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Athens or Seville?

Athens and Seville side by side: recommended length, best time, daily budget, highlights and which one suits whom.

The Parthenon in Athens

Greece

Athens

The hill is a morning. The evening belongs to another neighborhood.

Country
Greece
Recommended length
2 days
Best time
May and September
Daily budget
70–120 €
Language
Greek
Currency
Euro

Highlights

  • The Acropolis at the first entry
  • One museum, or none
  • A neighborhood table

Neighbourhoods

  • Koukaki — You can walk to the hill from here, and the evening closes on a more local note.
  • Pangrati — Beyond the stadium. One of the right addresses for a long table.

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The cathedral and the Giralda in Seville

Spain

Seville

It suits you, if you count shade as part of the plan.

Country
Spain
Recommended length
3 days
Best time
April and October
Daily budget
80–150 €
Language
Spanish
Currency
Euro

Highlights

  • The Giralda in the morning
  • Shade at noon
  • A table in Triana

Neighbourhoods

  • Santa Cruz — Narrow, beautiful, full. One morning is enough.
  • Triana — The opposite bank. Lunch, and a more local pace.

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Which one for whom?

Why Athens?

Climb the Acropolis in the first hour. The table you remember is in an outer neighborhood, not under the signs of Plaka.

It is easy to treat Athens as a layover. Give it two days and the city starts to live below the hill as well. See the stone in the morning, then come down into the shade.

Why Seville?

The courtyard is cool, and the streets are for walking until noon. Let the evening be late and short.

In the heat, Seville will not rush you. Rush anyway, and it wears you out. A monument in the morning, a courtyard at noon, the river in the evening. Break that order and the group goes quiet.

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