I stayed at the hotel adjacent to the stadium, which was boring but extremely convenient. The route took on some old and new town and overall was excellent, with mainly Tarmac and minimal cobble stones which were not an issue for me.
Excellent goody bag, realistic price, brilliant cheap public transport and a fun before and after pasta party.
Once I have done other Marathons in my todo list I will definitely be back.

I'm very positive about this marathon:
- The course is flat and very fast
- Well organized during the race (that is the most important part)
- Nice finish in the Olympic Stadium
- City is beautiful and you see (almost) all of it during the race
- Cheap to compete (¬21) and a nice running shirt and shorts for free

Small down sides:
- The expo was in a distant part of the town, not easy to get there
- All the communication is in Spanish (!)
- few people speak English, but they are very helpful

Certainly will do this one again!

The city and the course lived up to all expectations. Throw in perfect weather conditions and you could not find a better place to run in the Spring.
Out on the course, cyclists were an annoyance. I have no problem with them encouraging friends but not when they get in the way of competitors. This aspect needs to be tidied up.
It proved impossible to get transport, taxi or bus, back to my hotel after the marathon. I had no choice but to walk the whole way back to the city centre. Surely a bus could have been laid on or a taxi rank established near the stadium.
As regards picking up my bag after the race, they would need to have printed large numbers to stick on the bags that are easy for the volunteers to read. It took an eternity for bags to be identified.
All that said, I would highly recommend Seville and it was a great trip.

As this was my first maraton - i have notning to compare with - but overall for me it was a great experience . The spectators on route were brilliant - the organisation fine. The route was flat and tolk the runners along some very nice parts of Sevilla - there were plenty water stations - and all staff very helpfull. Very good atsmosphere - I will come again.

I ran this with some members of my Running club, I found the course pancake flat, the raceday organisation was good, started from the back though! Weather started cold and got quite hot which is difficult. Expo organisation and layout a bit odd, they seemed to have a multi queue system. Some parts of the course are a bit bereft of support, near the end especially before you hit the stadium - otherwise a really fine race - would do again. Goody bag and race pack are amazing value for money.

Sevilla 2012 my first marathon, really enjoyed the experience from bib pick up to finish. Expo is small but bag had many good things in it, T shirt, shorts, magazines, pistachio, stands selling value for money gear. The race day was made easy by well organization, being my first marathon I don't have other to compare to but everyone seemed enjoying. Good support from the local around the course, water, oranges, sponges and sport drinks were plentiful and towel, medal, food & drinks at arrival. Would definetly do it again.

This was my first marathon and I really don't expect to partake in another so well organised and such good value for money. Bib pick-up, the expo, the start (although if you want to run a PB get towards the front of the pack!) and being funnelled out after the race...all exceptionally organised. Goody bag was awesome....bib, shorts, socks, magazines, pistachio nuts! Medal, towel, goody bag with drinks and food after the race...water, powerade, oranges and sponges during the race....stadium start and finish. Great experience, with only the heat (crept up to around 21c during the race) a negative....thanks to all who helped organise the marathon and to those who cheered along the route!

Sevilla was my first ever marathon, I'm an American that now lives in the South of Spain. I was not going to leave a review until I had something to compare it to.
Having just run Berlin I can say I prefer Sevilla. I ran faster in Berlin but that marathon is too big and too corporate.
Sevilla does not have the big crowds but it does all the little things right.
-A nice shirt, shorts, and a free bag for a very low entry fee.
-It has a small town grass roots feel, volunteers put a towel on you when you finish, take the chip off your shoe for you.
-Water bottles vice cups was nice on the course as were the orange slices. I also liked the course which is a loop and does not have too many turns. I'll be running it again and hopefully continue to get faster.

I've run 10 previous marathons including some of the biggest on both sides of the Atlantic. This race capped them all in terms of organization, facilities for runners, value, etc. For a race entry of 20, there was lunch for participants and 1 friend on the day prior to and day of the race including soft drinks/beers. The race pack included running shorts and vest. The post-race food bag was enough to feed a small army with again more beer/soft drinks being served if you wanted. There were drinks around the course every 2.5K, and energy drinks every 5K. The course is very flat and fast, the only slow part being the start getting out of the stadium. There are proportionally much more faster runners here than any other marathon I've done. More than 10% finished sub-3 and the cut-off is 5 hours. The city is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe and makes for a lovely weekend break. It was my first sub-3 so this will always be a memorable race for me.

This was my 160th marathon overall and I was very surprised that after 36 years (this was 37th), they hadn't learned how to be efficient in giving out the bib numbers (it was a bad - really bad). And the start was the worst I've ever encountered in any marathon. The course was very nice, so it made me forget the expo and the start experience.
I am from Spain, living in the USA for a long time, and I was very surprised how rude the Spanish runners were. The organization should use the same method to give the bib as they used to check the bags. They should assign lines by bib numbers and start by corrals. They should allow the runners to be ready 10 to 15 minutes before the gun - not one minute before - to avoid the pushing.

Overall, I had a good experience, and the very flat course is great for a PR.