Coming to Sevilla in the Summer?
- The Summer in Sevilla tends to be very hot. You will probably only need warmer clothes at night when traveling to coastal cities such as Tarifa, Cadiz and Lagos (Portugal). Therefore try to pack more for warmer temperatures. Bring shorts, jeans or nice pants (to go out at night) a lot of T-shirts, sun-glasses and sandals. Bringing a few jackets or sweaters with you would not necessarily be a bad idea however, there are many reasonable designer stores in Sevilla like H&M, Bershka and Zara where you can purchase cheap and fashionable items of clothing. Pack light for hot summer temperatures.
- Bring summer pajamas and house-shoes (slippers). Spanish families never walk in the house without house-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 discover Sevilla’s best night clubs and bars, make sure you bring more than sport clothes. Spanish people dress up really nice when going out and there are always bouncers at the bars and the clubs, so if you don’t dress up nice 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). Bring comfortable clothes.
- 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, as 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 the side.
- 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…then it’s great!). Leave your iPod for when you work out - 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 don't forget all your sport clothes! T-shirts, sports shoes, sweatpants, etc. There are plenty of gymnasiums in the city. DiscoverSevilla recommends Cuesta Sport: Great Staff, Great Location!!
- There are plenty of shops in Sevilla if you want to look more European: there are H&M, Zara, Mango, Pull and Bear, Bershka and the outlet factories outside of Sevilla, where you can buy clothes from other seasons 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 shoes stores within the city! If you like shoes, this is your city. If not, it's still your city.
- Do you have any other questions about what to/not to bring with you to Sevilla this Summer? Please feel free to contact us or just send us an email to info@discoversevilla.com
We hope you have an awesome flight to Sevilla and we look forward to meet you!
Your friends at DiscoverSevilla
+34 954 22 66 42
C/ Joaquin Guichot, 6. (Next to Plaza Nueva)
Office time: 10.00 AM – 8.00 PM (we don’t close for siesta!)