Arches over the water
The bridge's known image, best framed from the Triana bank rather than the centre side.
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The iron bridge linking the historic centre with the Triana district across the Guadalquivir, officially the Puente de Isabel II. It was built in the middle of the nineteenth century and is among the oldest surviving iron bridges in Spain. The repeated iron arches over the water are its known image, usually photographed from the Triana bank with the houses of the far side behind. At sunset the view is among the better ones in Seville. Its real value is as a crossing rather than a destination: you walk it in minutes to move from the tourist centre into Triana, the district historically tied to ceramics, sailors and flamenco, which still keeps a character entirely different from the other bank. Crossing is free and possible at any hour. Make it part of an evening walk: cross into Triana, walk Calle Betis along the bank, then come back with the lights on.
The bridge's known image, best framed from the Triana bank rather than the centre side.
You cross it into a district of quite different character: ceramics, sailors and flamenco.
Cross at sunset, walk Calle Betis, return with the lights on — the best use of the bridge.
Puente de Isabel II, between the centre and Triana, Seville
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From the Triana bank just north of the bridge, where the arches run across the water with the houses of the far side behind. The best time is shortly before sunset and just after, when the facades light up.