Need a Spanish contact for bullfighting tickets

March 1, 2010 12:55 PM

I'm planning on going to the bullfights in Seville, Spain in April. All the best tickets go to the locals. Anybody have any thoughts about how I could accomplish this?

Here is the reservation form. It requires a name, ID number, phone numbers and email (as well as which seats requested). I have PayPal.

(Apologies in advance to those who are offended by bullfighting.)

posted by vizsla to Travel & Transportation around Sevilla, Spain (4 answers total)

I did this in Madrid a few years ago and I just showed up at the ring half an hour before the match and bought tickets at the gate. Are you sure you can't do this in Seville?
posted by PercussivePaul at 1:00 PM on March 1, 2010

Response by poster: PercussivePaul: I am only mildly confident I can do this in Seville. It is the time of the Seville fair and its a very popular season. The other thing is that all the good seats go to the locals and the cramped sunburnt seats go to the outsiders.
posted by vizsla at 1:12 PM on March 1, 2010

Having done the cramped sunburnt thing in April in Seville, I feel for you. I bought on the day in good time and proceeded to spend my time in the blazing sun having to shield my eyes. I got headache which I only managed to shake with a few glasses of manzanilla in a nice cool bar. Definitely worth booking ahead.

Google sez you can buy your tickets from the bullring (Tel: [phone]) or at Empresa Pagés, C/Adriano (Tel:[phone]). Good luck.
posted by MuffinMan at 1:26 PM on March 1, 2010

Your title and your question don't exactly match. If you're really looking for a Spanish resident to use their name/ID, etc, to buy you tickets, you should probably either look for a Spanish friend of a friend, or perhaps try asking on a Spanish couchsurfing group.
posted by Salamandrous at 7:04 AM on March 2, 2010