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Table of Contents
Andalusia, a tourism universe...... 4
Andalusia, your Roots. Back to the origin...... 7
What is ’Andalusia, your Roots’?...... 8
Al-Andalus roots...... 10
Sephardic roots...... 12
Ibero-American roots...... 14
Andalusia, your Roots. The legacy of Al-Andalus...... 17
The remnants of Al-Andalus ...... 18
Andalusia, your Roots. Al-Andalus experiences...... 25
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Andalusia, a tourism universe
It is one of the most comprehensive tourism destinations in the world, as well as being considered one of the safest by visitors.
ndalusia offers an entire scaled-down its villages and deep-rooted traditions, A tourism universe, the defining feature attract visitors to our region each year, of which, is diversity. A variety reflected looking for a more rural form of tourism to perfection in amazing landscapes with where they can be in contact with contrasts that will enable tourists to enjoy nature, in places such as the White warm valleys such as the Guadalquivir, Villages in Cadiz, the Serranía de Ronda Bolonia beach, Tarifa (Cadiz). the highest peaks of the Iberian (Malaga), the troglodyte habitat of Peninsula, fertile hill ranges, stretches Guadix and Altiplano (Granada), the The Andalusian coastline, stretching of coasts barely touched by humans and Alpujarras in Granada and Almeria, the for more than 900 km and bathed volcanic rock formations such as the mining landscape of the Sierra Morena by the waters of the Atlantic and the Tabernas Desert, the only one of its kind in Jaen and the Sierra de Aracena in Mediterranean, offers beaches for all in Europe. A wealth of landscape and Huelva. Flamenco, horses and tastes, from vast sandy beaches and natural resources, with protected areas bulls are symbols of small coves to those equipped with of extraordinary ecological importance Here, visitors can enjoy activities such all the facilities and services required located in the region of Andalusia, such as trekking, climbing, paragliding, cycle- Andalusia that have to enjoy a perfect day out with all the as the national parks of Sierra Nevada and tourism, white water rafting or skiing transcended borders family. Many of them receive the Blue Doñana, home of the Iberian lynx. in the Sierra Nevada Ski and Mountain Flag Award for Clean Beaches in Europe Resort. Not to mention the fact that each year, making them the ideal place This valuable environmental heritage, Andalusia has the largest selection of to practice water sports such as surfing, together with the picturesque quality of golf courses in the whole of Europe. windsurfing or sailing.
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of Fine Arts in Seville, considered to be the second art gallery in Spain, the avant-garde Pompidou Centre and the Picasso Museum, both in Malaga. It is also the setting for highly renowned and prestigious cultural contests, that include all artistic fields and also festivals that reflect theopen and cheerful nature of the Andalusian people, such as Easter Week (the central theme of the Route of Passion), the Cadiz Carnival or the April Fair in Seville.
The historical, cultural and monumental Historic Centre of Cordoba, including Andalusian cuisine, based on wealth of Andalusia is in itself an the Mosque-Cathedral and the Jewish Mediterranean ingredients, has invitation to come and explore and Quarter; the Cathedral, Fortress and the gained international acclaim thanks it represents the identity of a land General Archive of the Indies in Seville; to the excellence of the products (with with a vast artistic legacy distributed the Archaeological Ensemble Dolmens It is one of the warmest numerous quality hallmarks) used by across the entire region. Archaeological of Antequera, the Caliphate City of regions in the whole of Andalusian chefs recognised with the sites, a fabulous Hispanic-Moorish Madinat Al-Zahra and the Rock Art of stars awarded by the Michelin Guide, architecture, castles and fortresses, the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Europe, with over 3,000 such as Ángel León and Dani García, in churches and monasteries, majestic Peninsula. hours of sunshine per the creation of innovative and cutting- mansions and immense industrial edge dishes but inspired by tradition. architectural works, all together form It is the birthplace of great artists and year and average annual The gastronomy is, therefore, extensive a hugely significant heritage, which writers such as Velázquez, Murillo, temperature of 16 ºC and imaginative, and the best way to has been recognised by the UNESCO, Lorca, Alberti, Juan Ramón Jiménez discover it is by trying small portions of with the following being included on and Picasso, among many others, as its gastronomy via tapas, a gastronomic the World Heritage list: the Alhambra, well as being home to some of the best trend that is popular in the entire Generalife and Albaicín in Granada; the museums in Spain, such as the Museum region.
