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Santorini or Seville?

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

Blue domes facing the sea in Santorini

Greece

Santorini

Sunset is one plan, not the whole island.

Country
Greece
Recommended length
2–3 days
Best time
Early June and September
Daily budget
70–120 €
Language
Greek
Currency
Euro

Highlights

  • Oia early, or the Fira ridge
  • A single cove
  • A sunset you have already booked

Neighbourhoods

  • Fira — Practical for the bus and the way back. The cliff edge packs tight in the evening.
  • Oia — The postcard is here. It is a fine place to stay. Getting back after dinner can be hard.
  • Imerovigli — Between the two. You can walk to Fira, and it is quieter.

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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 Santorini?

Stay two nights. Give one to walking, one to the sea, and the hours between them to a single terrace.

The Santorini postcard is taken in Oia, and it ends there if you give that terrace the whole day. The island is wider: a cove, a walk, and a lunch that is not selling you a view.

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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