Hotel Abril, Seville

There are two basic types of dining out in Sevilla: going for tapas (small portions generally between 1,50-4€) or heading to a restaurant for a more traditional meal. This section covers the many bars and restaurants where you can practice tapeando, or going out for tapas. This is not to say you can't order a plate of food in many tapas bars: you will see groups sharing a ración (plate) or media ración (half-plate) of the same dishes. And in many of the good restaurants you can order tapas at the bar. This is a nice way to try some excellent food without paying the full price of a sit down dinner or lunch. As you will see, these two types of dining out in Seville kind of blend together. In the tapas section I will list a number of restaurants which also appear in the restaurant section, but in this case I will try to cover experience of of tapas separately. Generally this means space at the bar, price, what is on the tapas menu and perhaps not always on the dinner or lunch menu. Finally, there has been a noticeable change in the offering of tapas over the last 5-10 years in Seville, with vegetarian and international dishes appearing on more and more menus. I keep hearing that Spain is impossible for a vegetarian and that's simply not true. If you get to know the right places and dishes you'll see there is plenty to eat. That's not to say vegetarian dishes are everywhere, but they're much easier to find now.

Hotel Abril
Location: Calle Jerónimo Hernandez, 20
Prices start at: 60 €
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Several of the guest rooms have balconies or windows facing the street. Natural light filters through windows in the central patio to the quieter interior rooms. All rooms have a full, private bath, air conditioning, heating and television. Rooms in Hotel Abril offer the following amenities:

• Air Conditioning/Heating
• Full bath
• Direct dial telephone
• Television
• Non-smoking rooms
• Some rooms balconies

Guests enter from the main entrance on calle Jeronimo Hernandez, where they find a small reception desk. To the right is the breakfast room and coffee shop, and adjacent is the elevator to access the majority of the guest rooms on the upper floors. To the left of reception guests will find a small patio with a sofa and chairs, as well as the guest computer with internet access. The hotel also offers free high-speed internet access via WiFi, which reaches the common areas of the hotel as well as some rooms on the first floor.

• 20 rooms
• Patio
• Continental breakfast buffet
• Free Coffee shop
• Free WiFi Internet access in common areas
• Guest computer with internet access (fee)
• 24 hour reception
• Elevator
• Luggage storage
• Safe deposit box (in reception)
• Small pets permitted

The hotel is very central, located close to the central shopping district and a few blocks away from the Plaza de la Encarnacion. Guests are also close to the Alameda and calle Feria.

Approximate walking distances:

• Plaza Encarnación - 1 minute
• Shopping district - 2 minutes
• Museum of Fine Arts - 7 minutes
• Cathedral and Alcazar - 10 minutes
• Plaza de Toros - 10 minutes
  

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