Andalucia is the southern
region of Spain and is made up of the eight provinces of Huelva,
Sevilla, Cordoba, Jaen, Cadiz, Malaga, Granada and Almeria. There
are airports at Almeria Malaga Seville Gibraltar Jerez Granada
& Cordoba. Malaga
Airport is 5 miles west of the city of
Malaga and is the main flight path for millions of people arriving
on the Costa del Sol each year. There is a wide selection of
bars and restaurants, bank cash points, postal and Internet services
for passengers. There is also a pharmacy and a children's play
area. However there is no left luggage facility. There is a half
hourly train service to Malaga City and Fuengirola from the front
of the main Terminal. There is also a half hourly Airport Bus
and an Airport Coach Service from outside the Terminal hall to
Malaga city centre. There are always plenty of Taxis waiting
for passengers. The Spanish
railway network is run by the state owned
company RENFE (www.renfe.es). International trains from France
terminate at either Madrid or Barcelona. From there you can catch
a train to many of the cities in Andalucia, including Huelva,
Sevilla, Cadiz, Jerez, Sevilla, Algeciras, Malaga, Cordoba, Granada,
Almeria, Linares / Baeza. There are various ferry companies and routes
to choose from, depending on your base. You can either drive
to the Spanish port and park your vehicle to embark as a foot
passenger, or take your vehicle across to explore further within
Morocco and North Africa. The general procedure is to turn up
and await the next ferry, with the exception of the Cadiz-Canary
Islands route for which a cabin or seat needs to be booked.
Jerez De La Frontera is about 20 miles
from the port of Cadiz, close to the Atlantic Ocean.
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Jerez de la Frontera is best known for its sweet wines (due to the high
sugar content of he grapes) named after the town, which the British
pronounced "sherry". September is a special month in
Jerez . It is time for wine harvest and celebrating. Jerez is
also famous for fine horses, singers and flamenco dancers. Famous
sherry names include Sandeman, Harvey, Domecq, Gonzalez Byass.
Many bodegas offer guided tours of their cellars & sampling
of the wine. The town is beautifully laid out with wide streets
and squares, an 11th century Moorish fortress has been partially
restored, a church which was originally built by the Arabs as
a mosque and the Cathedral del Salvador. Jerez is the best place
to witness the art flamenco dancing. Frontera refers to it once
being a border between the Moorish and Christian regions of Spain.
Jerez is also home to the motorsport race circuit Circuito Permanente
de Jerez home, a destination for the Formula One teams for off-season
testing. Jerez De La Frontera has its own airport. |