MoFate's Drop in the Bucket List: Spain - Arcos de la Frontera & Sevilla

The road trip continued onto a small (~30k residents) Spanish hill town called Arcos de la Frontera. All the houses in the town are completely white washed with khaki-brown roof tiles. Yes, it's starting to get touristy because of Rick Steves but it was an awesome place to relax for a day. Our hotel room had a terrace with beach chairs and an umbrella overlooking a valley. Great place to watch a Friday evening sunset :)

After a night in Arcos, we continued to Sevilla, spending two nights at an AirBnB just outside the walls of the Old Town. We spent the first day and night exploring Venezuelan food and more tapas. Then the second day we went out into Old Town with another AirBnB guest to Plaza de la Espana where they shot a scene from Attack of the Clones! The walking continued to the Guadalquivir river in the evening.

Here's a quick summary of what we did, followed by some advice if you visit, fun facts, and summary of our favorite pictures.

Arcos de la Frontera

Stayed at the El Convento Hotel
Walk around the Old Town
Dinner at Bar La Carcel

Sevilla

Stayed at AirBnb at the Northern edge of the city walls
Nighttime visit of the Cathedral
Plaza de la Espana
Metropol Parasol
Nighttime walk of Guadalquivir river
Lunches at El Arepazo and Vineria de San Telmo
Dinners at Bar Alfalfa (twice!)

Advice if you visit

Sevilla's metro network has pretty terrible reach so its worth spending the extra money to stay closer to the Old Town area (our walk from the AirBnB at the edge was a bit too long). However, driving within the old city walls can be a nightmare. The streets are quite tiny.
It's difficult to see all the sights of Sevilla in just a two night stay. If you really want to see the major sights and experience things like a flamenco show, try to make your trip for four nights.
Park at the sister hotel Los Olivos for El Convento, you especially do not want to drive in this Old Town

Fun facts

If a store is open between 2m and 7pm, there's a 90% chance its run by an Asian.
Teens can be spotted with a to-go version of a hookah. Just a tiny version of the full-scale hookah that one person carries while his/her friends smoke away to glory.
Yep, its true, the Brits love coming to the hot Andalusia region of Spain in the summer. Probably to get their fill of the heat before heading back to dreary, windy, wet, cold London.