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The relationship between what is purely tourism-related and the values that appeal to the senses that take us back to our origin, are the focus of this proposal, with the main theme being the Al-Andalus, Sephardic and Ibero-American cultures.
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What is ‘Andalusia, your Roots’?
The tourism initiative is aimed at markets seeking Moorish, Sephardic and Ibero-American tourism.
ndalusia, your Roots’ is a ‘Astrategic project developed by the Department of Tourism of the Regional Government of Andalusia, which goes beyond purely tourism aspects, by incorporating values and aspirations that Las Carabelas Dock in La Rábida. appeal to historical and family bonds, in short, to people’s origin. This innovative of Andalusia, to generate local project plans to develop and promote our initiative offers travellers the chance to employment and wealth, but also with products and tourism packages aimed at enjoy unique experiences related to their the aim of building bridges between It offers travellers the three strategic segments: tourism based ancestors, in a region like Andalusia, different communities and cultures opportunity to go back on Moorish heritage, Sephardic tourism which has always been an example of which, over the centuries, have left a and Ibero-American tourism. This is the coexistence and cultural pluralism. permanent mark on our region. to their origins, to their proposal that will be included in this ’roots’ Catalogue ‘Andalusia, your Roots’. This is an opportunity for development In order to attract tourists with created with a clear focus on historical, ancestral and deep-rooted The professional manual will offer over the business and tourism sector bonds with Andalusia, this pioneering one hundred experiences distributed
8 Andalusia, your Roots ¿Qué es 'Andalucía, tus raíces'?
Arab tea. Madinat Al-Zahra. across the entire region of Andalusia, kosher-friendly restaurants and attend been promoted in fairs, trade missions which will enable visitors to the concerts in Ladino; or visit places and FAMtrips and presented to agents region in search of their ‘roots’ to not related to such relevant figures such as This is a fabulous specialising in Jewish and Sephardic only enjoy tourism experiences with Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, among other opportunity for the tourism in the United States and Israel; heritage resources dating back to the sites. in the Hispano-American sector, in Al-Andalus period, but also take part business and tourism Argentina and to the Council of Arab in Al-Andalus cooking workshops and Presented in the Caliphate City of sector in Andalusia Ambassadors and Arab intermediaries. visit areas with clear Al-Andalus roots; Madinat Al-Zahra, recently declared It has also been presented to the World visit the Jewish Courters of Sephardic World Heritage Site by the UNESCO, Tourism Organisation, the Necstour Andalusia, with gastronomic visits to ‘Andalusia, your Roots’ has already Network and the European Parliament.
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Al-Andalus roots
Al-Andalus. adj. Of Al-Andalus or related to Moorish Spain.
Alhambra in Granada.
Andalusia has all the elements to be one tourism and a great opportunity for the Heritage Sites related to the Arab of the leading halal-friendly destinations According to the Al- tourism sector in the region of Andalusia, culture, such as the Mosque and the in the world. Andalus Observatory in a region with an identity marked by Caliphate City of Madinat Al-Zahra, both Islamic heritage. located in Cordoba, the Alhambra and Spain, it is estimated the Generalife in Granada or the Giralda alal/halal-friendly tourism, one of the that over one and a half Spain is one of the most highly-rated in Seville. These and other artistic H strategic segments of ‘Andalusia, destinations by Muslim tourists, treasures form part of the itineraries your Roots’, is a recent phenomenon that million Muslims now live particularly because it is the European included in the Routes of the Al-Andalus covers a series of activities related to the in Spain destination with the most significant Legacy, which cover the eight provinces lifestyle of Muslim travellers and which Hispano-Moorish heritage. And a in Andalusia, recalling landscapes, is having a growing economic impact large part of that monumental legacy traditions and flavours from times gone at a global level. This is a new model of is located in Andalusia, with World by.
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Muslim tourist. Alcaicería in Granada.
