Seville airport to city centre: bus EA or taxi

Seville airport (San Pablo) lies north-east of the city, and unlike Málaga or Madrid it has no train or metro. That keeps the choice simple: the EA airport bus or a taxi. The short answer: take the EA bus if you are travelling alone or as a couple with normal luggage – it stops at Santa Justa station and close to the old town. Take a taxi if you are three or four people, have a hotel deep inside the old town or land late: the fixed fare makes it easy to plan.

Seville airport to the city centre: the options

Times: taxi as pure driving time to the cathedral area based on OpenStreetMap, without traffic. TUSSAM does not publish a single journey time for the EA; it depends on the stop. Prices according to Aena, the airport operator, as of October 2026.

Bus EA: the airport bus

The EA (Línea Especial Aeropuerto) of TUSSAM, the Seville city bus company, leaves from the stop outside the terminal. In the city it serves:

• Santa Justa – the main station, for the AVE high-speed trains to Madrid, Córdoba and Málaga;
• San Bernardo – with a connection to the tram and the metro;
• Prado de San Sebastián – next to the Plaza de España and the María Luisa park, a short walk from the cathedral and the Santa Cruz quarter;
• Plaza de Armas – the bus station on the river, near the Museo de Bellas Artes and the Triana bridge.

According to TUSSAM, the line runs from about 4:30 in the morning until about 1:00, covering the scheduled flights, and at peak times up to every 12 minutes.

• Ticket: a single ticket costs €6, a return ticket €8, valid only on the day of purchase (as of October 2026, according to Aena). You buy it on board, at the airport stop or at TUSSAM customer service points; on all TUSSAM lines you can pay directly on the bus by bank card.
• Good for: hotels near Santa Justa, Prado de San Sebastián, the Plaza de Armas and in Triana.

The old town itself is largely closed to buses, so from Prado de San Sebastián or Plaza de Armas you walk the last part.

Taxi: fixed fare to the city

According to Aena, taxis between the airport and the city charge a fixed fare:

• €26 on weekdays (working days) from 7:00 to 21:00;
• €29 on weekdays from 21:00 to 7:00 and all day at weekends and on public holidays, as well as at certain times during Holy Week and the April Fair.

Taxis wait at the rank outside arrivals. Without traffic, the drive to the cathedral area takes about 20 minutes for 11 km. For three or four people, the fixed fare is about the same as the bus tickets – and the taxi gets closer to hotels in the narrow streets of the old town.

A pre-booked transfer is worth it for families with children who need car seats, for groups, or if you are going on to Cádiz, Jerez or the coast. Transfers from Seville airport^* can be booked with Welcome Pickups. Our article on when an airport transfer pays off compares the options for ten airports.

Which option suits whom?

• Alone or as a couple, hotel near Santa Justa or Prado de San Sebastián: the EA bus.
• Going on by AVE high-speed train: the EA bus to Santa Justa.
• Hotel in Triana or near the Plaza de Armas: the EA bus to Plaza de Armas.
• Three or four people, hotel inside the old town, late arrival: a taxi at the fixed fare.
• Family with small children, group: a taxi or a pre-booked transfer.

If you come from outside the EU, for example from the UK, set up mobile data before you land so you can check the route straight away – a travel eSIM for Spain^* (Airalo) is usually cheaper than roaming; our eSIM price index compares the prices per gigabyte.

On the day you leave

The EA leaves from Plaza de Armas and stops at Prado de San Sebastián and Santa Justa on the way to the airport; plan with a good buffer, as the bus takes longer in the evening traffic. If you have already checked out and fly in the evening, you can use luggage storage in central Seville^* (Radical Storage) while you see the Alcázar or the Giralda one last time.

How long to stay and what to see is in our article how many days in Seville.

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