Photos: Harvey Barrison from Massapequa, NY, USA, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 Avinash Bhat, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo credits
Photos: Harvey Barrison from Massapequa, NY, USA, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 Avinash Bhat, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
Casa de Pilatos, from the entrance courtyard
Your local guide
Álvaro Fernández Lozano
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Highlights
- Mudéjar tiles meet Italian marble
- A courtyard seen from the door
- Sixteenth-century ceramic panels
- Patterns unique to one house
- A noble's souvenirs from Italy
About this tour
This session shows Casa de Pilatos from its entrance courtyard, a house that mixes Mudéjar tile work with Italian Renaissance sculpture brought back by a 16th-century Spanish noble. You see the courtyard's columns and some of the finest tiled panels in the city from just inside the door. The deeper rooms stay ticketed, so the session focuses on what the courtyard alone shows clearly.
We begin at the doorway with a short check of the light inside the courtyard, then move slowly along the tiled walls, pausing at a few of the most detailed panels. I answer questions about the house's mixed styles as we go and send a short note on its history afterward.
This suits anyone drawn to tile work and courtyard architecture, and travellers looking for a shorter session between longer ones. It also works well paired with the Giralda climb earlier in the day.
Included
- Live video walk with a local guide
- Questions to your guide all the way
- A short list of places to visit later
Not included
- Internet connection
- Travel to the city
Itinerary
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Welcome and sound check 5 min
The guide joins the video call, checks the picture and sound with you, and gives you a quick sense of Seville before heading out.
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The main entrance courtyard 15 min
The camera holds on the columned entrance courtyard, visible from just inside the doorway, and I explain how the house mixes Mudéjar tile work with imported Italian Renaissance marble statues.
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The tiled facade 15 min
You see the tiled panels lining the courtyard walls up close, some of the finest 16th-century ceramic work in the city, and I point out the geometric patterns unique to this house.
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Your questions 7 min
Time to ask anything about Seville: prices, safety, food, or whatever you are curious about.
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A short list to keep 3 min
Before you go, the guide sums up with a few things worth remembering: a dish to try: Gazpacho and Triana, worth a slower look.
Good to know
- A stable wifi or mobile connection makes the picture smoother than a shaky one.
- Any phone, tablet or laptop with a camera works. You watch, the guide does the walking.
- Times are shown in Madrid time, so check the time where you are before you book.
- The session is not recorded, and recording it yourself is not allowed. Feel free to take your own notes.
- Ask questions any time, out loud or in the chat. The guide will pause to answer.
- Sessions run in small groups, up to 10 people, so there is room for everyone to ask something.
Questions about this tour
What will the session cover?
The guide walks through Seville, showing you The main entrance courtyard and The tiled facade live on camera, plus whatever else you would like to see.
What happens if my connection drops?
Rejoin with the same link within a few minutes and the guide will catch you up on anything you missed.
Can I ask the guide questions during the session, or is it a fixed script?
Anything, any time. Sessions leave room for your own questions throughout, not just at the end.
Do I need any background in art?
No. The guide explains what matters as you go, whatever you already know or do not.
How it works
- You get one join link after booking.
- Join from any device: phone, tablet or laptop.
- We connect on Zoom and I climb slowly, since the ramps mean the camera stays level almost the whole way up.
Times shown in Madrid time (CET)
Cancellation
Flexible
- Cancel up to 24 hours before the start: full refund.
- Cancel less than 24 hours before the start, or no-show: no refund.
- If the guide cancels or the date does not reach its minimum group: full refund.
- Cancel in My Account → Bookings; the refund is calculated from the start time in the tour's local time.
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