I want to review this hotel first-hand. That is the short version. The longer version is that Thompson Seville just opened in Seville. It reads like a property built for the way I travel. Thompson is the brand Hyatt uses for hotels with a strong sense of place. Seville gives it plenty to work with. The hotel sits in a Modernist landmark on Plaza de la Concordia. It has 101 rooms, a rooftop pool, and a restaurant run by one of Andalusia’s oldest restaurant families. I have not stayed there yet. I have not walked the courtyard or ordered a sherry at the rooftop bar. This is a first look, not a verdict. But when a hotel gets this many details right on paper, I want to test it in person.
Hyatt announced the opening on November 9, 2026. The hotel is taking reservations now through Hyatt. It is the Thompson brand’s first hotel in Andalusia and its second in Spain, following Thompson Madrid. Seville is Spain’s fourth-largest city. It also holds three UNESCO World Heritage Sites. That is a lot of history to live up to, and Thompson picked the right building to do it in.
A Modernist Landmark on Plaza de la Concordia
Thompson Seville occupies La Gavidia, one of the few examples of Modernist architecture in Seville’s historic center. The address is Plaza de la Concordia, 41002 Seville. You are in the middle of the old city, not on its edge.
The conversion was led by Carlos Llansó of Exacorp One and Mario Ronquillo of Estudio 2RDIP. They kept the building’s architectural character and adapted it for hotel use. Interior design came from Jorge Lozano and the team at Proyecto Singular. The palette runs ochre, copper, earth, and carmine. Natural materials, handcrafted details, latticework, and native vegetation carry through the patios and public areas. They continue into the guest rooms and terraces. Light and shadow do a lot of the work here, and that feels right for Seville.
Art is woven through the hotel, not hung as an afterthought. Luisa Olazábal’s studio curated a collection for the restaurant, lobby, reception, corridors, and guest rooms. It includes work by Jorge Parra, José Cháfer, and Kepa Garraza. Agustín Esteso, Laura Alandes, Nanda Hagenaars, and Daniel Esteban are in the collection too. Macarena Gross, Miguel Gómez Losada, María Morenés, and Marta Bermejo round out the list. The pieces run from murals and sculpture to photography and portraits. The themes are light, memory, architecture, and Andalusian identity. A hotel that commissions local art at this scale is telling you how it wants to be understood.
There is also room to gather. The hotel offers 240 square meters of flexible meeting and event space across four rooms. An interior courtyard and integrated audiovisual technology complete the setup. It plans a rotating calendar of art, music, gastronomy, and cultural programming, built to bring travelers and locals together. That is the kind of thing that keeps a hotel from feeling like a lobby with rooms attached.
The Rooms
Thompson Seville has 101 guest rooms and suites, designed as residential-style retreats. Warm materials and natural textures set a calm tone, with subtle references to Andalusian character throughout. The range runs from city-view and deluxe rooms up to terrace suites and the signature Thompson Suite. In fact, select rooms have private terraces with views across Seville’s historic skyline.
The rooftop fitness center is built into the hotel’s outdoor spaces, with panoramic views of the city. It is a small detail, but a gym with a view gets used more than a gym in a basement. That matters on a trip where you are eating as well as you will be eating here.
Dogs and cats are welcome, which I always note. The pet fee is 50 euros per night, with an 8-kilogram weight limit and one pet per stay. Pets cannot be left unattended in the room, and dogs are not allowed in the dining areas. If you travel with a small dog, this is a workable setup.
Still, I keep coming back to the residential idea. A hotel room that feels like a place to live for a few days, rather than a place to sleep between outings, changes how a trip feels. That is the pitch here, and it is the same instinct behind restored village hotels like Chapter Chianti in Tuscany. The building does the talking, and the rooms get out of its way.
Casa Mayo and the Food
Food is the heart of this hotel. Casa Mayo is the signature restaurant, created with Grupo Manolo Mayo, a family-run Andalusian restaurant group whose roots date to 1963. Hyatt’s own page puts it at more than 60 years of expertise. That is not a pop-up partnership. That is a family handing over its name. Mayo Sevilla, the group’s beloved local restaurant, closed its existing location to reopen inside the hotel as Casa Mayo.
The menu draws on seasonal ingredients and traditional Andalusian recipes. The dishes I want to try first are the signature tomato salad, the rice specialties, and the cuts of almadraba bluefin tuna. Almadraba tuna is caught with an ancient trap method off the Andalusian coast, and it is one of those ingredients that tells you where you are with one bite.
Architect Pablo Baruc designed the restaurant around ceramics, wood craftsmanship, and glasswork, with references to La Gavidia’s Modernist heritage. The layout runs a central bar, a wine cellar, an open kitchen, a light-filled courtyard, and a dining room. A terrace overlooking Plaza de la Concordia sits beneath a magnolia tree. Casa Mayo has its own street entrance, so it welcomes locals as well as guests. A hotel restaurant that locals choose is always a better sign than a hotel restaurant that only serves guests.
The Lobby Bar and La Hora
The Lobby Bar covers the rest of the day. It serves specialty coffee, light breakfasts, Andalusian tapas, sharing plates, and cocktails built on local flavors. That means fino, manzanilla, and oloroso sherries, plus Seville oranges. Then there is La Hora, the hotel’s signature hour, held daily from 6 to 7 p.m. It pairs a rotating selection of chilled Jerez sherries with a seasonal bite. One hour, one sherry, one bite. That is a ritual I can get behind.
The Rooftop
Above the city, the Rooftop Bar and Pool is a relaxed daytime poolside retreat. At sunset it turns social. There is music, spritzes, chilled wines, and a casual menu designed for sharing. The Andalusian favorites on it are salmorejo, croquettes, gildas, shrimp fritters, and marinated anchovies. That is a menu built for a group, a sunset, and a second round. The pool is the daytime draw. As the sun drops, the bar takes over.
General Manager Olivier Rust put it simply. He said Seville is a city lived as much outside the home as within it. People gather over coffee, around a table, or with friends late into the evening. The hotel wants to feel part of that rhythm. The rooftop is where that idea becomes concrete. You go up for the view, and you stay for the company.
What It Costs and How to Book
Here is the honest part. I have not priced a live stay myself yet, and I have not slept in one of these rooms. A rate check in early October found rooms from 236 euros a night for World of Hyatt members. The public rate ran a few euros higher. Rates move with dates, so treat that as a starting point, not a promise.
Reservations run through Hyatt. World of Hyatt members, meanwhile, can book a member rate on eligible stays. The hotel is pet-friendly, the restaurant takes locals, and the rooftop is open to guests. That is a complete picture for a first look.
I have written about hotel openings in this same first-look style before. The Fairmont New Orleans and the Hard Rock Hotel Malta are two examples. The ones I remember are the ones where the building, the food, and the location all point the same way. Thompson Seville points the same way. Now I want to go and check my work in person.
