Fave Properties: Palacio Bucarelli

28 October, 2020
|In fave properties
|By Spain Savvy

Palacio Bucarelli in Seville is a very special place to spend your time in this magical city.  Located in the up-and-coming San Lorenzo district just off the Alameda, you will be immersed in residential Seville while still just a few minutes’ walk from the major monuments and city sightseeing highlights.  Bonus: one of our favorite tapas bars, Eslava, is just a stone’s throw down the street.

The palace has been carefully-restored from its original 17th century beginnings under the careful designs of renowned Seville architect Javier Betancourt.  In its most recent life, the palace was home to a private school. The building, which takes up an entire block of prime real estate, was once owned by Seville nobility and features prominent family heritage pieces rescued for the remodel – such as tapestries, furniture and artwork.

Palacio Bucarelli: Seville history comes alive

Antonio Bucarelli relocated with his family from Florence, Italy to Seville in the 16th century and quickly gained his fortune as a merchant in the New World.  He was a Spanish military officer, governor of Cuba, and Viceroy of New Spain (1771–1779) during the time of Spanish colonization of California.  The Queralt family (Counts of Coloma) later inherited the building from the Bucarelli’s through marriage, and there is even a romantic legend involving the poet Bécquer and one of the Coloma daughters, considered to be one of the most beautiful women in Seville, that you can feel come alive while staying at the palace.

This gorgeous Countess of Coloma would water the plants on one of the balconies while the poet Bécquer watched her from afar.  He composed a poem to honor her that would later make him famous.  This poem is memorialized in a corner of the interior patio of the palace as seen here:

Bucarelli inspired Bécquer
Bécquer’s famous poem at Palacio Bucarelli

The Dark Swallows Will Return

The dark swallows will return
to your balcony to hang their nests
and, once again, with a wing to its glass
playing, they’ll call;
but those that held back their flight
when contemplating your beauty and my bliss,
those that learned our names…
those… will not return!

Luxury Custom Services at Palacio Bucarelli

With this historic romanticism as a backdrop, the property also has top-notch luxury services that guarantee a most perfect stay.  In these post-COVID times, check-in and check-out are done entirely online – via Whatsapp – and you can even select what you would like for breakfast to be delivered to your door in a pretty basket at the time you wish.
Breakfast basket at Bucarelli
The complete & gorgeous breakfast basket at Palacio Bucarelli
Breakfast at Bucarelli
The breakfast at Palacio Bucarelli is carefully-prepared and delicious!

Spacious, well-appointed loft-style apartments at Palacio Bucarelli

We recently had the pleasure of staying in Room #8, a gorgeous loft-style apartment featuring a kitchenette, large bathroom, spacious living quarters and absolutely everything you would need for a comfortable stay:

The beauty is in the details

These shots of the grounds at Palacio Bucarelli speak for themselves!  There is an overall sense of peace and beauty in the common spaces, and the plunge pool is ideal for summer stays in Seville’s notorious heat.

Ready to book your stay in Seville at Palacio Bucarelli?  Spain Savvy is pleased to be able to manage your reservation and to provide you with a complete, personalized itinerary to make the most of your time in this enchanting city.  Contact us today!

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