With this visit we will discover Italica, a roman city founded in the 3rd century B.C. whose name refers to the Italica Peninsula, land of origin of the first inhabitants of this city.
After Italica we will see San Isidoro´s monastery, a convent surrounded by walls that houses the Bible of the bear, the first bible translated into spanish under the influence of the reformist ideas that at that time came to Seville.
Your hotel
- In the hotel lobby.
Italica is the birthplace of Trajan and Hadrian, the first emperors of Hispanic origin in Rome.
So we will know the role they had in the creation of this city.
We will visit the House of Birds, an authentic mansion of 1.700 square meters close to the public buildings of this city.
It is one of the largest amphiteaters of the Roman Empire, where the gladiator fights took place, the most important entertainment of the Romans.
The theater is a building from the time of the emperor Augustus, where we will know the origin of the theatrical representations that were used by Rome to exhibit its propaganda.
Located on an ancient roman road, this moanstery owes its name to San Isidoro, a visigoth saint who was buried here before being transferred to Leon, in northern Spain.
Cloister with two-colored bricks located in the souts of the monastery, so the convent would be sunnier.
Inside the refectory, we can find the painting, "The last dinner", which is the most represented artistic theme in christian art.
Your hotel.
The tour includes the guide fee, the entrance tickets for Itálica and San Isidoro Monastery the private transportation to pick you up at your hotel (if this one is near the city center of Seville) and to bring you back.
The tour doesn´t include drinks or food or souvenirs that can be purchased during the visit.
For Italica, you need to bring comfortable shoes.
Italica and San Isidoro Monastery are closed on mondays.
This tour is not available on mondays.