 both stop at the Puerta de Jerez. Calle San Fernando, with the old tobacco factory, runs east from the square. The factory is stop 9 of the Santa Cruz walk, whose last stop, the Prado de San Sebastián, is one tram stop further on. Seville public transport has the fares.

• The first leg is 400 m to the river and the Torre del Oro.

2. The Torre del Oro

A voluntary €3 · Monday to Friday 9:30 to 19:00, Saturday and Sunday 10:30 to 19:00 · Paseo de Colón

An Almohad tower built about 1220, 36 m high, with a naval museum on two floors and a roof terrace (the Almohads were the Muslim dynasty that ruled Seville in the 12th and 13th centuries). The Armada, which runs it, asks for a voluntary €3 for the museum’s upkeep. The city’s tourism site lists Monday as a free day.

• Hours: the last pass is at 18:30. The tower is closed on 1 and 6 January, Good Friday, 1 May and 24, 25 and 31 December, and on 5 January it closes at 14:00.
• No cloakroom or lockers.
• The river cruises leave beside the tower: see Guadalquivir river cruises.
• Detail: Seville museums.

3. The Maestranza bullring

€12 · open daily from 9:30, to 15:00 on bullfight days · Paseo de Cristóbal Colón 12

Walk 470 m north along the river, past the Teatro de la Maestranza. The visit covers the arena, the Patio de Caballos, the bullfighters’ chapel and an exhibition hall of paintings and prints, with an audio guide on your phone. Seniors, students and youths pay €7, children €4 and a family of two adults and children €29.

• Hours: the ticket office closes 30 minutes before closing.
• Detail: Seville bullring tour.

4. The Puente de Isabel II

Free · always open

The bridge is 500 m further on. Its official name is the Puente de Isabel II, and everyone calls it the Triana bridge. It opened on 23 February 1852 as the first permanent metal bridge in Seville, on stone piers with an iron structure, and was declared a national historic monument on 13 April 1976. It was restored in 1976 and 1977, when the original deck was replaced, and the iron arches have been ornamental since. From the middle you see the Giralda, the Torre del Oro and the river.

• Crossing: 170 m to the Plaza del Altozano on the Triana bank.
• Holy Week: the bridge fills with crowds: see Semana Santa in Seville 2027.

5. The Altozano and the Triana market

Market shops Monday to Saturday 9:00 to 14:30 · bars and restaurants Monday to Saturday 9:00 to 17:00 and 18:00 to midnight, Sunday 10:00 to 17:00 · Calle San Jorge

The Castillo de San Jorge on the Triana bank, seen from the Puente de Isabel II. Photo: Gzzz, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Plaza del Altozano is at the end of the bridge. The Triana market stands beside it on the ruins of the Castillo de San Jorge, an Almohad fortress that was later the seat of the Inquisition’s tribunal. The market has fishmongers, butchers, fruit stalls and a cooking school, with bars and restaurants inside.

• Closed: the shops are shut on Sundays and holidays; the bars and restaurants stay open, from 10:00 to 17:00. From 15 April to 15 September the bars that serve drinks stay open to 1:00.
• The castle: the archaeological site is closed. The entrance hall beside the market is a tourist office, open every day from 9:30 to 14:30.
• Lunch: the market and Las Golondrinas are on the route.
• Detail: Triana has the neighbourhood’s hours.

6. Calle Alfarería and the ceramics centre

€2.10, free with a Real Alcázar general ticket · Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 to 20:00, last pass 19:00 · closed Mondays · Calle Callao 16

A brick kiln in the Centro Cerámica Triana. Photo: CarlosVdeHabsburgo, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Take Calle San Jorge and Calle Antillano Campos, 180 m west of the Altozano, to the corner of Calle Callao. The centre is in the remains of the Santa Ana pottery, one of the last working potteries of the 20th century, and keeps the kilns, moulds and tools. Many of the tiles of the Plaza de España were made in Triana’s factories, and the centre’s shop sells pieces by local potters. Calle Alfarería, the potters’ street, is 100 m further west.

• Tickets: €2.10; €1.60 for students under 25, holders of a youth card, pensioners, over 65s and groups of more than 10; free for people born or living in Seville and for under-16s. A general Real Alcázar ticket gets you in free on the day or the next, but the Alcázar’s reduced ticket does not.
• Hours: it opens 10:00 to 15:00 (last pass 14:00) on 24 and 31 December, 5 January, in Holy Week and during the Feria. It is closed on 25 December, 1 and 6 January, Holy Thursday and Good Friday.
• Indoors, so it suits a hot day.
• Detail: Real Alcázar tickets has the other two museums the ticket opens.

7. The Capilla de los Marineros

Free to see from the street · Calle Pureza 53

A statue in a niche on the front of the Capilla de los Marineros. Photo: CarlosVdeHabsburgo, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Take Calle San Jorge back east and turn into Calle Pureza: 370 m. The chapel was built in 1759 on the site of the chapel of the Colegio de Mareantes, the sailors’ college. After the French occupation it was secularised and used as a warehouse, an Anglican church and a theatre. The Hermandad de la Esperanza de Triana recovered it in 1953, the works began in 1958 and the chapel was blessed in 1962; it was extended after 2010.

• The brotherhood: it is the home of the Esperanza de Triana, which leaves the chapel in the Madrugá, the night of 25 to 26 March 2027.
• Services: the brotherhood’s calendar of services is on esperanzadetriana.es.
• More: Semana Santa in Seville 2027.