The tourism products offered to Muslim for Muslim tourists when organising Activities such as visits to bazaars and travellers by ‘Andalusia, your Roots’, holidays, which are normally group or The golden past of Al- marketplaces, Arab baths with relaxing also include services exclusively aimed family holidays. Andalus draws tourists massages, traditional music festivals at respecting the beliefs and religious and pottery workshops, enable Mus- practices relating to Islam. An example Halal cuisine, based on Islamic religious from mainly Muslim lim tourists to establish that bond with of this are the ’halal’ hotels, which do precepts, forms part of many other countries such as Saudi their roots, which has brought them to not serve alcoholic beverages; they tourism experiences in ‘Andalusia, your Andalusia. Without forgetting other more offer “halal-certified” menus; they Roots’, either as part of routes that Arabia, Bahrain, United personalised plans, which include routes offer prayer rooms; and, in general, a combine elements of heritage, nature Arab Emirates (UAE), across the numerous natural spaces in pleasant and welcoming environment. and gastronomy, by way of workshops Andalusia, nautical experiences, impor- In fact, the type of accommodation is or sampling events. An entire culinary Qatar, Iraq, Kuwait, Iran tant sporting events or shopping in the one of the most important parameters universe that inspires Al-Andalus cuisine. and Oman exclusive international designer stores.
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Santa Cruz District in Seville. Jewish Quarter in Vejer.
oday, the descendants of Spanish T Jews, the Sephardic Jews, represent Sephardic around one fifth of the global Jewish roots Andalusia was, for population. Hence the importance given centuries, a region that to this strategic segment, Sephardic Sephardic Jews. Jews from countries such Tourism, in the ‘Andalusia, your Roots’ Derived from the Hebrew Sepharad, as the United States, welcomed the Jewish project, promoting tourism products that Israel, Canada or Argentina community enable the origins of visitors’ ancestors place name originally identifying feel a special attraction to be discovered, who were forced to the Iberian Peninsula. towards Andalusia as a abandon the peninsula in 1492. They tourism destination. left, but their roots, their houses, their
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The Jewish presence is amassed in the form of monuments that possess an exceptional artistic value, such as the Cordoba Synagogue (one of the four preserved in Spain dating back to the medieval era), the Synagogue of Water in Ubeda and the Jewish Necropolis in Lucena, the largest Jewish cemetery ever excavated in Europe, dating back to the Medieval period. Not forgetting the Jewish gastronomy, traditions, legends and relevant characters such as the doctor and mathematician from Cordoba Maimonides, probably the most important Hebrew figure to have been Inside the Cordoba Synagogue. born on the Iberian Peninsula, with the permission of Hasday Ibn Shaprut.
In order to highlight the Sephardic districts and their places of prayer quarter in Cordoba (which forms part culture and heritage, attracting visitors remained in Andalusia. of the Historic Centre of Cordoba to return to the land of their ancestors, The Cordoba Synagogue inscribed on the World Heritage List), ’Andalusia, your Roots’ also offers Their historic traces are present in was built in 1315 based on Jaen and Lucena, known as the Pearl of interesting personalised proposals that the different routes designed for Sepharad. take into account particular features the Sephardic community: Large the characteristic Mudejar of this culture, in aspects such as Capitals, Western Andalusia and style of the period These three towns form what is known gastronomy. Tourists can enjoy concerts Inland Andalusia. They are the perfect as the triangle of Al-Andalus and in Ladino and take part in Sephardic arts opportunity to experience the Jewish they belong to the Sepharad Routes, and crafts and food workshops or Kosher influence in this region, by visiting a tourism initiative organised by the oil and wine tasting events, among many important sites such as the Jewish Network of Jewish Quarters in Spain. others.
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Archive of the Indies in Seville. Frescos in La Rábida Monastery.
ndalusia developed close A relationships with Ibero-America Ibero-American The General Archive of from the end of the 15th century, closely the Indies in Seville related to the Discovery of America and roots the subsequent trade activity that was is home to the most established between continents. Trade important documentary activities that resulted in bonds from the Many people from comings and goings on both sides of the Ibero-American. Andalusia emigrated source of the cultural ocean related to traditions, folklore, art or adj. Native of Ibero-America, a during the 19th century and commercial relations gastronomy. group of American countries that to the New Continent, intensifying their between Spain and the Huelva, Seville and Cadiz are the three formed part of the kingdoms of sentimental bonds that New World provinces in Andalusia that were most Spain and Portugal. still remain today with prominent during this historic period their descendants. which really was the Golden Age of
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fascinating landscapes of the Modern and Contemporary Ages of the two continents. Special mention must be given to figures of the distinguished adopted montillano, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Francisco Solano “the American evangeliser”, Diego Alvear y Ponce de León, the Gálvez family from Malaga, or José San Martín, a prime military leader in South America successfully achieving Independence and he had a prominent Inside a winery. role in the Battle of Bailén against the Napoleonic troops.
