Self-guided walking tour

Seville Walking Tour: Macarena and the Alameda de Hércules (about 1 hour, 6 stops)

6 stops in walking order through Seville, from Alameda de Hércules to Palacio del Pumarejo: 1.8 km on foot, about 22 min of walking, 1 h 5 min in total with the story and a look around at each stop. Walking times come from the routed walking path, not a straight line. It is the route of “Macarena and the Alameda de Hércules”, a ready-made tour in the Guided Tours app.

Total: 1 h 5 min
Distance: 1.8 km
Walking: 22 min
Stops: 6

The stops, in walking order

Alameda de Hércules
A historic garden square and public promenade, created in 1574 from a drained, waterlogged area.
4 min walk · 340 m
Torre de Don Fadrique
A military tower in the courtyard of Santa Clara convent, commissioned by the infante Fadrique and dating to 1252.
8 min walk · 630 m
Torre de los Perdigones
Torre de los Perdigones preserves part of the former San Francisco de Paula factory, where lead shot was produced through a distinctive process involving molten metal, sieves, air and gravity.
5 min walk · 390 m
Puerta de la Macarena
A surviving gateway from Seville’s old city walls, with a broad arch shaped by later classicist rebuilding.
2 min walk · 170 m
Basílica de Santa María de la Esperanza Macarena
The Macarena Basilica is a neobaroque Catholic church and the home of the Esperanza Macarena brotherhood.
4 min walk · 300 m
Palacio del Pumarejo
An 18th-century palace house with an ornate entrance, an angled family balcony and courtyards featuring tiled decoration and Cuban mahogany columns.