Universidad de Sevilla (US)

The Spanish people eat there evening here around 10 o'clock and most of the time in nice and cosy tapas bars. So, first when you go out you eat something at a tapas bars. After that till around 2 or 3 o'clock in the night you go to a bar to drink something and around 3 o'clock the real nightlife starts here. Only in the summer everybody is drinking in the open air within groups and bringing there one drinks. This is called here a bottellon. Nightlife clubs are here a lot and Antique, Orange and Caramelo are the only ones I have seen till now. These are really great and open till 8 in the morning. Unfortunately, I am not studying here from March till July because then in Sevilla and in Andalusia there are the big cultural parties. Example are: Feria of Sevilla, Semana Santa and the Carnaval of Cadiz.

I enjoyed the Parque del Alamillo which was a beautiful wide open space park on the Isla de Cartuja with lovely walks. I also enjoyed a lovely little Italian restaurant called San Marco in the Santa Cruz region of the city. Then there is the obvious....the cathedral, Plaza de Espana and all the beautiful museums and architecture around the city.

Around Plaza Alfalfa there's almost a bar open, and if everything is closed, just go around the corner to the Berlin bar, it's open till 7 in the morning or so :) For the best tapa bars, go to Coloniales, La Cigala de Oro (slightly outside the centre) or El Rinconcillo (tapas are said to have been invented there!).

I liked hanging out with a close group of friends. Things people did were go out (always things to do in spots behind the Cathedral). Also, hanging out in the bars on calle Betis that goes down the river. There is always something to do because people are always out in the streets.

Sevilla, no me dejado. Definetely hit the open markets that take place on the weekends. Semana Santa and Feria should also not be missed. As far as locations go...go everywhere. One of my favorite places was el parque Maria Luisa.

Wednesday nights at Caramelo were the erasmus student nights, for an international night calle betis is where you can find many english and americans, a couple of bars worth visiting are Long Island and Fundicion.