点评:Guided tour was definitely the best way to visit this amazing cathedral.
We met in the designated guided tour entrance which was along Av. De La Constitución. We booked the English tour at 15:30 and that would last for about 1.5 hours.
Nestor was our guide and met everyone outside. He was a great source of information throughout this tour, patient and also made sure all of our questions were answered.
The tour took a limited number of visitors and brought us into areas not accessible on the regular admission including the choir and the largest main altar in the world. The main altar was just amazing to see and it was even larger than the one we saw years ago at the cathedral primada in Toledo.
We also viewed one of the most famous occupants in the Cathedral, the monumental tomb to Christopher Columbus.
When the tour ended he also brought some of the group over to the entrance to the Giralda, bell tower, to climb the ramps all the ways to the top. Unfortunately by that hour it was hailing and pouring rain so it was difficult to take in the above views of Seville.
We did come back the next morning to partake in mass which took place before the general admission. It was a unique experience made even better with the accompanying choir with the organ. This was also the only time one could see the Chapel of Santa Maria de la Antigua before the curtains were drawn across the gate.
翻译:参加导览团绝对是参观这座令人惊叹的大教堂的最佳方式。
我们在指定的导览团入口集合,入口位于宪法大道(Av. De La Constitución)。我们预订了下午3:30的英语导览团,行程大约1.5小时。
我们的导游是内斯特,他在外面迎接了大家。他在整个导览过程中都非常博学,耐心解答了我们所有的问题。
导览团人数有限,带我们参观了普通门票无法进入的区域,包括唱诗班席位和世界上最大的主祭坛。主祭坛令人叹为观止,甚至比我们几年前在托莱多大教堂看到的还要大。
我们还参观了大教堂中最著名的“住户”之一——克里斯托弗·哥伦布的纪念陵墓。
导览结束后,他还带领部分团员前往吉拉尔达塔(钟楼)的入口,沿着坡道一路攀登到塔顶。可惜的是,那时已是冰雹倾盆,所以很难欣赏到塞维利亚的美景。
第二天早上我们又来了,参加了在正式开放前举行的弥撒。这是一次独特的体验,伴奏的唱诗班和管风琴更是锦上添花。这也是唯一一次能在圣玛利亚安提瓜小教堂大门拉上帷幔之前一睹其真容的机会。