Jerez and Sanlucar

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This was the starting point of a three week trip around southern spain.

Theres not actually much in Jerez but its a cool little place, ideally placed for visiting places such as Arcos de la frontera ,Cadiz and Sanlucar.
Obviously there are sherry places to see and horse shows, but my favourite thing was the weather and sitting on the steps of the orange patios near the alcazar with a bottle of red and watching the sunset with my book.

I visited Sanlucar for a day and did the sherry tour in a place in spanish cos i had missed the english tour, didnt get a word but it was very aromatic! the hall with the barrels was like the Dwarf hall in lord of the rings.

i then got ready to go to Cadiz for two days only to discover that i had actually booked a hotel in Sanlucar!!!

As it turned out though the hotel was lovely with courtyards and a great rooftop patio.

There was a great Tapas bar and i enjoyed the supermarket and sitting on the beach, great ice cream too!

Sanlucar was very small but nice, worth a nights stop over.

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Photos

jerez
Tio Pepe, iconic symbol.
in the end i idscovered i didnt actually like Fino compared the Manzanilla from Sancular, there is a massive one of these symbols in Madrid and also the weather vane over the Tio Pepe Bodega is in the same style

jerez
this little fella stitched my shoe which had gone at the front, brand new karrimors! wanted 2 euros, gave him 3.quality work

jerez
the fella behind Tio pepe etc behind the cathedral, loved the climate!

jerez
this was oct and it was 30c!

jerez
went on the Sandeman sherry tour which was cool, although you could just do tastings seperately

jerez
the cathedral from the orange trees outside the Alcazar

jerez
Sandeman bodega, very good tasting with a cute guide

jerez
the tio pepe weather vane at the Tio pepe bodega

jerez sunset
my fav part of Jerez was getting a bottle of wine and reading outside the Alcazar while the sunset.magic

sanlucar
this garden was a cafe in the garden of the house of the duke of medina, gorgeous,nice coffee too!