22 Tuesday Sep 2026
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New on Bitesize Sevilla 🍊! Hispalis – a short history of Roman Sevilla. Guest post by Peter! Please have a look and if you like it you can give it a “like”. And if you really like it please consider becoming a subscriber (free or paid). Thanks!
22 Monday Sep 2025
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The latest on Bitesize Sevilla 
… Hispalia~ArqueogastronomĂa – Tasting Roman Sevilla. Have a look and if you like it you can give it a “like”. And if you really like it please consider becoming a subscriber (free or paid). Thanks!
11 Thursday Sep 2025
Well this was fun! The first Gastro GuĂas outing for the new “season”, organised by our new treasurer Sharon. Hispalia is a project started about 15 years ago and one that has been evolving. I first encountered these wines at a special tasting in 2014 hosted at the top of the Setas. They have since opened their own small bar in the market and offer a variety of experiences, both in Sevilla and out in Itálica. More info to follow.
11 Friday Apr 2025
Posted in history, sevilla, tapas bars, tourism
Bar Europa was one of the first bars I got to know when I first moved here over 30 years ago. It’s very sad to see it shuttered for good, making way for… you guessed it… more tourist apartments. So much history in this old bar, which recently celebrated its 100th anniversary. Though maybe this is a better end than seeing it turned into yet another zombie bar. Anyhow, am thankful for all the memories.
11 Wednesday Dec 2024
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The oldest independent shop in Sevilla (founded in 1856) this gorgeous stationers is a wondrous Aladdin’s cave full of any possible thing you can imagine in paper form. I just popped in for a pedestrian order of a refill for my old agenda and was taken back to not-so-long-ago times when there were several such shops in the city, selling all manner of things. From books to toys, houseware and hardware items, fabrics, art prints and posters, jewellery, fans and shawls, hats and gloves, specialty foods and wines… each small shop brimming with charm and personality and often one-of-a-kind items. Sadly all but gone now as chains take over and push the independents out. Sigh…
