How do I get from the airport to Seville?

San Pablo Airport (SVQ) is small. One terminal, one baggage belt for most flights, and you'll walk into 36°C heat within 15 minutes of landing if you arrive in summer. The taxi rank sits to your right as you exit arrivals on the ground floor. Seville's airport taxis are white with a diagonal yellow stripe, and the fare to the center is fixed by the Junta de Andalucía at around €23 weekday daytime (roughly $26), rising to €25-31 on nights, Sundays, and public holidays. That rate covers any address inside the SE-30 ring road. Santa Cruz, Triana, Arenal, Macarena, Nervión. The ride to the Cathedral quarter takes 15 minutes in light traffic, closer to 25 during the 8-9am or 2-3pm rush. Don't negotiate the fare. The tariff is posted at the taxi stand.

The EA airport bus (Línea Especial Aeropuerto) costs €4 one way, about $4.60. It departs every 20-30 minutes from roughly 5:15am to 1:15am, stops at Santa Justa railway station, and terminates at Plaza de Armas beside the Guadalquivir. The full ride takes about 35 minutes. Plaza de Armas puts you a 10-minute walk from the Cathedral and 15 minutes on foot from most Santa Cruz hotels. The bus has luggage racks and air conditioning, which you'll appreciate when the dry Seville heat has been sitting above 35°C all afternoon. Buy your €4 ticket from the driver with cash or card. Mind you, the bus won't drop you at your hotel door. If you're dragging two suitcases through Santa Cruz's tight lanes, where the stone pavement dips and the whitewashed buildings almost touch overhead, the taxi's €23 starts looking like the smarter spend.

Skip the private transfer counters inside the arrivals hall. They quote €40-60 for the same 10 km the fixed-fare taxi covers at €23. Cabify works in Seville and tends to price close to the taxi fare for the airport run, though you'll need mobile data to request a pickup. The app sees more use here than Uber, which has faced regulatory friction across Spain since 2019. If you land after 1am when the EA bus stops running, the taxi rank still operates 24 hours. SVQ catches visitors off guard in one way. There is no rail connection to the city. No train platform, no metro extension. The EA bus and taxis are your only fixed-route options from SVQ. To be fair, the €23 taxi fare is low by European airport standards. Rome's Fiumicino fixed fare runs €55, and Barcelona's El Prat taxi costs about €39.