In Seville, a Modernist Landmark Pours the Sherry
Hyatt’s 101-room Thompson Seville brings an Andalusian family restaurant, a rooftop pool and a daily sherry hour to La Gavidia, a landmark in the city’s historic center.
NEW YORK, NY – 11 NOV 2026: At six each evening, the lobby bar at Thompson Seville turns its attention to Jerez. A chilled sherry comes with a seasonal bite, and for the next hour there is a perfectly respectable reason to postpone whatever you meant to do before dinner.
Hyatt announced the opening of the 101-room hotel on Nov. 9. Set on Plaza de la Concordia in Seville’s historic center, it is Thompson’s first hotel in Andalusia and its second in Spain, after Thompson Madrid. Its address, La Gavidia, is one of the few Modernist landmarks in the old city. With a restaurant that opens onto the square and a bar on the roof, the building now gives visitors two good reasons to stop by even if they have a room elsewhere.
A Table Under the Magnolia
The hotel’s restaurant, Casa Mayo, is a collaboration with Grupo Manolo Mayo, a family-run Andalusian restaurant group whose roots go back to 1963. The menu makes room for the group’s signature tomato salad, rice specialties and cuts of bluefin tuna caught using the traditional almadraba method. On the terrace, tables sit beneath a magnolia tree overlooking the plaza. Inside, architect Pablo Baruc uses ceramics, wood and glass to bring warmth to a space arranged around a central bar, an open kitchen and a sunlit courtyard.
At sunset, attention shifts from the rooftop pool to the bar, with music, spritzes, chilled wines and a menu built for passing plates. There are shrimp fritters, marinated anchovies and salmorejo, the thick Andalusian tomato soup served cold. Downstairs, the lobby bar starts the day with specialty coffee and light breakfasts, then moves on to tapas and cocktails made with ingredients such as Seville oranges and fino, manzanilla or oloroso sherry.
A Building Worth Looking At
Carlos Llansó of Exacorp One and Mario Ronquillo of Estudio 2RDIP led the conversion, preserving La Gavidia’s Modernist character. Inside, Jorge Lozano and the team at Proyecto Singular used latticework, native plants and a palette of ochre, copper and carmine. As the sun moves, the latticework casts changing patterns of shadow across the hotel’s spaces.
The art rewards a slower walk through the building. Luisa Olazábal’s studio assembled a collection of murals, sculpture, photography and portraiture for spaces that run from the restaurant to the guest rooms. Artists include Macarena Gross, Miguel Gómez Losada, Nanda Hagenaars and Kepa Garraza.
Rooms range from city-view rooms to the Thompson Suite, with private terraces in select accommodations. There is also a rooftop fitness center, four event rooms totaling about 2,580 square feet and an interior courtyard. The hotel plans a rotating calendar of art, music and food events. In the meantime, there’s already a standing engagement in the lobby at six.