Coming to Sevilla from January to May?
- Bring warm clothes, since it’s a bit cold in the mornings and nights. It’s a different cold than what you’ve experienced before. Even though the temperature is not low, the air is cold outside. Your fingers and toes might feel icy at times, but nothing some slippers and a sweater can't fix.
- Bring winter pajamas and slippers. Spanish families never walk around the house without shoes. They will look at you weird if you don’t wear them! If you don’t have them, don’t worry, you can get them in Sevilla for no more than 7€.
- If you are planning on going out to DiscoverSevilla’s best night clubs and bars, make sure you bring more than sports clothes. Spanish people dress up really smart when going out. There are always bouncers at bars and clubs, so if you don’t dress up nicely enough, you won’t be able to get in anywhere!
- During the day, when going to the university, people dress more casually, even though Spanish girls dress nicely all day long (you don’t have to worry about it - you'll shop here or stand out no matter what). Bring comfortable clothes, especially walking shoes!
- Only bring enough toiletries to hold you over until you get settled with your host family or apartment. Bringing more than that is unnecessary weight in your luggage, and all of these things can be purchased easily in stores around Sevilla.
- When walking from your home to your university and back, you’ll realize that no one wears a backpack. Everyone uses different bags to carry books and stuff. If you’d like to feel European when living in Spain, the first thing you have to do is leave your backpack at home and buy a bag in Zara, H&M, Mango, or El Corte Ingles. Americans carry their things on their backs; Spanish people, on their sides.
- If you’d like to learn Spanish faster, try not to listen to your iPod while walking from place to place. You can hear Spanish everywhere you go, and if you listen to your music instead, it will take longer to learn (unless you listen to a Spanish radio station or Spanish Music…then it’s great!). Leave your iPod for when you work out or run around! You can buy a radio to listen to Spanish radio stations for 15€ anywhere.
- Do you like soccer? We organize pick up futbol games every Wednesday on concrete outdoor courts (not grass), so you might have to bring your sport shoes from home if you’d like join us! It’s free for anyone to play boys and girls - no one is a pro... We all play to work off those extra calories gained at the bars and clubs and it's also a great way to meet new people and to do something other than study and work. If you’d like to buy indoor-soccer shoes, you can get them here for 25€ (more or less).
- Working out: if you normally work out in a gym or you just like to run outdoors, then do not forget all your sport clothes! T-shirts, sports shoes, sweatpants, etc. There are plenty of gymnasiums in the city. We can recommend one if you like.
- Snowboard clothing: Spain, after Switzerland, is the country in Europe with most mountains to ski! So if you are into the ski world, and want to ski while here, do not forget to bring some gear. Even though you can rent anything from the ski fields, you might want to bring your own jackets, pants, goggles, gloves, etc.
- There are plenty of shops in Sevilla if you want to dress/look more European: H&M, Zara, Mango, Pull and Bear, Bershka as well as outlet factories outside of Sevilla, where you can buy clothes from past seasons for even cheaper. The shops do not close for siesta. Only small business close for siesta (normally from 2pm to 4.30pm).
- Sevilla has a lot of shoe stores within the city! If you are into that, then you’re coming to the right place.
- From April, the weather starts getting hot and its time for lots of stylish warm weather clothes! The temperature in Sevilla during the Spring Semester changes in a matter of weeks. From being cold and wet, all of a sudden the sun comes out and it starts getting hotter and hotter! Bring shorts, a lot of t-shirts, sun-glasses and sandals. Don't worry the real, unbearable heat arrives in June and it never snows in Sevilla.
We run weekend group excursions to places like Portugal, Morocco & the Sahara Desert, as well as day trips to the beach and places around Spain like Gibraltar, Matalascañas, Cadiz...etc. Click here for more information on our group excursions that we'll be running during this Spring 2012 Semester! Great trips at affordable prices!
Do you have any other questions about what to bring/not to bring with you to Spain? Please feel free to contact us by phone or by email to info@discoversevilla.com
We hope you have an awesome flight to Sevilla and we look forward to meeting you!
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