Andalusia. In 1492, Christopher Gateway to America; The Atlantic Ports These cultural, linguistic, religious and Columbus set sail from the Port of and Explorers, viceroys and indianos. family ties form a heritage reflected Palos in Huelva to discover America. Itineraries that will enable visitors to Cordoba is one of the in ‘Andalusia, your Roots’, creating In 1503, Seville became the head of admire the Andalusian Mudejar works most repeated names a complete tourism offer, managed the commercial monopoly with the of art (first art of Columbian America), by experts that will help travellers New World, since it was there that the Andalusian cathedrals such as those in countless towns and explore their “roots”. It also includes Casa de la Contratación de Indias was in Seville and Jaen, which had a great cities of America, such monumental itineraries for travellers to established, an institution that moved influence on the religious architecture of discover the very best of architecture to Cadiz in 1717. America, and beautiful Baroque alcoves, as Cordoba in Veracruz, with Hispano-American influences, with the background echoes of flamenco Mexico or Cordoba in visits to wineries and to Spanish ‘Andalusia, your Roots’ proposes five music influenced by the comings and Fighting Bull farms, gastronomic routes routes that include the following goings from and to the Americas. Tucuman, Argentina in which Iberico ham is the main scenarios: The Preliminaries of the protagonist and taverns in Cordoba, Discovery; The Kingdom of Granada; Particularly interesting is the mark food pairing workshops and Flamenco- The first journey to the Indies; The left by famous characters that forged based tourism experiences.
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Since its arrival in 711, Islam represents a prodigious adventure for Andalusia, emerging in a cultural and artistic legacy, the value of which is incalculable.
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The remnants of Al-Andalus
This civilisation excelled in the areas of farming, culture, arts and sciences, leaving behind a legacy of outstanding artistic value recognised by the UNESCO as World Heritage.
Madinat Al-Zahra in Cordoba.
t the beginning of the 8th century, Boabdil, expelling the Nasrid dynasty admirable Mihrab boasting inscriptions AMuslims crossed the Straits and thus marking the end of a historical of the Koran in gold and the sumptuous of Gibraltar, reaching the Iberian period that brought economic prosperity Al-Andalus brought Caliphate City of Madinat Al-Zahra, Peninsula. In just ten years they would and artistic and cultural splendour to together philosophers, built at the foot of the Sierra Morena by shape the region we know as Al-Andalus, Andalusia. the first caliph of Al-Andalus, Abd al- where they would coexist for around historians, doctors, Rahman III, as a symbol of his power. eight centuries with other cultures, The region of Andalusia is home to poets and musicians including the Christian and Jewish some of the most important monuments In Seville, which became the capital of cultures, a unique phenomenon in of western Islamic art, declared World such as Ziryab the Almohad empire after the decline medieval Europe. In 1492, the Catholic Heritage. Cordoba is home to the of Caliphal Cordoba, the Arab vestiges Monarchs would conquer the kingdom Mosque-Cathedral, with its unique can still be admired in some Al- of Granada, defeating its last king, forest of dichromatic columns and its Andalus parts of the Alcazar or Reales
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Routes of The Al-Andalus legacy Declared by the Council of Europe to be a Major Cultural Route, they cover trails that were used in the past to The Court of the Lions in the Alhambra in Granada. Views of the Albaicín in Granada. communicate the Kingdom of Granada with the rest of Alcázares and in the orange tree-filled which is home to all the arts of the constructive know-how into the cities, Andalusia, Murcia and Portugal. patio, Patio de los Naranjos, the patio last Muslim period in Spain and an which they walled and equipped with The routes lead to more than of ablutions and the minaret -the unrivalled example of how light and towers, gates, alcazabas (Moorish 280 villages across Andalusia, popular Giralda- from the old mosque, water offer important architectural fortifications) and castles. Particularly offering travellers the chance now a Christian Cathedral. decorative effects. It offers visitors noteworthy are the alcazabas in to enjoy peaceful landscapes, the chance to see quarters such as Almeria and Malaga, and the alcazar discover their traditions, cuisine, Granada, the centre of the Nasrid the Patio of the Lions, photographed fortress in Jerez de la Frontera (Cadiz) popular festivals and customs. dynasty, where the epilogue of Al- thousands of times. and the walled enclosures of Granada, Andalus began, was a vast metropolis Cordoba and Seville, with the famous www.legadoandalusi.es during its time, in which lavish palaces Arab baths and fortresses Tower of Gold on the banks of the were built including those housed The Muslims, characterised for having Guadalquivir, the “Rio Grande” (Wadi inside the Alhambra in Granada, a profoundly urban culture, put all their al-Kabir) from Al-Andalus.
