by Daniela Romero | Granada, Malaga, Seville
Summer is here and, although in southern Spain we are used to having this hot weather most part of the year, it is good to find a refreshing way to enjoy this hot season.
Being hydrated during the hottest months is essential to replace all the vitamins and mineral that we lose sweating. This drinks that we are going to propose for you will be the best internal cooling system. So, take note of all these recipes so you can shared them in a hot afternoon with your friends.
Lemon iced tea:
The most famous and popular drink to fight the heat is obviously a cold lemon iced tea, Did you know that this drink got popular thanks to the movie “Los puentes de Madison” starring Clint Eastwood? There you have a cool tip to share also with the drink.
Also, lemon itself has a lot of digestives benefits, it can relieve a sore throat and it has a lot of hydrating and purifying enzymes to de intoxicate blood.
This is the perfect drink to enjoy in a terrace of a cool hostel during this heat wave, to entertain visitors at home or just to relax after a hot and exhausting day.
Morir soñando:
This is a typical drink from Dominican Republic, possibly the official summer drink of Dominican Summer. Delicious, nutritive and refreshing it combines milk and citric in a powerful way. For some people this combination might sound strange but, believe us, it is amazing!
And of course, is not only about it being delicious. Also, it is very healthy due to the high amount of vitamin C and calcium in it, a piece of the Caribbean in your hands.
Melon Mojito:
If the mojito itself is an exotic and refreshing drink, imagine having a melon mojito. Yep, like you read. Sounds amazing right? Well, it is.
With or without alcohol, with its traditional mint leaves and lemon juice this simple but tasty mojito can become the star of any pool party. Just decorated as usual, with some mint leaves and lemon slices.
Watermelon lemonade:
When is hot outside all your body wants is a refreshing drink. You can make the traditional juices and drinks in a matter of minutes with the ingredients we have in our fridge but, sometimes we don’t know how to combine the fruits to get delicious drinks. So, trust us. This drink tastes as good as it sounds.
Just squeeze a little bit of lemon, some slices of watermelon to add taste and color to it and the final touch: some mint leaves with crushed ice. It will make you forget its even summer!
Gazpacho:
Have you ever heard of the famous tomato Spanish gazpacho?
Gazpacho is possibly Spain’s most famous chilled drink. The main difference aside from the temperature is that it’s raw, meaning that is not actually cooked it’s just blended and chopped vegetables and occasionally bread.
In Andalusia, most gazpacho recipes typically include stale bread, tomato, cucumber, bell pepper, onion and garlic, olive oil, wine vinegar, water, and salt. We know, it sounds kind of cold tomato soup. But we guarantee you its super refreshing and delicious.
Indian Masala Chaas.
Masala chaas is one such Indian summer essential that is made with curd and host of spices such as salt, black salt, roasted cumin powder and black pepper powder. Chaas helps keep the body cool and also aids digestion, both of which are very essential to look after during summers.
Sangria.
Of course, we couldn’t finish this article without naming Spanish famous sangria. To make it just mix a simple syrup by combining the sugar, water and the end fruit slices in a small saucepan and simmer until the sugar dissolved. Cool to room temperature.
Combine remaining sliced fruit, wine, brandy and triple sec in pitcher. When cool, add simple syrup mixture, including fruit slices. Refrigerate for several hours to chill and allow flavors to meld. Serve over ice, adding sparkling water to taste.
This recipe is very adaptable: feel free to go nuts with whatever fruits or juices you have on hand: sliced peaches, berries, pineapple juice and orange juice are especially good additions.
What are you waiting for? Time to refresh with these tasty drinks!
by Oasis Backpackers Hostels | Activities, Seville Activities
We go to three bars and one club, skipping the queue.Join us and be lead by our expert guides throughout the Night Life of Sevilla, a great way to meet other travellers from all around the world.
Go to the right places, in a fun and safe way, have fun with Pancho!
We have several routes: Alameda, Calle Betis, Buhaira, Alfalfa, Arenal…
Every Day a different experience!
(Duration: 4 hs aprox)
Includes:
- 1 Mojito (or Mixed Drink)
- 3 shots
- VIP Entrance into Club (skipping the queue)
- Expert guide
- Meeting loads of other travellers
Seville is one of the most beautiful cities in Spain but not only by day but also by night
It is full of tapas bars, cervecerias, restaurants, bars and clubs. It is loud and lively and loves a good party.
The sevillanos don’t miss the opportunity to stay out late in the streets. Dinner is late, around 10pm and be ready to stay up until 7am. Sevilla has a large diversity on bars and clubs and depending on the time of the year you visit you will notice this. In summer you will find people in the streets, just by the doors of the bars and the most popular clubs are outside terraces while in winter they prefer to stay inside.
