Torre del Oro
Guide
Photo: Jebulon · CC0, Wikimedia Commons
≈ A$5SightAllow 30–45 minPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
A twelve-sided watchtower on the riverbank with a small naval museum inside and a terrace looking up and down the Guadalquivir.
A brief history
Built in the early 1200s by the city's Almohad rulers, it guarded the river; a chain was once stretched from here to the far bank to block ships.
Tips
- Best time
- Late afternoon, then walk along the river
- Cost
- About €3 (check)
- Allow
- 30–45 min
- Free days
- Usually free on Mondays (check)
- Hours
- Usually Monday to Friday 9:30–18:45, weekends from 10:30 (check)
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Good to know
- Area
- The centre and the Alameda: Shopping streets, Las Setas and the Alameda de Hércules, a long square of bars; plenty of hostels.
- Access
- Not step-free (stairs)
- Indoors or out
- Indoors: good on a hot or rainy day
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