8. The church of Santa Ana

Cultural visit Monday to Friday 10:30 to 19:00, last entry 18:30 · Calle Párroco Don Eugenio 1

The trascoro, the screen behind the choir, in the church of Santa Ana. Photo: José Luis Filpo Cabana, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0.

Continue along Calle Pureza for 190 m. The Real Parroquia de Señora Santa Ana was founded in 1276 by Alfonso X on the site of a mosque, the first Christian church raised in the city after the Reconquista. It is Gothic-Mudéjar and is known as the cathedral of Triana. The cultural visit covers the church, the sacristy and the museum in the crypt.

• Hours: Monday to Friday except holidays; on Saturday and Sunday the church is for worship only. From 15 June to 15 September the visit runs 10:30 to 16:00. The parish can change the hours without notice for pastoral reasons.
• Dress and silence: it is a working church.

9. Calle Betis

Free · always open

Calle Betis is 100 m away, along the river. It faces the Torre del Oro, the Cathedral and the Alcázar across the water, and it is a good place to stop for the view.

• Holy Week: in 2026 the council treated Calle Betis among the busiest streets of the Madrugá.
• Next: the route leaves Betis for the metro by Calle Troya, 580 m from here. To walk back instead, follow Betis to the Puente de San Telmo and cross to the Torre del Oro: 830 m to the Puerta de Jerez.

10. Plaza de Cuba

Metro line 1 · Avenida de la República Argentina

Leave Betis by Calle Troya and take Calle Fortaleza and Calle Gonzalo Segovia to the avenue. The station is on metro line 1, and the Puerta de Jerez is one stop back, with the Torre del Oro and the Cathedral beyond.

• The walk ends here. The Santa Cruz walk starts at the Archivo de Indias tram stop, two stops from the Puerta de Jerez.

Where to eat

The Triana market

Plaza del Altozano, Calle San Jorge · shops Monday to Saturday 9:00 to 14:30 · bars daily · mercadodetrianasevilla.com

A market with bars inside, built over the old castle. The shops close at 14:30, and the bars stay open from 9:00 to 17:00 and again from 18:00, and on Sundays and holidays from 10:00 to 17:00. Stop here at stop 5. Seville tapas says what to order.

Las Golondrinas

Calle Antillano Campos 26 · open every day · tel. +34 954 331 626 · familialasgolondrinas.com

A Triana bar open since 1962, run by the Arcas family since 1980, 110 m from the ceramics centre. Stop here after stop 6. Where to eat in Seville has the other places the lists name.

The best day to go

The timing that works, Tuesday to Friday: be at the Torre del Oro for 9:30, cross the bridge by 10:30 and see the market while the shops are open to 14:30. Take the ceramics centre from 10:00, eat at the market or Las Golondrinas, and reach Santa Ana before its last entry at 18:30.

What closes:

• Mondays: the ceramics centre.
• Saturdays and Sundays: the cultural visit to Santa Ana, and on Sundays the market’s shops.
• Holidays: the Torre del Oro is shut on 1 and 6 January, Good Friday, 1 May and 24, 25 and 31 December. The ceramics centre is shut on 25 December, 1 and 6 January, Holy Thursday and Good Friday.

What does not close: the streets, the bridge, Calle Betis, the Altozano and the outside of the Capilla de los Marineros. A Monday still makes a good walk: only the ceramics centre is shut.

Getting there and back

• To the start: the Puerta de Jerez has the Metrocentro tram and metro line 1. Seville airport to the city compares the ways in.
• From the end: the Plaza de Cuba metro station is one stop from the Puerta de Jerez on line 1. Seville public transport has the fares.
• In reverse: the route works from the Plaza de Cuba, but the market’s shops close at 14:30, so start early.

What to do with the rest of the day

• The other walk: the Santa Cruz walk passes the Puerta de Jerez at the old tobacco factory and runs 4.0 km through the Alcázar, the Cathedral and Santa Cruz to the Plaza de España.
• Flamenco: the rooms on Calle Pureza sell an hour of flamenco from about €20: see Triana and flamenco shows in Seville.
• The museums: the Alcázar ticket opens the ceramics centre free: see Seville museums.
• A plan for the whole stay: Seville in one or two days and what to book before you go to Seville. To sleep nearby, see where to stay in Seville.

Common questions

How long is the Triana walk?

3.0 km from the Puerta de Jerez tram stop to the Plaza de Cuba metro station, measured along the streets: about 40 minutes of walking. With the market, the ceramics centre and a lunch stop it takes half a day.

Is the Triana walk free?

The streets, the bridge, Calle Betis and the market cost nothing. The Torre del Oro asks a voluntary €3, the ceramics centre is €2.10 (free with a Real Alcázar general ticket) and the Maestranza bullring visit is €12.

Which day is best for the Triana walk?

Tuesday to Friday. The ceramics centre is shut on Mondays, the church of Santa Ana shows visitors round only from Monday to Friday, and the market's shops close at 14:30 and on Sundays.

Do I need to book anything for the Triana walk?

No. The Torre del Oro, the Maestranza, the ceramics centre and the church of Santa Ana take visitors without a booking.

Is the Castillo de San Jorge open to visitors?

No. The archaeological site under the Triana market, the remains of an Almohad fortress that was later the seat of the Inquisition's tribunal, is closed. Its entrance hall beside the market is a tourist office, open every day from 9:30 to 14:30.

Where does the Triana walk start and finish?

It starts at the Puerta de Jerez stop of the Metrocentro tram and metro line 1, 400 m from the Torre del Oro, and finishes at the Plaza de Cuba metro station, one stop back to the Puerta de Jerez. The Santa Cruz walk passes the Puerta de Jerez at the old tobacco factory.