Torre Sevilla
At 180.5 metres, it is the tallest building in Andalusia — rising from the same Isla de La Cartuja ground that hosted the 1992 World Expo.
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Torre Sevilla gives you a city-wide panorama from the top of Andalusia's tallest tower, 40 floors and 592 feet above a riverfront district that has been quietly rebuilding since the early 2000s. The tower and its two flanking podium buildings were designed by César Pelli and grew out of a 1999 city deal to redevelop the southern end of the old Expo site; a hotel, CaixaForum, and shopping center have since filled the complex.
What to look for
- The two four-story podium buildings flanking the tower, also by César Pelli, whose curved facades pinch into a pedestrian-scaled commercial street between them
- The plaza geometry: it opens wide to the north and south, then narrows at the center — stand at the midpoint to feel the squeeze
- The river edge location that ties the tower to La Cartuja's post-Expo reinvention
The 5-star Eurostars Torre Sevilla hotel occupies the upper floors; the adjoining shopping center (open since September 2018) and CaixaForum (open since 2017) fill the podium level if you want to explore without going up.
Torre Sevilla is one of 16 sights worth the detour in Seville, all bundled offline in Voyage GO — download the Seville pack and it sits on your map with no signal, filling your travel passport the moment you walk past.
More to see in Seville
- Seville CathedralThe church that dethroned Hagia Sophia — and holds Columbus's bones.
- Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán StadiumTwo European finals and a World Cup semi-final on one pitch — more big-match history than almost any stadium in Spain.
- Royal Alcázar of SevilleA working royal palace — the Spanish royal family still occupies the upper floors when they visit Seville.
- GiraldaA 12th-century Almohad minaret wearing a Renaissance belfry — two faiths, one tower, centuries apart.
- ItalicaRome's first city in Spain — and the birthplace of two emperors — is sitting in a field outside Seville.
- Torre del OroOne anchor of a river chain that once sealed the Guadalquivir against an entire warfleet.