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Baños de la Encina Castle.
Other defensive structures also appeared across the coastal and inland regions of Andalusia, such as the walled enclosures The Alhambra in Granada in Marchena (Seville), Niebla (Huelva) is among the ten most and Palma del Río (Cordoba); the alcazabas in Loja and Guadix, both in visited monuments in Granada, and the castles in Baños de la the world, according to Encina (Jaen) and Salobreña (Granada), among others. figures from the World Tourism Organisation Inside the major cities, in the Medina, mosques, bazaars, grain markets, silk markets and Arab Baths or Hammam Tower of Gold in Seville. emerged, with the latter being the
20 Arab Baths in the Villardompardo Palace in Jaen. El Bañuelo Arab Baths in Granada. maximum exponent of the merger of art be visited, such as the Arab Baths of and Al-Andalus customs. Ablution and Santa María and the Arab Baths of the Averroes (1126-1198) personal hygiene formed an essential Califal Alcázar (both in Cordoba), those A jurist, philosopher and doctor, born part of Muslim life, since, apart from in (Malaga) and the Arab Baths of the in Cordoba, he was considered one being a basic principle of prayer, they Villardompardo Palace (Jaen) dating of the most influential intellectuals of also carried out an important social back to the 11th century, the restoration the entire Middle Ages. Apart from the function as meeting and leisure spaces. of which earned the Europa Nostra Commentaries on Aristotle’s works, his They were usually located near the Restoration award in 1984. Of particular great contribution to universal culture mosques and they operated all day note in the province of Granada, are the was the book Kulliyat, the general long with different times for men and luxurious Royal Arab Baths of the Palace principles of Medicine, in which women. of Comares, located inside the Alhambra he studied all the known subjects, in Granada or the Bañuelo Baths, also particularly focusing on the Anatomy. There are magnificent remains of in the capital, together with the Baza or Hamman in Andalusia, which can now Marzuela Baths.
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Flavours and traditions vegetables, mixtures of sweet and sour thousands of candles, bazaars with The Al-Andalus past comes alive and flavours and avery personal style of The caliphal city of old-style Moorish artisan dresses, is present in traditional Andalusian confectionery adopted by the Christians Madinat Al-Zahra covers dance activities, concerts, parades and cuisine, which seduces, not only to a large extent. Arab sweet tasting, among many other through its flavours and aromas, an area of 115 hectares activities. An example of this is the Luna but also through its chromatic and This cuisine is also very present in and only 10% has been Mora Festival in Guaro (Malaga), the precise presentation of some medieval most Al-Andalus-themed festivals Muslim-Christian Workshops in Zalamea dishes that have now been given new held throughout Andalusia, in order excavated, which means la Real (Huelva), the “Carratraca, Al- contemporary touch. We have the to introduce this cultural legacy to there must be many Andalus enchantment” in Carratraca Muslims to thank for the use of fruit visitors. These are usually held during (Malaga), the Al-Andalus Arab Festival and vegetables, and the use of dry fruit the summer season and the common treasures still to be in Salares (Malaga) or the Abén Humeya and nuts in stews, meat dishes and denominator is the use of lighting with discovered Moorish Games held in Purchena
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(Almeria), declared a Festival of Tourism Interest in Andalusia. Did you know… Some artisan activities inherited from the Muslims are still carried out today The phrase, “You weep like a as they were in the past in cities such as woman for what you could not Granada, where one can stroll through defend as a man” allegedly quoted the Alcaicería, and old Arab silk market, by the sultana Aisha criticising admiring the ceramic items in its stores her son Boabdil, when he handed and others carried out using the intarsia over the keys of Granada to the or wood incrustation techniques. In Catholic Monarchs, is not true. Cordoba, the quality of its leather There is evidence to prove that it industry is recognised nationally was first written, three centuries and internationally, in particular, the later, by father Echevarría, in guadameci and the cordoban artistic a work entitled Los paseos de leatherwork techniques, caliphal Granada, with which he intended ceramics and silversmithing using the to paint an unfavourable picture of filigree technique. the Al-Andalus king.
Leather crafts and Filigree brooch.
