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Utrera
Scattered over a hillock rising from the flat countryside near Seville
is the distinctive, idiosyncratic town of Utrera. Its extensive
municipality is particularly blessed with water.
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Sevilla
Seville, the great capital of Andalusia, lying on the banks of the
River Guadalquivir, is a truly bewitching city that leaves an indelible
impression on the feelings and spirit of all who visit it. The best
idea of what makes Seville tick can be gained by walking through its
streets, especially during its two most important festivals of Semana
Santa and the Feria de Abril.
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The Flamenco Route
The greatest practitioners of Andalusias prime creative art, flamenco,
can be found in Seville itself and also in the white towns of Utrera,
Alcalá de Guadaira and Los Palacios, all birthplaces of prestigious
flamenco singers.
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Cazalla de la Sierra
Set in the foothills of the Sierra Morena, the small town of Cazalla de
la Sierra is surrounded by woods of Holm Oak and Cork Oak.
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The Cazalla-Constantina Railway Station
A good way of exploring the Parque Natural Sierra Norte de Sevilla, the
nature park where many of the inhabitants of Seville and whereabouts
enjoy a breath of fresh air, is to follow the disused railway track
from the Cazalla-Constantina train station.
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Sevilles Semana Santa
During Semana Santa, its celebration of Easter week, Seville becomes a
thrilling crucible of fervour and mysticism. The religious images,
swathed in gold and velvet and swaying ponderously to and fro on the
shoulders of the faithful image-bearers, the costaleros, shine out as
brightly as the enraptured eyes of the onlookers.
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Carmona has a privileged setting in the rich flatland irrigated by the
River Corbones. The many different cultures that have peopled it down
the ages, right from its Tartessian and Phoenician origins, have left
many legacies and interesting sights to see in todays town.
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