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Much of the province's landscape is dominated by one of Spain's most important rivers, the mighty Guadalquivir which dominates the city of Seville and provides an excuse for the spectacular ancient and modern bridges which criss-cross the river.
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The National Park at the North of Seville Province, Sierra Norte Natural Park, is superb walking and cycling country with lots of marked-up routes to follow.
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The largest town in the Sierra Norte Natural Park is Constantina. It was originally a Celtic settlement and an important Roman town. At the 14th century Mudéjar church, the Iglesia de la Encarnación, you can see a spectacular tower and the Puerta del Perdón which was designed by Hernán Ruiz who was the architect of the Giralda Cathedral in the centre of Seville.
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Carmona was an important Roman city and the Puerto de Sevilla leads you through to the historic old part of the city. Inside the wall is a maze of narrow streets. The Plaza San Fernando is dominated by Moorish style buildings. The castle at the top of the village contains a palace which was built by Pedro the Cruel.
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At Santiponce you will find the ruined settlement of Italica, one of the Roman Empire's most important cities, with a huge amphitheatre and well-preserved mosaics.
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The village of Estepa is famous for two different reasons. Firstly, it is renowned for the biscuits known as polvorones and mantecados and people visit the town at Christmastime especially to buy them. Secondly, there was a mass suicide 2,200 years ago, when in 208 BC Roman invaders found that the entire population had torched their homes and killed themselves rather than be ruled by the Romans.
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