Cavalta Boutique Hotel

Seville's grand hotels keep to the Cathedral side of the Guadalquivir. When Cavalta opened in 2023 it was the first of their class across the river, in Triana, the quarter of potters and flamenco. It took a corner of Calle San Jacinto, a pedestrian street running down to the bridge, in a house designed in 1924 by Ramón Balbuena y Huertas, a disciple of Aníbal González, then building the Plaza de España on the far bank. The pupil made the master's regionalist case at the scale of a house: exposed brick, wrought-iron balconies, and Sevillian tiles that answer the neighbourhood's potteries. Over one bed, red and white stripes run down a mustard wall to an arched, rust-red headboard, an awning brought indoors to shade it. On the roof, a small pool sits up a flight of steps among terracotta pots and striped loungers, looking over the rooftops of Triana rather than at the Cathedral, which is across the river with everyone else.

Recommended for anyone who would rather sleep in Triana than among the monuments, and for families, who have a two-room suite for up to five. For a balcony, book a Junior Suite or a Grand Deluxe. The Cathedral and the Alcázar are 1.7 kilometres on foot, which makes them a visit rather than the view. The rooftop bar, Alzali, opens at four with cocktails and live music, and on Fridays and Saturdays it keeps going until two. Downstairs, among the ground floor's columns, Balbuena y Huertas reworks Andalusian cooking. It is named after the architect, who a century on still has the ground floor.