Al-Andalus milestones
711 AD 929 AD 1031 AD 1147 AD 1238 AD 1492 AD
The Muslims arrived on Proclamation of Division into small Islamic Inclusion of Al- Establishment of the Capitulation of King Boabdil the Iberian Peninsula. the Caliphate of kingdoms or taifas such as Andalus in the Nasrid Kingdom of before the Catholic Monarchs Cordoba. that of Seville. Almohad Empire. Granada. and the taking of Granada.
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Andalusia, your Roots Al-Andalus experiences
‘Andalusia, your Roots’ offers a whole host of activities from those focused on discovering the cultural and monumental heritage of our ancestors, visiting artistic treasures dating back to the Al-Andalus period, to others focused more on leisure activities and relaxation, including Arab baths with relaxing massages, cookery workshops and Arab tea-tasting activities. All of this in quality establishments with special areas for prayer and restaurants offering halal cuisine. And in a wonderfully natural setting, ideal for enjoying a bit of horse riding or astronomy tourism.
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30 20 10 0 10 20 30 Connections To Madrid network To Extremadura Bailén Linares-Baeza The region has a magnificent To Valencia and A-4 Barcelona transport network, with modern roads communicating the main cities in the Cordoba Jaen region. Trains are without doubt one A-4 A-316 A-92 of the most convenient ways of getting Huelva A-45 To Portugal Seville around Andalusia, particularly thanks A-49 A-7 to the High-Speed Train (AVE), which A-92 Granada has stations in Seville, Malaga and A-4 Antequera Cordoba. There are also six airports Almeria in the autonomous community, five Jerez de la Fra. A-7 of which are international airports: Malaga Motril Cadiz A-7 Malaga-Costa del Sol, Seville, Jerez de la Frontera (Cadiz) Almeria and A-48 Granada-Jaen. Road network Railway network Algeciras High-Speed Line
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Deal provided by Galeota Tourism The Muslim Calle El Cruce, 3. 29550 Ardales Location Malaga Mijas, Casares, Ronda, Teba, Antequera, Archidona and Velez-Malaga (Malaga). The Muslim Malaga offers a journey in which you will discover the secrets Contact data hidden in the province of Malaga, of al- 677 324 386 Ándalus origin. [email protected] [email protected] www.galeotatourism.com e start in the capital, under W Moorish control since the year 743, External links with a visit to the Alcazaba of the Muslim Ronda was the capital of the Andalusian www.facebook.com/galeotatourism period, and the Atarazanas Gate, built province of Takurunna; lunch at a bull- www.instagram.com/galeotatourism by Abderraman III and the Atarazanas breeding estate. In Teba the Muslim Market where local produce can be world left important sites. Lunch in More information purchased. Lunch in Coracha, which Antequera, at the bullring, followed by Suggested 8-day/7-night stay. joined the citadel and castle. a tour of the city. During the Moorish domination it was called Medina The next visit takes us to Mijas, Antakira. Archidona, known as Moorish conquered by the Muslims in 714: lunch Arsiduna and, last of all, Vélez Malaga, and donkey-taxi ride. In Casares, visit to called the city of Ballis, which had a the Arab fortress and sulphurous baths, fortress, large medina and two suburbs. lunch and cheese-making workshop. Lunch and visit to a raisin drier facility.
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Deal provided by Eurocherry – Viajes, Grupos y Eventos Ribera del Río, 34 Al-Andalus, 11500 El Puerto de Santa María (Cadiz) the Legacy Location Andalusia. Andalusia is a region of rich artistic and cultural heritage. Its history and art Contact data arise from, among others, the splendor 956 541 118 (711 and 1492) of the al-Ándalus [email protected] cultures. www.eurocherry.es
External links hrough this experience you’ll discover www.facebook.com/viajes.eurocherry T its customs and ways of life. Located in El Puerto de Santa María, Eurocherry - More information Trips, Groups and Events was established VIP Welcome, stay of 2-3 nights, outings in 1987, as the city’s oldest retail- and activities full of emotion. 4 and 5-star wholesale travel agency. Eurocherry Trips hotels, Michelin-starred restaurants, wineries, is a member of the GEA Agency Group, castles... Several programmes with options which has over 1,200 offices in Spain, from 2-10 days, experiences with several guaranteeing the professionalism of its options from 2-6 hours. services and the best corporate prices in the leading hotel chains and Rent a Car companies.
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Deal provided by Arqueonatura.org Calle Betania, 6 1ºA. 23003 Jaen.
