The Guadalquivir River
Sunny days and spring evenings are the perfect moments for going in a course along the Guadalquivir River, which cross the city. It irregular flow, with violent floods influenced by the tides, has been an important part of the city’s history.
During Roman Empire, the Guadalquivir River began to acquire importance like a maritime transport way, since it was navigable from the Atlantic Ocean to Seville. Later, the Moslems that settled down in Andalusia were amazed by it magnificence; they gave to the river it current name, and continued using it like a very important trading way.
In the XVII, the port was losing a great part of it antique importance and splendour, but it influence in landscape, towns and traditions endures nowadays.
Actually, it is possible to navigate along the river en many different boats that will transport us from the downtown to the river’s mouth, next to the wonderful Doñana nature reserve. It is also possible to make shorter courses along Seville, which will give us the occasion to see some different monuments from a new perspective.
"Betis, large and navigable river, during hide tide rises three
or four elbows, being then the water lightly salty, and it turns
extremely sweet when the tide goes down..."
(Jerónimo Münzer, 1494)