The Sevillanos favourite drink is a cold beer and Cruzcampo is the king of the south as their company is based in Sevilla and its tradition is big in the city. However, there are many other good drinks that we invite you to try while in Seville such as the famous sangria which is often expensive but tasty and very fresh. Also tinto de verano is a good and cheap alternative to sangria which is red wine mixed with soda (you can order it with normal soda, lemon or orange soda) and it is also very refreshing in a hot summer day.
In Seville you will also find orange or strawberry wine which you shouldn’t miss while here, the orange wine started to be produced in 1880 and was originally called orange-scented wine. It is a sweet macerated wine with orange peel and truly delicious.
You know about wine in Seville, but…do you know what is a Cubata?
Red or white wine is also very popular as well as sherry wine otherwise known as fino. Cubatas are the favorite mixed drinks of the Sevillanos which are just their favorite liquor mixed with their favourite soda.Puerto de Indias is the brand of the gin made in Sevilla and we dare you to try their strawberry gin. Last but not least you will find new cocktail bars that are becoming more and more popular in Seville.
Alameda, Alfalfa, Calle Betis or Arenal
There are several areas with great nightlife such as Alameda, Alfalfa, Calle Betis or Arenal and we recommend that you can visit them all as they have different atmospheres. Alameda is a more alternative atmosphere while Alfalta you will find a lot of students and younger crowd. Arenal is a little bit more fancy and in Calle Betis the views over the riverside are amazing.
With our pubcrawl we will take you to experience the nightlife of Seville as a true Sevillano. We offer a pubcrawl every night and will will change the route according to the day just in case you want to repeat and see new bars.
Where do we start?
We will gather in the Oasis Backpackers Palace where we will enjoy a delicious mojito and our first shot. Here is the perfect place to get social, have some fun and start last longing friendships. There is an amazing terrace with the view over the city and we will start gathering around 10.30pm and leave the hostel around midnight.
After that we will take you to two other bars in which we will have one shot in each of those and end in one of the best clubs in town. We won’t get to the club before 1.30 pm and the activity will be finished around 2.30am. But there is no reason for you to go back at this time and we will invite you to stay longer in the club.
Our guides are very social and they will try hard to make sure that you melt together with the group and enjoy yourself. They will guide you through Seville and show you the best of our nightlife.
Dress Code
Also important to bear in mind that you need to come dressed accordingly as the club won’t allow you to enter with flip flops and board shorts. Clubs are less picky with girls but still please avoid flip flops just to be sure.
Do you want to experience the nightlife of Seville? Every night we will take you out and you will experience a night to remember and get to know new people along the way. We offer you a visit to 3 different bars and the entrance to the club and the price includes 3 shots and a mojito! Every night from 10pm onwards! (Price between 10 and 15€)
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by Oasis Backpackers Hostels | Activities, Seville Activities
Why are the Monument Tours free? Because you choose the value!
Duration: approx. 2,5-hours
365 days a year (under rain or sunshine)
Our Monument Free Walking Tours are mostly about the history of Spain and Seville since 1492 until now.
In 1503 Seville was chosen by Isabel and Fernando, ‘the Catholic monarchs’ as the incoming port with the monopoly of all the ‘Indian’ products with the construction of the ‘House of Trade’.
Seville lives as the biggest and richest city the Golden Age of Spain.
This tour covers:
Catedral y Giralda
Visit outside walls.
Puerta de Jerez
The impressive Hotel Alfonso XIII, Palace of Yanduri.
Palacio de San Telmo
Beautiful baroque construction from 1680s, formerly a famous school of sailors
Then house of the noble Montpensier family, and nowadays the presidency of Andalucia
Tobacco Factory and University
When built in 1770s it was the 1st tobacco factory in Europe and the biggest building in Spain by square meters, now the 3rd one
Famous for being the place where the story of George Bizet’s Carmen, a very famous Opera, was inspired. More that 8.000 gipsy girls used to come across from Triana, the other side of the river, to work here every day. Carmen (ficticious character) was one
Site of the University of Seville.
Statue of El Cid and Prado San Sebastian
The statue of El Cid, one of the greatest heroes of Spanish History
Prado San Sebastian. These gardens were a mass grave in the roman times, then also in the times of the Inquisition (1492-1781!!)
Since 1847 until 1973 the place of the main festival in Spain: La Feria de Abril
MarÍa Luisa Park
Huge public garden, formerly private for the nobelty
With many tropical plants and species of birds
Plaza de España
The highlight of this tour!
One of the most impressive builings you ll ever see in your life!
