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Visit The Historic Town Of Jerez De La Frontera, Andalucia

"If I had a thousand sons, the first humanschool of equestrian art.On most days it is
principle I would teach them would be topossible to see here the stables, a
forswear thin potations and dedicatewonderful collection of carriages and
themselves  to  Sherry"training sessions. On Thursdays a
fascinating and perfected performance is
Shakespeare;  Henry  V,  part  IIgiven of an equestrian ballet. This fabulous
spectacle is set to Spanish music and
Jerez de la Frontera (prononced hereth,) isperformed  in  17th.  Century  costumes.
the Andalucian town from which the name
Sherry is derived. Along with two otherAlso to be included in your itinerary is a
nearby towns, El Puerto de Santa Maria andvisit to the Museo de Relojes.It houses one
Sanlucar de Barrameda, it is the only placeof Europ's most varied and interesting
in the world where sherry is produced.collection of working time pieces, a total
There is not a great deal of differenceof 300 in all, dating from the 17th. to the
between the wines of Jerez and those of El19th. Centuries.
Puerto, although the latter town does tend to
be particularly noted for its' amontilladosThere are two events year which make a visit
and finos. Sanlucar on the other handto Jerez extra special, the first takes
produces an entirely different wine as allplace in May when the annual Jerez Horse
the manzanilla, with its' distinctive, freshFair takes place. This marvellous spectacle
flavour,  is  produced  here.is one of Spain's oldest fairs and in the
middle ages attracted traders from all over
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Built on this bedrock of sherry and brandybiggest celebration of the year in Jerez.
production, Jerez has long been amongstStarting at the end of September, and
Spain's most commercially successfulcontinuing into October, the Fiestas
towns.The old Anglo-Andaluz sherry dynastiesinclude the veneration of the Patroness, the
still wield much social and economic powerVirgen de la Merced (24th September), and
here. The promotional slogan for the town isthe celebrations of the grape harvest,
"Jerez-Pura Andalucia" which embodies thewhich includes the Treading of the Grapes and
idealised images of this region such as richthe Blessing of the Must (the first wine of
land barons, grand palaces and largethe year). The day of the Patron San
estates, finely bred horses and fightingDionisio, is celebrated on the 9th of October
bulls, lively and passionate flamenco,and coincides with the International Horse
beautiful women and handsome men and ofWeek and the Great Horse Parade, which sees
course  much flowing  wine.over a thousand horses parading the main
streets of the town. Visitors can also go
A visit to Jerez has much to commend it asto watch the exciting horse races and the
there is much to see and do. First on mostCane and Lance Games. Needless to say that
people's agenda of course is a tour of one,there is the singing, dancing, colour and
or perhaps more, of the bodegas. Here yougaiety at the festivals that typically
can see sherry in production and get tocharacterises  Andalucía  and  its people.
sample it too. I have put a list of some of
the most important bodegas along with theirSo if you are holidaying in Andalucia then a
tour  details  at  the  bottom  of  the page.trip to Jerez will certainly add much to
your trip, particularly if you are there in
Another essential visit is to the RealMay or Sept./Oct.
Escuela Andaluza del Arte Ecuestra, or the



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