Everything you need to know
River cruise details
To see current prices for each rate, select your preferred date in the booking calendar. The price shown in the calendar is always the final price.
The boat runs every day of the year, with departures through the day. Your ticket is valid for one cruise on the day you book.
You board on the quay below the Torre del Oro.
P.º Alcalde Marqués del Contadero, 41001 Seville · View on Google Maps
Arrive a little before the departure you want to take.
One ticket for the one-hour panoramic cruise, with recorded commentary on board.
The upper deck is open. Take a hat in summer and something warm in winter, and sit on the side you want to photograph.
It is an hour, it needs no preparation and it goes at the pace of the river, which makes it a good first thing to do in the city or a good last one.
Cancellation is free up to 24 hours before the activity.
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An hour on the river that built the city
The Guadalquivir is the only navigable river in Spain and the reason Seville became, for two centuries, the port through which everything from the Americas passed. This is the simplest way to see the city from it: one hour, one boat, both banks.
What you see from the water
The Torre del Oro and the Maestranza on one side, Calle Betis and Triana on the other, then upriver past the Isla de la Cartuja and the site of the 1992 world exposition, with its bridges: Triana, San Telmo, La Barqueta, the Alamillo.
The history is the route
The ships that reached the New World left from this quay, and Magellan’s expedition finished here after the first voyage around the world. The commentary follows that thread rather than listing buildings.
Simple on purpose
There is no guide to keep up with and nothing to book beyond the ticket. You get on, you sit down, and an hour later you are back where you started with a clear idea of how the city is laid out.
Your questions answered
Frequently asked questions
One hour.
From the quay on the Paseo Alcalde Marqués del Contadero, right below the Torre del Oro.
There is recorded commentary rather than a live guide, in several languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Portuguese.
Your ticket is valid for one cruise on the day of your booking, within the hours the boat operates. Arrive at the quay for the departure you want.
Yes, with a reduced child rate and infants free. An hour on an open deck usually goes down well.
Yes. Cancellation is free up to 24 hours before the activity.
The Guadalquivir in Seville
Practical questions about the river, useful background before you travel.
Because the Guadalquivir is navigable that far. It made Seville the only Spanish city authorised to trade with the Americas for most of the 16th and 17th centuries, which is where the cathedral and half the palaces came from.
A 13th-century Almohad watchtower on the bank, part of a chain that closed the river with a boom. The name comes from the tiles that once covered it, not from any treasure stored inside.
A world exposition on the Isla de la Cartuja that rebuilt half the city: the bridges you pass under, the high-speed railway and the ring roads all date from it.
The best view of Triana is, certainly. Calle Betis from the water, with the coloured houses above the bank, is the image most people leave with.