An open-air Enciclopedia for the history of Spain, and a hidden offense to the Catalan’s identity
Built for a very important World Fair in 1929
Lunch all together (optional)
World Heritage
The biggest christian temple in the world at the time of its construction
It contains the official tomb of Christopher Columbus (5 more places claim to have one, too!).
Its tower, formerly a minaret, used to be the highest tower in the world in the 12th century!!
It’s the southern gate of Seville’s city center. Inside and around the fountain is where Spanyards celebrate when the national football team wins!
Queen Cristina gardens
Lunch all together: optional, the most fun and interactive part of our tour.
We´ll taste typical Tapas
Find the best Seville has to offer with our historical walking tour in the heart of our city
We will take you through a 2,5h journey along time in the historical center of Seville that will allow you to discover all about the history of this magical city.
The main meeting point is in the Plaza Virgen de los Reys but we will also pick you up in Oasis and take you to the main meeting point. From there we will start to explore the city.
This tour is mostly about the history of Spain and particularly Seville since 1492 until now. Did you know that in 1503 Seville was chosen by Isabel and Fernando, ‘the Catholic monarchs’ as the incoming port with the monopoly of all the ‘Indian’ products with the construction of the ‘House of Trade’? In this period Seville was the biggest and richest city during the Golden Age of Spain. On the tour you can see the main highlights of the city such as the Cathedral, Alcázar, Puerta Jerez, Hotel Alfonso XVIII, Prado San Sebastian, the old tobacco factory, the Maria Luisa Park and the beautiful Plaza de España.
Our guides are passionate and knowledgeable about this city that we consider one of the most beautiful in Spain. You will be surrounded by the charm of Seville and the smell of orange blossom in spring. Together with beautiful sunny weather there is nothing better than to get lost in the narrow streets of Santa Cruz or let yourself be amazed by Plaza de España.
Seville history is vast and rich. The romans ruled Seville for six centuries but it is the Muslim empire that had the biggest influence in our city. Nowadays you can still find many remainings of the Mudejar architecture such as the Giralda tower (the tower of the cathedral), Álcazar gardens or the Golden Tower just to mention a few. Out of curiosity did you know that the Koutoubia Mosque in Marrakech (Morocco) is almost identical to the Giralda tower? That the Saint Mary’s Cathedral is the gothic cathedral with the largest surface in the world? That no building in Seville can be built higher than the the giralda tower? That the tomb of Cristobal Columbus is located in the cathedral? These are some of the amazing facts that you will learn during our walking tour.
Seville is also the stage of 153 operas by so many famous artists as Beethoven, Mozart or Rossini and world-known operas as Carmen or the Barber of Seville have as main stage the streets of Seville and we will show you some of the sites where you can relive your favorite opera.
Don’t forget to use comfortable clothes, walking shoes, put sunscreen on and bring a bottle of water. In summer time temperatures get really high so we also recommend to bring a hat. We will find best places in the shadows to relax.
We will pick you up every morning at the Oasis Backpackers’ Palace and the Oasis Backpackers’ Hostel Seville (check with reception for the time) and this tour is FREE of charge! If you enjoyed the tour please tip the guide at the end of the tour.
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by Oasis Backpackers Hostels | Activities, Seville Activities
ALCAZAR & CATHEDRAL
We offer you a guided visit into Alcazar Royal Palace, the Cathedral of Seville and the Giralda.
Our expert guides ‘City Lovers’ will give you the best service telling you many legends and facts about these historical monuments.
Included:
2.5 hours Guided Tour (1.15 hours per monument approx.)
Expert guide (if you want another language, please send us an e-mail)
Guided Tour into Alcazar and Cathedral & Giralda
No queues
Pancho Tours will manage the purchase of tickets to the monuments
Not included:
Tickets to Alcazar (€9,5/adults – €2/retirees and students – Children under 16 Free)
Royal Chamber (€4.50 each)
Tickets to the Cathedral & Giralda (€9/adults – €4/retirees and students – Children under 16 Free)
Tips for the guide (not mandatory)
Food or drinks
Extras
Please note: if your group are 8 or more people, there will be an extra charge of €1 per person per monument for the headsets (mandatory into monuments and charged by their staff), to be paid directly to the guide at the entrance.
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by Oasis Backpackers Hostels | Seville Activities
Tapas and Flamenco Tour
On the Tapas and Flamenco Tour we will take you to all the spots you need to go to experience the culture of southern Spain. Enjoy some tapas in some of the best tapas bars in town and then we will take you to watch a spectacular Flamenco Show! We take you for free, you only pay for what you eat and drink! We meet every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday at 8pm in reception.
