City of Seville: Getting there, how to get to Seville by bus, train, plane and car hire, Andalucia, Spain

Santa Justa train station

Car Hire - from airport or train station
Plane - flights from Spanish airports, mainland and islands; UK, France, Italy, Germany, Belgium. into city centre
Train - AVE, high-speed long-distance, medium distance, regional and local
Bus - services to destinations all over Andalucia

CAR HIRE

Many people prefer to have the flexibility and independence of hiring their own car while they are travelling around Andalucia, including Seville.

There are two main collection points for car rentals in Seville: the airport and the train station, depending on which is more convenient for your needs.

Airport
On arrival at the airport, you will see the offices for the car rental companies (Hertz, Avis, Budget, Crown-Auriga, Economy, Europcar, National Atesa) in the arrivals lounge. You collect your hire car from the car park opposite the terminal building.

The nearest petrol station to the airport, so you can return your car refuelled to avoid paying extra charges, is on the A4 motorway on the north-bound carriageway, just after the junction with the SE30 Seville ringroad.

Train station
At Santa Justa train station, the offices of the hire car companies (including Hertz, Avis and National Atesa) are inside the parking area to the right of the station as you leave (there is a side exit next to the platforms). The main exception to this is Crown-Auriga, whose office is located just across from the station, towards Nervion, on Avenida Kansas City.

The nearest petrol station, so you can refuel your hire car before returning it, is on Avenida Kansas City, just before you arrive at the station from the airport (heading south).

Please note, driving into the centre (within the Centro Historico, postcodes 41001-4, 41008, 41010), where most hotels are located, is not advisable, unless you're staying in a hotel with its own garage. From December 2010, drivers spending more than 45 minutes in the centre will be fined 70 euros. Leave your car in a car park just outside the centre (Jose Laguillo, bus station, Paseo Colon; about 15-20 euros for 24 hours), or, better still, don't have a car while you're in Seville; hire one when you need to leave the city.

PLANE

San Pablo airport is 10km north-east of Seville. For more information see our page of airport information.

Flights arrive at Seville from various European cities, including Madrid, Barcelona and other Spanish airports; London Heathrow, Stansted and Gatwick; Bristol, Liverpool, Bristol, Dublin; Frankfurt, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Rome and Milan.

To get from the airport to the city, you can either take a taxi, which will cost you about 25 euros (you have to pay extra for luggage, at night and also on weekends and holidays, see below), or the bus.

Taxi from airport to city centre

The fare for taxis to/from the airport (Tarifa 3): 25 euro

The fare for taxis to/from the airport at weekends, night time (9pm-7am) and public holidays (includes Semana Santa, Feria, Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve): 30 euro

Surcharge for luggage: 0.50 euro per piece

Special night surcharge for Semana Santa and Feria, 9pm-7am: 25%

Bus from airport to city centre

The EA airport bus leaves every 15 to 30 mins (depending on time of day) from 05.45 hrs am to 00.45 hrs ( 06.45 hrs to 23.45 hrs on weekends and holidays), and takes 20-30 minutes. It stops at Santa Justa train station, Ayre Hotel, Hotel Los Lebreros, Nervion Plaza and Hotel Viapol, and terminates in Avenida del Cid, next to the Prado de San Sebastian Metro and tram stop. It costs 4 euro.

TRAIN

Seville's main train station is Santa Justa, located to the north of the city centre on Avenida Kansas City. It has shops (including a newsagent selling foreign press), restaurants and bars, several car parks, car hire offices, a taxi rank and bus stop. It is the third-busiest station in Spain, by passenger numbers.

One of the fastest and most comfortable ways to arrive in Seville is on the AVE , the high-speed long-distance train which has services arriving from Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga and Cordoba throughout the day. There are also trains arriving at Santa Justa from all over Andalucia, from the Cercanias (small local trains) which serve the hill-towns of the Sierra Norte, to long-distance trains from Jaen, Granada and Almeria, as well as medium-distance trains with spectacular routes such as the Ronda/El Chorro line.

From the train station, you can take a bus or taxi into the city centre.