Family 7 day itinerary
April 2025
Wanting to mix culture with family friendly activities? This is for you! This post will take you on our adventure through Seville, Cordoba, Granada and Torremolinos.
Day 1- Seville
We arrived into Seville after an early morning flight from Gatwick. Seville is the largest city in Andalusia and the fourth-largest city in Spain. We got the airport transfer bus to the Plaza De Armas bus station (follow the signs to buses from airport, line EA, €5 single trip). There are multiple stops on the route the last stop being the bus station.
Here we hired a locker for €4 to put our luggage in (cash only). If you ask at the information point a member of staff comes to the lockers and gives you a key.
After grabbing some food and drink from the local supermarket Mercadona (another option for food here is the Centro Comercial Plaza de Armas), we walked down to the Guadalquivir River. We had booked kayak hire through Civitatis at Aronja Municipal Sports Facilities for later in the day, however the team were happy for us to change our booking to earlier. You can hire throughout the day for two hours slots, apart from the 14:30 slot where they shut for siesta.
There is a small change area and small lockers to hire for €1, however I did take my bag onto the kayak. We hired a x2 person kayak that Dale and Daisy shared and then a x1 person kayak. The route was lovely and the water calm. We didn’t get any guidance or instructions so I would only recommend if you have been kayaking before and know what you are doing! The one person kayaks were a lot better (Dale and Daisy got very wet)! We saw multiple terrapins along the waters edge and very much enjoyed our first introduction to Seville!
We then walked to our Air bnb apartment. This can sleep X2 adults in a double room and X2 children in bunk beds. Both rooms have their own bathrooms. The apartment also enjoys three terraces, the main one with sun beds. Due to the early start we napped in the sun for an hour before heading back out to the city.
Next on the itinerary was Setas de Sevilla, known by locals as the ‘Mushroom’. This is a large wooden structure located in La Encarnación Square, built in 2011. We got a 3 person family ticket for €39 euros. It is essentially a walk way with impressive views. There are also audio stops along route, so take some headphones if this interests you. Worth the money? If your looking for an activity to entertain the kids for more than 30 minutes, probably not. If you love a good view, definitely. It would be good to go up at dusk and watch the sunset if you have the opportunity. For our evening meal we went to Al Ajibi on Alameda de Hércules. This street was full of bars and tapas places with everyone sitting outside which created an enjoyable atmosphere. We got to the restaurant just as it opened at 7.30pm and the tables outside soon filled, all of the tables in the courtyard were reserved. We enjoyed different tapas dishes, fish, pork, potato with some nice cold beers. I would highly recommend.
Day 2- Seville
After a nice lie in and breakfast at the apartment, we headed to our bike tour- SeeByBike – bike tours Seville.
We met in market, unfortunately shut on a Sunday. Here we picked up the bikes. 3 different tours left at the same time, very child friendly. We stopped at:
• Catedral de Sevilla • Barrio Santa Cruz • Real Alcazar de Sevilla • Torre Del Oro • Torre Giralda • Triana • Plaza de España • Iglesia de Santa Ana • Parque de Maria Luisa • Real Fabrica De Tabacos • Palacio De San Telmo • Plaza de America
This was a brilliant way to explore the city, we biked mainly on bike paths and due to the city being flat it’s great for all biking abilities.
After a rest and some refreshments back at the apartment we headed out for a Flamenco performance at Pasion. We chose this performance as it was at 17:30 which worked well before eating. This is in a fairly big theatre, if you want a more intimate performance I would not recommend this. The actual performance was fantastic a mixture of 3 dancers and 3 singers. One hour is about right to keep children entertained!
After the performance and a bit of shopping we headed to Lola por Dios Alameda where we sat drinking summer wine (Tinto De Verano) watching the last of the sunshine. Here lots of families sit in the bars whilst their children play in the playgrounds. We had a couple of tapas dishes but saved ourselves for the biggest icecream from Heladeria Freskura before heading back to the apartment.
Day 3- Cordoba
After a leisurely breakfast of freshly bought pastries on the roof terrace , we went to the train station and got the train to our next city destination-Cordoba. We had pre-booked our train tickets and the whole process was easy- however I would recommend getting to the station 30 minutes before your trip as you have to go through baggage security scanners.
After dropping our bags at our centrally located apartment (one bedroom flat with a sofa bed), we picked up one of the 7 guided tours that you can do through this website.
We started with the pink route down to the beautiful Mezquita-Catedral. We then picked up the orange route the took us through the San Basilio area with lovely white houses and famous for its private patio gardens. Although we managed to look in a couple of gardens most are not open during siesta.
