Palacio San Telmo
Avd. de Roma
Currently being renovated, so viewing by appointment
Tel: 955 035 500

Facts:
This palace was constructed in 1682 as an Institute for Marine and Seafare. In 1849 it became the private residence of the Duke of Montpensier and stayed so until 1893. It also contained the parquet de Marie Luisa. In 1901 it became a college and today it houses the regional government, Junta de Andalucia.


Hotel Alfonso XIII
calle San Fernando, 2
Tel: 954 917 000
www.westin.com/hotelalfonso

Facts:
This hotel was built to house guests during the 1929 Ibero-American exhibition. It gives you an impression of the opulence and grandeur the Sevillanas applied to successfully astound the world. It now belongs to the American hotel chain Westin.

University (old tobacco factory)
calle San Fernando, 4
(tourist map Nr. 23 / E7)
Tel: 954 551

Facts:
If you have a romantic idea of a beautiful old building still echoing the sexy vibes of the femme fatal Carmen througout the patios "“ stop dreaming. This university building has nothing that remains of the original charm it might have had some centuries ago. The building is pretty from the outside and guttered from the inside and is used solely as a University faculty..


Hospital de la Caridad
c/Temprado, 3
(tourist centre map Nr. 12 / E6)
Tel: 954 222 419

Price : 5€

Facts :
Originally it was built as a hospital for the poor by Miguel de Manara in the 1647 and is used today as an old peoples home. In his youth he lived a very scandalous life full of seduction and deceit. He later had a vision of his own death and dedicated himself to a life of charity and religion. It has a beauteful double patio with two fountains from the 17th century. The walls of the patio are decorated with Dutch ceramic tiles depicting scenes form the Bible. The hospital church has a collection of great masterpieces and an impressive main altar piece , a purely baroque work by Bernardo Simon de Pineda which represents the 7th work of compassion: the burying of the dead.