In seville, the air is filled with the sweet and exhilaration, pleasent summer night scent of beautiful jasmine, acacia, orange trees, roses, oleander and bougainvillea. The sound of ska, reggae, flamenco and latin music comes out of the bars. You can hear all kinds of languages in the streets. It is hot and even at night it is too warm to sleep.
In opposition to larger, tourist-crowded Spanish towns such as Barcelona or Madrid Sevillan nightlife is rather easy to survey and more concentrated on some central areas – which does not imply it is less turbulent and exhausting. It is known that Sevillanos work awfully hard from monday to |friday – and celebrate the weekends even wilder. Extremely considerate guys.
Spanish folk sometimes start going out later than most people and party until sunrise. The bars, discos and nightlife venues open late and close late, too. Thanks to the high temperatures at night the nightlife generally happens under the open sky.
A few nights at Calle Betis in the Triana quarter (‘Barrio de Triana’ ) south of the Guadalquivir river is all one needs. Calle Betis with its many bars, discotheques and onstage music venues is a wortwhile nightlife destination with spontaneous flamenco music sessions happening in the open. Probabilities are high you end up here after a booze cruise thru the streets of Sevilla. The Triana quarter is the old gypo quarter. It’s got a high density of flamenco colleges and is the best address if you want to do a Sevillana dance course.
Another good place to go at night is’La Alameda de Hrcules’ (‘Pillars of Hercules’ ) in the Macarena quarter (‘Barrio de la Macarena’ ). The Alameda de Hrcules is a broad, sandy promenade surrounded by trees with bars, discotheques and onstage music venues on both sides.
One of the finest places to be on a summer night is’La Carbonera’ (‘Coal house’ ) in the Santa Cruz quarter (‘Barrio de Santa Cruz )’ close to the Cathedral of Sevilla (‘La Giralda’ ). This is a kind of insider tip as it lies concealed in the maze-like quarter and cannot be found without asking the locals.
The Carbonera is a previous coal yard converted into an onstage music locale. It is split into three sections. The intricate, castle-like lobby is dimly lit. An open fire casts shadows on the carvings, inclined walls and twisted aisles and creates a personal and comfy atmosphere. The entry room leads to a particularly massive, partly roofed terrace with a long bar, many benches and a small stage.
Behind the patio is a typical Andalusian patio with tables and chairs. Wild growing jasmine, oleander, orange trees and roses fill the air with a sweet, thrilling and oriental scent which causes you to feel set back in time to the age of ancient Moorish palaces and to the fairy tales from 1001 night. This place has a unique atmosphere and is a must for each tourist. Here live bands play flamenco, jazz and arab music almost every night and the place is brimming with Sevillanos and visitors.
Probabilities are very high even today that some musicians from the local flamenco music scene such as Paco de Luca or Joaqun Cortz show up in the Carbonera, enter the stage and start a flamenco live session which leaves nobody untouched – an awesome place to go.
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