I booked my flight to Seville and am looking for recommendations for budget-friendly lodging from May 6-May 13. I've been on booking.com, hotels.com, and a general search. Not much showing in my price range (up to $50 a night - less would be best).
Also, I don't see an option to do a search on the forum. Is there a way to look for specific info?
Thanks much!
Theresa
The search box can be found if you click on the 5 horizontal bars on the left side of the header.
Have you also researched via the National Geographic website? JourneyWoman website?
I checked with Trivago just now for your proposed dates in May. The lowest price currently listed is $86/day.
Post-pandemic it has been very difficult to find hotel rooms anywhere in the popular cities of western Europe at that price. Maybe a single room in a youth hostel?
If this is your first trip to Seville, you may not be aware of how hot it can get in May. Pay attention to what reviewers say about the air conditioning in the lodgings you're considering.
Use the pull-down box at the right, just above the graph, to change the year displayed for a fuller picture.
Ah - just found the search bar.
@Claudio - I was on the Journey Women site, but don't see options for lodging.
Thank you for your replies, and for the link to the forecast. I did a search before booking to check the projected weather, and only came up with 22-25C - perfect for me. Hoping it doesn't reach the 35C that Seville had last May.
Monthly averages only take you so far; it's the extremes you need to worry about. I think you really need to look at daily stats for recent years to have a hope of knowing what you're getting yourself into. For winter travel (not your issue), there's also a tendency for travelers to see an average high temperature and subconsciously interpret that as what they'll experience if they're lucky. In actuality, that high temperature will only show up for a very, very few hours a day in the winter. It will probably be much colder most of the time.
Sometimes, if you look at the fine print, monthly averages are based on periods that ended 10 or more years ago. Given how weird weather has gotten, stale averages can be especially misleading. The last few times I've looked at a climate chart in a city's Wikipedia entry, the time range extended to 2020, which isn't bad. Maybe they've updated them. Previously, I was seeing averages that excluded all years after 2010 or even after 2000; those were pretty useless.
Theresa, if you don’t mind staying in a hostel, I will say that I enjoyed my stay at the TOC Hostel in Seville but that was in 2015. So, my experience isn’t very recent. See if this interests you. At the time, I stayed in a dorm room for economy sake. Looks like they have private rooms though.
Thanks Linda. I don't mind staying in the hostel in a private room, and have many times - sometimes they're just as nice, or even better than a hotel. TOC look nice, but they're charging nearly $1500 for the week, which is way beyond my spending plan.
@acraven - thanks for the add'l info. Hard to know what the temps will be, these days. So unpredictable. My flight is booked, so will go prepared, knowing it could get pretty toasty! Hopefully, not as hot as last year!
Quite some time ago, I stayed at Pension Dona Trinidad at 7 Archeros. It was very conveniently located and had AC. It looks like it is actually in your price range if you can get a single room and about $70/night for a double room.
Unfortunately even hostel shared rooms are often $50/night. We are traveling in April and Budapest was the only city where we found a single room in a hostel for your budget. Madrid and Segovia we are paying $65/70 a night for rooms at the edge of the city historic district. I looked for rooms in Seville last year and was surprised at prices in the Triana area. Keep searching the various web sites and hopefully something will pop up. Look at Hostelworld.com for their options. We like the social aspect of hostels if not notorious for heavy parties. Seville is a wonderful place to visit.
Thanks CD in DC - checked the hostel, they're booked for my dates, but will keep an eye on it. I did book a room at the Hostal Jenoft - more than I want to spend, so will keep looking, but at least have a back up.
Raquet588 - Also looking on airbnb. Fortunately, I have almost 3-months, before my trip, so lots of time to look.
Theresa, the TOC hostel dorm rooms were 62€ per night in the female 6 bed dorm and looked available for your nights in May. You may find that accommodations book early.
Hi Linda,
Thanks for your follow-up message. I prefer to stay in a private room, hence the add'l charge. (-:
