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The Guadalquivir, river port
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GETTING THERE
Seville, considered one of the great European cities with regards to an urban setting that blends with surrounding rural communities, is today the best communicated city in Spain. Endowed and strategically situated, Seville is the last great metroplis of Southern Europe.
Characterized by varied and efficient accessibility, Seville has not only become a tourist destination, but also the best equipped port in all of Andalusia.
The Guadalquivir River hosts a first class port, the only interior port in Spain. It supports intense traffic from tourist cruises as well as regular commercial shipping lines.
The Santa Justa Train Station, built by Seville architects, Cruz & Ortiz, have received various European awards. This station serves as an important hub for connections between the Andalusian capital and all of the Autonomous Regions of Spain and Europe. Major train lines from Madrid, Malaga and Granada converge here. The AVE, (high speed train) provides service to Madrid in just two and a half hours. A trip to Cordoba takes only 40 minutes.
The construction of a new rail line network has proven to be crucial in decongesting the historical center which had become completely asfixiated by the unrelenting growth of traffic.
The new San Pablo International Airport, built by internationally acclaimed architect, Rafael Moneo, is located just 10 km from the city center. It was designed to receive some 8 millions travelers per year and offers regular flights to all major European and Spanish capital cities.
Renovated highway and access roads and rapid beltways provide precise connections to all neuralgic points of the city and its surroundings. Seville has now become one of Spain's best connected cities by road, with highways connecting all Andalusian capitals as well as Madrid and Portugal.
Telecommunication infrastructures within the metropolitan area of Seville have witnessed spectacular advances, as shown by certain installations within the city: the Satelite Communication Center in Carmona, the Digital Network of Integrated Systems of Spain (Cartuja), the Cellular Phone Base Station, the Videoconference Control Center and the Center of International Communications of Pineda, which features four operating units.
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