Doña Elvira Square

In the seventeenth century there was a famous playhouse on this site. And the popular Sevillian legend says that here was the house of Don Gonzalo de Ulloa, father of Doña Elvira, after whom the square is named, from Zorrilla’s «Don Juan Tenorio». Of not very large dimensions and with a square floor plan, the square is included in the most common tourist routes of the city, so it is frequented during the day by numerous groups of visitors, both domestic and foreign. Contributing to its charm are its exclusively pedestrian character, its angled accesses, as if by surprise, and a well-designed central area of flowerbeds, benches, fountain and orange trees that develops in its central zone. In addition, the square is surrounded by buildings with a distinctly Sevillian flavor, and in them are located restaurants, terraces and souvenir stores and crafts.