Hotel Alfonso XIII, one of the city's most luxurious and attractive hotels, is ideally located alongside the Reales Alcázares (Royal Palaces), María Luisa Park and the River Guadalquivir. It's the first choice for royalty and famous personalities when they visit Seville. The spacious bedrooms are all decorated in different styles, including traditional Castilian, Arabic-Andalusian and 16th-century baroque. It was opened with great fanfare by king Alfonso XIII to house important guests during the 1929 Ibero-American Expo, and it was totally refurbished for the 1992 Expo.
Built on the site of a traditional house that dates from 1899, the rooms in Hotel La Rábidal were fully renovated in 1991 in the Andalusian style. The reception area is located in a characteristic indoor patio. Both the bar and the restaurant still display original features like the colorful ceramic tiles on the walls. The hotel is conveniently located just 200m from the cathedral and the Santa Cruz neighborhood.
The present owners, the dukes of Segorve, have carpeted and furnished the rooms in classical Castilian style. Request an interior facing bedroom and you'll overlook the delightful Andalusian patio full of flowers. The exterior rooms face onto the street. It once belonged to the duke of Bejar who was patron to the famous writer Miguel de Cervantes. The main building dates back to the 17th century.
Barceló Renacimiento is a modern five-star hotel, made up of three asymmetrical four-story towers surrounded by beautiful gardens and a spectacular swimming-pool. It stands on the banks of the River Guadalquivir and offers magnificent views of the city. The bedrooms are tastefully decorated in marble and wood. It's located close to many popular touristy places and only ten minutes away from the center of Seville.