We took at pitstop at Taverna Puerta Sevilla located within a beautiful square for a drink and free tapas in the sunshine. We then headed back along the orange route to the red route which is a walk over the Roman bridge over the Guadalquivir River.
We then returned to the Mezquita-Catedral. Here we paid for entrance (€13 per adult €7 per child) to look around this stunning Mosque-Cathedral, a definitive must if visiting the city. We would have also liked to have walked up the bell tower (an additional €3) but this was fully booked so may be worth booking this online if you want to ensure access.
We ended our tour by following the purple route back to our apartment, stopping for for a refreshing glass of Tinto De Verano half way back.
In the evening we went to Mercado Victoria food court in Caseta de Parques y Jardines (lovely long gardens to walk through). The food court was perfect, beer on tap and we could pick and choose different things to eat (Daisy’s favourite). We ended the evening with more ice-cream.
Day 4- Granada
Before leaving Cordoba we wanted to go for a traditional Andalusian breakfast so we headed to the local café Bar Lambreta. Here was had tostadas, with almost like a thick tomato juice and oil, complemented with some fresh orange juice. For the three of us it was only €12.
We then headed out of the city by train to travel to the city of Granada. Here we stayed in a quirky 2 bedroom air bnb apartment, luckily we could check in early to drop the bags. We headed into the city centre, towards the cathedral and did a quick lap around the outside. If time allowed I would have liked to have gone into this Cathedral. However, hungry from our train journey we instead stopped off in Alhambra Churrería. We made the mistake of asking for churros for 3 people, and were given the biggest plate of churros with a cup of delicious chocolate sauce. Absolutely delicious however no way we could finish the plate. Lesson learnt for next time!
I left Daisy and Dale for some chill time and joined a walking tour I found on GuruWalk. The tour guide was called Marta and she was brilliant. Something I really liked about this walking tour was the use of head pieces, you got so much more information as Marta talked the whole time, whilst standing to look at something and when walking. The tour met at Puerta de Elvira and then headed up in the Jewish Quarter. Stops included:
• Elvira door • Cute door • Canvas viewpoint • Iglesia de Santa María de la Aurora y San Miguel | San Miguel bajo • Convent of Santa Isabel La Real • Saint Nicholas lookout
• Walk of the sad • Parish Church of San Gil and Santa Ana • Placeta de Carvajales viewpoint • New Square • Palace of the Royal Chancery
Highlight of this tour for me was trying some Pestingos pastries made from the Covent. You had to ring a bell on a little wooden door and the transaction was done through a turning door without seeing the Nun selling the cake. The other highlight was the viewpoint of the Alhambra, which was our next morning activity.
Once I finished the tour I then walked Daisy and Dale back the the viewpoint. We then went to a restaurant Martha had recommended called Bodega Castañeda. We got here at 7.30pm and by the time we left people were queuing for a table. We had a delicious sharer plate with breads, cheeses, pork and fish dishes. I would highly recommend this restaurant. We then walked up to the canvas viewpoint on our walking tour and watched the remainder of the sunset- beautiful colours over the city.
Day 5- Granada
After an early breakfast at the air bnb we dropped off our suitcases at one of the multiple locker drop of points in the city. We then started the steep climb to the famous Alhambra. We had pre-booked our ticket a couple of months in advance (I would recommend this). We got a general admission ticket with a timed entry into the Nasrid Palaces. Once inside we saw a QR code for an audio guide app you can download on your phone (so I would recommend taking earphones). There are also plenty of tour guide options if you want a more detailed explanation of the palace. We were here for about 3 hours exploring the palace and its gardens. In total from the city we walked approximately 7km. The views are incredible from many parts of the palace, it really is a breath taking place to go (however very busy so expect a lot of people).
We grabbed a quick lunch, frozen yoghurt for Daisy, our luggage then caught a bus out of Granada. The bus station was further out of the city so we got an Uber there. A couple of hours later we arrived in Torremolinos!
Day 6 & 7- Torremolinos
This was the slightly more relaxing part of the holiday. We booked the Sol Torremolinos- Don Pedro hotel because it has an indoor pool which we thought may be useful as your cannot guarantee the weather in April. The hotel was perfect for Daisy who enjoyed the entertainment during the day, such as darts and French boules. Although I wouldn’t recommend Torremolinos for its culture compared to the other 3 destinations described above, we did have two enjoyable meals out, first evening in Casero and second evening in El Dorado. We also enjoyed an hour at the mini golf!
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