Seville is the most seductive

Seville is the most seductive, sensuous city in Spain. Some complain that nothing of great import has happened here since the city lost its near monopoly on trade with Spain’s colonies in the seventeenth century. Drenched in New World wealth – in silver and gold from Peru and Mexico or Caribbean pearls and precious stones – Seville must have been one of the riches places on the planet. Visitors do not generally, care that all this came to a rather abrupt halt. They may in fact, like the idea . For they have been left with the sixteenth and seventeenth century baroque architecture, the slow, charming pace of life, the broad Guadalquivir river lined with the terraces of bars and cafeterias, and the white and ochre painted charm of the old Jewish Santa Cruz district.
Everything here – from the perfume of the orange blossom to the lisping, lilting Andalusian accent – seems to insist that you acquiesce and give yourself up to its charms. ‘Don’t fight it,’ Seville commands, as you are lulled into a sensual stupor. ‘ You are here to enjoy’
From the book ‘Ghosts of Spain’ By Giles Tremet