Forget the orange trees. They may smell good, look pretty and yield some tasty marmalade, but in the end Seville is all about shoes. Indeed, it's the number one reason for any self-respecting Imelda Marcos to visit this ancient, Moor-designed city. The shops are innumerable, the styles completely contemporary and the prices extraordinary reasonable. Fashionable hoofers will especially want to check out the leather boots in the boutiques along and between Calle Sierpa and Velázques Tetuán.

Seville is an eminently walkable city, so you don't have to sacrifice quality to be near the tempting array of innovative sandals, flats and pumps. Which means you might as well stay at the Moorish-influenced Hotel Alfonso XIII, the finest lodgings in the city. It's about a ten-minute stroll from the goods. For more modern digs, check out Hotel Casa Romano, a brand-new, four-star boutique hotel smack in the center of the city.

As for nutrition, the city's wide variety of tapas bars can keep even the most lackadaisical shopper going. But one word of advice: Siesta. It's strictly observed here between the hours of 2:00 and 5:00 p.m. If you couldn't tear yourself away from the last boutique on Sierpa in time, don't worry. Just head to the nearby Horno de San Buenaventura on Avenida de la Constitución, one of the rare cafés that stays open, and refuel for a new round of cobblestone-tapping.