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Lisbon or Seville?

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

A yellow tram in Lisbon

Portugal

Lisbon

Generous, if you do not underestimate the hills.

Country
Portugal
Recommended length
3–4 days
Best time
May and September
Daily budget
80–150 €
Language
Portuguese
Currency
Euro

Highlights

  • The first tram of the morning
  • A miradouro, early
  • Belém as its own half day

Neighbourhoods

  • Alfama — Climb up, see the view early, and accept getting lost on the way down.
  • Príncipe Real — Dinner, and fewer postcards. You are at the top of the hill here.
  • Belém — Think of it apart from the center. Go before noon and linger in the pastry shop.

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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 Lisbon?

The yellow tram is a morning errand. Lisbon begins when you linger on a hill and get lost on the way down.

You can plan Lisbon as a flat city. You will live it as a hilly one. A ten-minute walk is sometimes a climb. Count the pause as part of the route.

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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