Seville for The Three Generations: a Friday-to-Monday weekend
Orange trees, bitter sweets, and a long slow dusk.
A weekend everyone can keep up with. Flat routes and places to sit, a boat or a funicular for the view, one highlight a day that works at eight and at eighty, and dinners with a long table.
Friday: The square and the river
- Plaza de España
Flat, enormous and ringed with tiled benches, one for each province; the canal bridges are the only steps, and they are optional.
- Mercado Lonja del Barranco
An early dinner under the iron roof of the old fish exchange, stalls for every taste, tables long enough for everyone.
- River cruise from the Torre del Oro
A seat for everyone on the hour-long river boat, boarding by a ramp and the lower deck step-free; the bridges lit up on the way back.
Saturday: The palace, a long table, a carriage
- Real Alcázar
Gardens on flat gravel and benches under the orange trees; see the Mudéjar rooms on the ground floor and skip the upper palace.
- Casa Manolo León
A mansion of dining rooms and a garden, big tables, pluma ibérica for the parents and a tortilla the children will actually eat.
- Horse carriage from the Plaza del Triunfo
A carriage for four from the cathedral through the park, forty-five minutes, the flattest sightseeing there is; children on the fold-down seat.
Sunday: Up by lift, then flamenco at five
- Metropol Parasol
A lift to the walkway, so the grandparents get the same view as the children, railings all the way, the Antiquarium's mosaics below.
- Casa Cuesta
A tiled Triana dining room from 1880 with round tables for a crowd, cola de toro and croquetas, and the bridge a flat walk away.
- Museo del Baile Flamenco
The five o'clock show in the museum's courtyard, an hour, chairs for everyone, over before the youngest fade.
Monday: The cathedral and a sweet goodbye
- Jardines de Murillo
Palm shade and tiled benches on the edge of Santa Cruz, a playground for the small ones and a slow loop for the rest.
- Catedral de Sevilla
The nave is flat and vast with pews to rest in; the Giralda's ramps are for the volunteers, the orange-tree patio for everyone.
- Confitería La Campana
A long bench of pastries and coffee on Sierpes, torrijas for the table, before the airport bus from Plaza de Armas.