Yes. Aer Lingus (www. aerlingus. com) have just started flying direct from Dublin, on Saturdays and Tuesdays, making it the ideal destination for a long weekend.

So what's to see then?

The sights themselves are impressive . . . the cathedral, the Alcazar and the Giralda tower that dates from Moorish times. Then there's also the world-famous bullring, the Maestranza, where you can do a guided tour. This is the ring that featured in Bizet's Carmen and there's a statue of her across the road beside the river.

Indeed the river itself, the Guadalquivir, adds a whole other dimension to this city that Byron described as being "famous for its women and its oranges" because in spring and summer you can take a boat trip and get a perspective of the city from the water.

Overall though, it's the atmosphere of Seville that lingers . . . it's very hot here in summer and there is an undeniably Moorish/African feel to the place, especially in the old quarter, the Barrio Santa Cruz, with its tiny streets where restaurants spill out on to the pavement and tapas bars sit cheek by jowl (It's great for tapas . . . don't miss Bar Giralda, a former Moorish bathhouse. ) In late April the city goes wild for a week for Feria de Abril, its annual festival.

And accommodation?

Hotel Simon(0034 954 226660) is a reasonably priced gem, across the road from the cathedral. Casas de la Juderia (0034 954 415150) is pricier but wonderfully atmospheric and situated in the Barrio Santa Cruz.