FEARS are growing of Sevilla becoming a ghost town due to a surge of tourist apartments ‘kicking out locals’.
It comes as it was revealed this week that an iconic area of the city is now home to zero residents.
Plaza del Molviedro was once the lively and beating heart of Sevilla in the 16th and 17th centuries, filled with prostitutes, sailors and adventurers from the New World.
However today, it is home to literally no one after being completely occupied by the four-star Vincci Molviedro Hotel and its adjacent Molviedro Suites Apartments.
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The firm’s hotel and flats take up more than 4,500sqm, to which is added a restaurant, whose terrace spreads onto the square.
The only building to not be turned into short-term accommodation is the Chapel of Mayor Dolor, reports ABC, which houses the brotherhood of Jesus Despojado.
It means that when there are no tourists visiting, the area, in the neighbourhood…
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