Do your homework! Go early, avoid bank holidays and fiestas, and don't be tempted with official looking guides and leaflets promising to skip the lines, jump the queues etc. We paid about just under 12 euros each, no queuing and had a lovely time wandering around this beautiful palace without a guide or audio guide. There is enough to read on the info panels and small free leaflet you can pick up on your way in. And if you do your homework before you go, you can always read a book (or go online) about this incredible place. We learnt a lot more being there and I'm still learning after our visit, especially about the tiles! When we first arrived in Seville the queues were horrendous, so we didn't bother as it would have wasted time when we could look at other places. We waited for New Year celebrations and 3 Kings eve parade and day to be finished, then went to the palace. NO QUEUES!

We pre booked tickets online to avoid long queues and paid extra to take the tour of the royal apartments upstairs. Your bags have to go through security screening again upstairs before you place them in the lockers (1 euro coin needed). You are then escorted round the apartments by a security guard whilst you are following an audio guided tour. This was very interesting and worth paying the extra fee for. After this we were free to explore the rest of the palace with a different audio guide and the vast gardens at our own pace. There is a cafe in the gardens serving drinks, ice creams akes and pastries which was reasonably priced. It is probably better to go in the morning as it ets more crowded through the day. this was a beautiful palace and the gardens were worth visiting even on a cloudy January day. Would definitely put this at the top pof your list of places to go.

Allow about five hours to see the Alcazar and gardens. If you want to see the upstairs part of the building I would advise booking it a couple of months ahead, at least, to make sure of seeing it. We booked online when we arrived in Seville on 26/01/20 but couldn't get booked for the upstairs visit. There is still plenty to see on the ground level, however, and the building is very beautiful.It is also heaving with visitors and an audio guide is essential to hear the history of each section. The gardens are also included in the entry price and they are well worth seeing, even though some parts are a little neglected.

We got there for 9.20 as the doors open at three 9.30 The prebooked visitors start to go in first, but we were in and paid by 9.40am. Huge queues when we came out around 12.30pm. One outone in basis, so very slow entry. Well worth a visit, although I couldn’t help comparing it to a very old version of topps tiles 😀

Visited the Real Alcazar in early March before the lockdown in Spain. I had booked entry tickets online prior to visiting to avoid the queues; I strongly recommend this to ensure you can visit as they appear to daily limit on visitor numbers. The palace itself is magnificent with all the decorative art with Koranic scriptures written all over. The colours are vivid as well. A very nice area are also the gardens as well. Being in spring time it was very pleasant to walk around in. Some atmosphere is lost because of the crowds but it didn’t detract from my experience. To get full justice, I would suggest spending at least 3 hours as it is a huge complex.

A visit to the Real Alcazar is essential if you visit Seville! The palace grounds are extensive and there is good signage, would strongly recommend using one of the audio tours the unit is 6€ and enables you to experience and understand many of the features of the building and grounds. We used one audio between the two of us which works very well. A hidden gem can be found in the gardens at the fountain of fame on the hour a 17th century water organ plays for a couple of minutes this organ is one of only 3 in the world! (#66 on the audio tour)

We visited here as a family of five, with kids ranging from 13 years old to 17 years old. Everyone enjoyed it and was impressed with the entire thing. It is a very interesting place with decorations and style of the Moors and the Christians. At several points in history, each were in charge of it. The gardens are a must see, quite spectacular up close and from a second story window. Walking into the admirals chambers where queen Isabella received Christopher Columbus after his second voyage to the New World was amazing! It is 100% worth going to this magnificent building, both for the art and for the history. We took a paid guided tour and it was worth it so that we could find out all of the interesting stories that you don’t get by looking at it alone.

Booked in advance online, definitely worth doing as long queues even in early January to get in if not pre booked. Breathtakingly beautiful, especially loved the gardens - less crowded. Paid for 6 of our family to have audioguide, only one of the six handsets really worked, and erratically at that, making us feel irritated in a space which is otherwise serene.

We visited in January, which was dry and sunny but cold. There was no queue but I imagine at peak times it would be very different. Entrance was 10 euro per person with some concessions. The audio guide is a good investment (6 euro) as the historical and architectural issues are clearly explained and are good at maintaining interest. It’s a fascinating set of buildings and gardens developed over hundreds of years by the Spanish Royal families. Even in January the gardens were also impressive.

The palaces are absolutely beautiful. The blend of the different ages can clearly be seen in the architecture and the Moorish section is particularly beautiful (see photos). The gardens are breathtaking and this time of year all the orange blossom is out so they smell amazing as well!! I would recommend doing a guided tour (we used apie) because there's a lot to see and without any explanation I think it wouldn't mean as much. Entry was 12.50 EUR which I think was pretty reasonable considering it took is about 3 hours to do it all.