Spanish Tour Guide
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Seville I want to go to a party! Quiero ir de fiesta! I’m having great fun! Me lo paso muy bien! Clubs: Spanish Tour Guide -Demo Bar (Calle Betis, 55) – a place where many different theme parties are organised -Abril (Calle Luis Montoto, 118) – a disco club What’s your name? ¿Cómo te -Bandalai (Avenida de María Luisa) –a disco club llamas? -Fun Club(Alameda de Hércules, 86) –disco, rock and indie music My name is… Me llamo… I don’t speak Spanish No hablo Examples of tapas: -Tortilla de patatas– kind of an omelette made of eggs & potatoes, We’re going on tapas tour. Vamos de tapas. -Gazpacho– a tomato-based, vegetable soup, usually served cold How much is it...? ¿Cuánto -Paella– rice & vegetable dish cuesta…? -Serranito– the most popular warm sandwich in Seville. Ingredients: Thank you (very much) (Muchas) gracias grilled meat (chicken or pork), cured ham, green pepper and sliced You’re welcome De nada tomato Good morning Buenos días -Pescaíto frito– fried fish coated in flour. Different fish: puntillitas, Good afternoon (after 12.00) Buenas tardes adobo, chocos, calamares... Good evening/Good night Buenas noches Hi Hola FOOD In Spain lots of fish and seafood is served. An ingredient that any meal can’t miss is apparently meat. PLACES WORTH VISITING Goodbye Adiós See you Hasta luego In Andalusia you will get tapas, which are small snacks. Historical monuments: Tapas bars: -Catedral de Sevilla – Cathedral of Seville (Avda de la Constitución) Where can I find...? ¿Dónde está...? -Reales Alcázares – Alcázar of Seville (Patio de Banderas) How can I get to…? ¿Cómo puedo ir a…? In our neighbourhood: -K`Rafae (Calle Afán de Ribera, ) -Plaza de España – Spain´s Square (Parque Maria Luisa) I’ve got lost Me he perdido I’m not from here No soy de aquí -Taberna Almazara (Calle Afán de Ribera, 177) -Casa de Pilatos – Pilates´ House (Plaza de Pilatos, 1) I’m from England Soy de Inglaterra -Plaza de Toros– bullring (Paseo de Cristóbal Colón, 12) Others: -Los Coloniales (Calle Fernández y González, 38) – cheap and good quality tapas What to do in Seville: -Levíes (Calle San José, 15) – original and delicious tapas in the center of Seville -Free walking tour – it is a guided tour throughout the city based on tips. Book it at Pancho -Cien Montaditos (Calle San Fernando, 29) – a place especially recommended due to its great variety of Tours. “montaditos” (little sandwiches). There are one hundred of them to choose from! Besides, it is quite -Kayak tour – have an exciting day and enjoy the beauty of the city kayaking down the cheap. Guadalquivir River. Book it at Naturanda. -Casa Paco –a tapas bar located in the coolest neighbourhood in Seville . ExcuseIt is very me cheap and tapasPerdón are -Flamenco night – a traditional flamenco performance including singing, dancing and guitar really tasty, so remember to get there early for a seat! Please Por favor playing, by the best artists from Seville. Book it at La Casa de la Memoria. I’m sorry Lo siento -A bike tour– takes you along the heart of Andalusia's Capital. Seville has a perfect climate Apart from tapas bars, commonly known as fast food a la española, throughout the year which makes this city perfect to explore by bike. Book at Naturanda. there is also a lot of teterías (tea rooms), some of them are: -Isla Mágica – is a theme park in Seville. It features a large lake and many other attractions -Dar el Mehdi (Calle Federico Rubio, 8-10) – a place where you can have many kinds of teas and smoke including roller coasters and various other types of rides as well as both live and cinematic shisha (water pipe), enjoying the Moroccan taste and its unique atmosphere! shows. -Bagdad (Calle Pureza, 22) – a tetería located in Triana, the typical neighbourhood of Seville, with a -Las Setas – the world`s largest wooden structure. You will find there panoramicShop terraces, Tienda large variety of teas and shishas of different flavours Sale Rebajas including a restaurant, offering one of the best views of the city centre. Pay Pagar For more refined dishes: Shopping: -El Asador de Aranda (Calle Luis Montoto, 150) – a delicious roasted lamb and suckling pig -El Fogón de Leña (Calle Santo Domingo de la Calzada, 13) –traditional Andalusian dishes and grilled -Calle Sierpes & Tetuán – these two streets are located in the historical part of the town. You can find meat there many shops, both chain stores as well as some local labels. Those interested in doing shopping will find -Taberna del Alabardero (Calle Zaragoza, 20) – very elaborate and delicious food in a typical there among others: Stradivarius, Bershka, Mango, ZARA, H&M, Springfield, C&A, Pull & Bear, Benetton etc. Andalusian courtyard -El Corte Inglés – a chain of department stores selling a wide range of high quality products starting from -Casa Robles (Calle Álvarez Quintero, 58) – classical-regional dishes and quality wines clothes and finishing at furniture and electric appliances. -Az-zait (Plaza de San Lorenzo, 1) – signature cuisine in a historical enclave, next to the famous Basílica - Mercado de Triana - situated at the end of Triana Bridge. An impressive array of fresh fruits, One beer, please. Una cerveza, ¡por favor! Cheers! ¡Salud! The bill, please. La cuenta, ¡por favor! Sweets: Money Dinero -Churros – is a fried-dough pastry, it can be eaten in two ways: Credit card Tarjeta de crédito Alcoholic: dipped in hot chocolate or accompanied by café con leche (coffee with milk) Cash Efectivo -Arroz con leche – rice with milk & vanilla cooked in the oven, served cold -Flan – a kind of pudding -Cerveza – if you want to have a beer in Spain, you need to ask for cerveza. If you don’t precise what beer -Turrón– is a white confection, typically made of honey, sugar and eggs, with toasted almonds or other nuts. you want to try, for sure you will be given some local speciality. In Andalusia some of the most popular It is usually shaped into either a rectangular tablet or a round cake. drinks include: Alhambra, Cruzcampo, San Miguel etc. Beer is usually served in 0,33 l. bottles. Small beer – so called caña – is used to be served in a 0,2 l. glass. -Sangría–is a wine punch typical of Spain. It usually consists of wine, chopped fruits, a sweetener, ice cubes and a small amount of added brandy. DRINKS -Vino– wines are served with lunch and dinner. Attention! Red wine Non-alcoholic: in Spanish is called: vino tinto and not vino rojo as might suggest the -Mosto- a delicious grape must exact translation. -Cola Cao– although in other countries cacao is being drunk mostly by kids, in the Iberian -Tinto de verano–a cold drink similar to sangría, very popular in Spain. Peninsula, it´s one of the drinks which a usual Spanish day starts with. Its preparation is extremely easy – it’s a combination of red wine mixed -Chamomile/lime tea/mint tea- is one of the most popular teas in Spain. Black tea is not that With Fanta, Sprite or Seven up. common in here. In a menu card you will usually find it under the name infusiones. -Café con leche – means coffee with milk. It’s the most common & the most popular beverage in Bus Autobús Spain. To wake you up you can also ask for espresso. Tram Tranvía Where is a bus stop? ¿Dónde está la parada del PRACTICAL INFORMATION autobús? Post office Correos How to get to the city centre? ¿Cómo llego al centro? Post card Postal Means of communication: PRACTICAL INFORMATION Stamp Sello Public transport: you can easily explore Seville by local buses which will take you to whichever part of the city. If you want to be faster, there is also a metro line, for more information check out the links down below: Tourist Information: (Sp.: Información turística, oficina de turismo) – tourist http://www.tussam.es/ information points can be easily found in the old town centre. If you need any http://www.metro-sevilla.es/en information about Seville or local attractions look for: - Tourist Office (Avda de la Constitución) Bus & train station: – there are two bus stations in Seville. One of them is situated in Prado San Sebastian (to - Patronato Provincial de Turismo de Sevilla (Plaza del Triunfo, 1) Cádiz, Málaga, Tarifa) and the other one is in Plaza de Armas (other destinations), both are very close to the city Shopping: centre. The main shopping area is in the city center and includes two parallel streets Sierpes and Tetuan. Here you will find stores for just about everything. Sevilla Santa Justa, on the other hand, is a railway station. Although train will get you to almost any city in Seville, they are pretty expensive. So remember, the sooner you buy your ticket the cheaper it will be. El Corte Inglés, the giant Spanish department store with just about everything you could You can always explore Seville by bike, the easiest and the cheapest communication: imagine, is open all day from 10am-10pm. Remember! Stores are open from 9:30am-2pm in the mornings and then open again in the afternoon from 5pm-8pm. Bad news for Sevici: it is a bike rental service provided by the city of Sevilla. It costs around 20€ a year! So if you´re broke, get shopping-addicts, on Sunday everything is closed. a bike! Post office: (Spanish: Correos) – the nearest post office is situated in Avda. de Gavilanes, DO YOU THINK YOU KNOW SPANISH? 52. However, once you are in the city centre you can always pass by the one located in CHECK THESE OUT! the Avda.