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Porto or Seville?

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

Colorful houses along the Douro in Porto

Portugal

Porto

A river, a bridge, and a heavy lunch.

Country
Portugal
Recommended length
2 days
Best time
June and September
Daily budget
80–150 €
Language
Portuguese
Currency
Euro

Highlights

  • A walk across one bridge
  • A single cellar
  • Lunch on the far bank

Neighbourhoods

  • Ribeira — The view is here. You do not have to eat the whole dinner on this quay.
  • Cedofeita — A more local evening, and a flatter walk home to bed.

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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 Porto?

Ribeira crowds up in the evening. Noon light is kinder to the photograph and to the table.

Porto is stonier than Lisbon, and more substantial. Walk one bridge, visit one cellar, and do not add a third plan.

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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