Autumn Festival Jerez

In a city known for its fine wines and sherries, Jerez´s Autumn Festival is one of the citys most popular events of the year.

Hosted to celebrate the annual grape harvest, the famous Andalucian horses and the tradition of the flamenco dance, this celebration fills the town with music, dancing and street entertainment.
Boasting the best chalky soil for grape growing, Jerez is at the centre of the ´sherry triangle´ and produces some of the worlds best fortified wines. The Royal School of Equestrian Art is also based here, and the city is renowned for the quality and training of its horses.

Street entertainment including puppet shows, singers, dancers, theatre and a grand procession in honour of the Virgin de la Merced and the blessing of the grapes also takes place.

Contact details: Jerez de la Frontera Tourist Office, Alameda Cristina, Edif. Los Claustros, 11403, Jerez. Tel: 0034 956324747.

E-mail: turismoinfo@aytojerez.es

When: September,

Entrance:. Various.

Opening hours: Various but mostly evenings.

Getting there: Flights direct to Jerez or Cadiz.

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Things to do in Algeciras - Costa del sol

Algeciras is a port city in the southernmost part of Spain, near the city of Gibraltar. Algeciras, is the natural link between Europe and Africa and has played a decisive role in the history for both continents since remembers, Greek mythology has it that Hercules opened up the straits between the two continents, erecting the famous “Columns of Hercules”, one in Africa, Abyla (Djebel Muza), and the other at Calpe (Gibraltar).The modern harbor of Algeciras is one of the busiest in the world, with an amount of traffic to and from Africa. There is a regular ferry service to Tangiers (Morocco) and Ceuta.

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What to do in Algeciras

The city was to be an important port in the Arab world for more than six centuries, during this time the Christians attempted to capture it on several occasions, and after a brief period under Christian control it was destroyed in 1369 by the King of Granada, Mohamed V, who considered it impossible to maintain its defense. It fell into Christian hands for good in 1344, when it was conquered by Alfonso XI, known as the Righteous.


Tourism in Algeciras relies on beautiful beaches, where wind sailing and scuba diving are practiced. Algeciras is not only a locality in transit. Also it counts on multitude of tourist attractions to enjoy, in its streets we find, likewise, numerous places of interest, like the High Plaza, near the centre of the town, and where the pretty church of Our Lady of the Palm is found. The Moslem castle in Algeciras is found in the urban area of the locality and currently only remains are left, the visit is free. It has a municipal museum and boasts of the Fandango de Algeciras and its contribution to the world of flamenco.


Take a trip by train and visit picturesque Ronda, Jerez de la Frontera and Cadiz. The Algeciras train station is located 300 meters west of the port entrance. Many visitors in Algeciras plan to cross to Tangier, Morocco. Ferries leave every hour on the hour daily from 7am to 10pm and vehicles cannot be transported in stormy weather. The trip takes 2 1/2 hours. An express service that runs twice a day at 9am and 1:45pm and only takes 1 1/4 hours. In the beautiful surrounding area of Algeciras you find the Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, one of Spain's most ecologically outstanding areas and declared the first natural park in Andalucia in 1984. The park is famous for its spectacularly rugged landscape of cliffs, gullies, caves and gorges. The most impressive gorge is Garganta Verde, with its Griffon vulture colony and rocky walls that tower vertically for 400m.


Andalucía’s largest cave system is here also, the Hundidero-Gato with its biggest cavern measuring 4km long and an entrance of 60m tall. Close by, visit the Bay of Gibraltar. The bay is well known for Dolphin watching, with some of the highest concentrations of dolphins found in the Mediterranean. The sea around Gibraltar has a large number of ship wrecks providing great diving for experienced divers. From Algeciras, you can visit Tarifa, to see bird migrations, and Gibraltar, only several minutes by bus. El Rinconcillo beach is in close proximity to Algeciras; it is well equipped and provides all the necessary services. Algeciras has an annual average temperature is of 17º C and is one of the Spanish localities of Spain presumably with more hours of sun all year. Great to play golf at San Roque Golf Club Located 22km NE of Algerciras. Leave N340 (E-15) at junction 127 & follow signs to San Roque Golf Club, or Sotogrande Golf .Located 28km NE of Algeciras and Valderama Golf. Located 27km NE of Algerciras.

How to get to Algeciras


The closest airport is Gibraltar International Airport Code: GIB is less than twenty kilometers from Algeciras. Monarch Airlines fly to Gibraltar from both Luton and Manchester. They offer flights to Gibraltar and over the summer and during peak times the number of flights on offer increases. British Airways also have two flights per day, everyday, from Gatwick to Gibraltar.
By road the Carretera de Cádiz (E-15/N-340) runs from Málaga west to Algeciras. If you're driving south from Seville (or Madrid), take highway N-IV to Cádiz, then connect with the N-340/E-5 southwest to Algeciras.

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I love Gibraltar

Now you may not hear that said very often - but I really do enjoy a day in Gib! I wouldn´t choose to live there and, although I have lived in Spain for 14 years, I still sometimes crave a bit of Britishness. - Main Street Gibraltar is much like most main streets in England, and the shops are great. The BHS Home Store is a good one at the bottom of Main Street, and of course what sort of a high street would it be without M&S at the top end? From the Marks food store try the home made chocolate chip cookies and a great range of herbs and spices. All the summer stuff is in now too, and there is a great range of swimwear and sarongs for beachlovers. I always find that the cafés on Main Street are a bit of a rip-off, but if I go with my dad he insists on sitting there so he can watch the old soldiers parading up Main Street on a Saturday morning. If you want to make a day of it, go out on the dolphin boat from the Marina - it´s only about €20 each, and unlike many similar trips, you are guaranteed to see hundreds of dolphins, which swim into the Bay of Gibraltar as the warm water attracts them. And don´t forget a trip up the rock to see the apes. The last place I lived in the UK was Mansfield, and although this was no green, leafy suburb of Shakespeare´s England, it was very similar to Gibraltar (Apes and all!) Hmmm perhaps that´s why I feel so at home on the rock!