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"Music, maestro"
In Seville the art of the guitar is very much alive, both in terms of master performers and master luthiers. It could not be otherwise in the city of flamenco.
Soundtrack for your walks
Strolling through Seville in search of guitar stores can be a doubly special experience. In fact, many street artists wrap the streets of the old town with guitar sounds. The quality of our luthiers and their wonderful stores complete this different shopping proposal.
The leitmotif of your route through the guitar stores can then be those chords that have been the theme of your experience in the city since you arrived.
That’s right, Seville takes you from the beginning into the art of flamenco, and of course, into the magic of its essential instrument: the guitar.
A city in love with the guitar
The International Guitar Festival is held every year in Seville, an event that pays tribute to this instrument with the presence of leading figures of the Spanish guitar, whether classical or flamenco. And of course, the Biennial of Flamenco, which brings together every two years the best guitarists of the flamenco scene.
Shopping with soul
At the end of this article we show you a selection of establishments that are worth visiting due to the quality of their products.
We warn you, it is very easy to fall in love with the guitars that these master craftsmen make in their workshops, and feel the urge to buy one of these items. Do not hesitate, you would not be the first person who in the middle of a trip succumbs to the magic of the guitar and learns to play with soul our most important instrument.
In the neighborhood of Santa Cruz you can visit the Casa de la Guitarra. A multifunctional space with the guitar as the thematic axis, a kind of interpretation center that has become the first guitar museum in Spain.
To keep in mind
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The first work for four-course guitar was published in 1546 in Seville by Alonso Mudarra.
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The Spanish guitar can be basically of two types: classical guitar and flamenco guitar.
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La Casa de la Guitarra was chosen in 2015 as one of the 10 best museums in Spain by TripAdvisor travelers