Location Arjona, Jaen, Alcalá la Real and Granada.
Contact data 659 334 354 [email protected] www.arqueonatura.org
External links www.facebook.com/deturismoporjaen www.twitter.com/robertograndaba Nasrid: from origin to outcome www.instagram.com/arqueonatura More information Immersion experience in the visits package. Suggested stay of 2-3 nights. Visit to Arjona: 3-4 hours. Visit to Jaen: 4 h. Visit to Alcalá la Real: 4 h. Visit to the Alhambra: 3-4 hours (Alcazaba, Nasrid Palaces and Generalife). rjona, origin of a dynasty (buildings ArQueoNatura arises from the need to Reception and adaptation to visitors. Official guide of A of the old mayorship and walk around preserve and to promote natural spaces Andalusia, furthermore, accompanying tour leader. town), Jaen), negotiated border (Santa and archaeological sites in Andalusia. Catalina Castle and visit to “Legendary It comprises accredited guides and Wall Lizard of Jaen”) Alcalá la Real, interpreters, who lead guided visits to control of the area (La Mota Fortress and the city of Jaen and its surroundings, reptile recovery centre), and Granada children’s workshops on history through (Alhambra and Nasrid monuments). drawings and nature walks. www.arqueonatura.org
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Deal provided by Casa Rural Sierra y Mina El Centenillo: Calle Río Grande, 4 the boundaries 23214 El Centenillo – Baños de la Encina (Jaen) Location of al-Ándalus Historical Sets El Centenillo (and natural environment) and Baños de la Encina (Jaen). For years, Sierra Morena, the mountainous massif of Burgalimar, Contact data was the border between al-Ándalus 687 825 043 / 648 054 550 and Castile, until the decisive battle of [email protected] Navas de Tolosa. External links www.facebook.com/sierrayminaelcentenillo o the north of the Sierra stands www.twitter.com/sierraymina T the majestic fortress of Calatrava, while to the south was the impregnable More information Almohad Castle of Baños de la Encina. The price is per person and night. The offer applies to a Between both lays an entire defensive minimum 2 nights stay on weekends (Fridays and Saturdays). maze comprised of small castles, The house accommodates a maximum of 6 guests. The bastions and forts under Muslim Iberian, Roman and modern, offered offer includes accommodation at the Sierra y Mina Country dominion: the lands of El Centenillo and best sterling silver of its time. Its House, breakfast, entrance to the Baños de la Encina Castle, its Burgalimar Castle. natural watchtowers, like the hills of Las lunch or dinner (choice) consisting of an Andalusi tasting Tres Hermanas, stand tall as the real menu, courtesy pack in the pantry and 10% discount in the El Centenillo is a land of pastures, guardians of al-Ándalus. The Centenillo restaurant services of our meal house La Entrada. closed Mediterranean forests and and Sierra y Mina Country House offer historic mines, of Anglo-Saxon descent, a different reality and a unique place set within an area of exceptionally rich to enjoy the experience of the Andalusi fauna. Its mines, whether of galena, heritage. Casa Rural Sierra y Mina
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Deal provided by Macrotour Avenida de Andalucía, 83 oficina 1 23005 Jaen
Location Historical Site of Jaen: City of the Three Cultures.
Contact data 661 525 176 [email protected] / [email protected] www.macrotour.eu
External links www.facebook.com/macrotourspain Islamic Jaen www.twitter.com/macrotour_spain More information Visit the Muslim footprint in 3/4-star hotel, San Juan Oil Mill Cooperative, Arab the old Yayyan. Baths of Jaen.
Estimated duration of the experience: 3 days. arrow streets, the Hamman the N western world’s largest and best conserved, the old mosque that today is the Magdalena Church, etc. Endless traces of the Moorish period that made Jaen the head of the Cora Yayyan.
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Deal provided by Galeota Tourism Calle El Cruce, 3. 29550 Ardales
Location San Felipe Neri neighborhood, Malaga. Fontanalla Contact data 677 324 386 Artisan [email protected] / [email protected] Quarter www.galeotatourism.com External links Discover Fontanalla, giving protagonism www.facebook.com/galeotatourism to what exists today, its archaeological www.instagram.com/galeotatourism remains and to its essence, its craftsmanship. More information Suggested stay of 3 days. Stained-glass workshop: 2.5 hours. Embroidery workshop: Approximately 2 hours. ontanalla, as the Arabs called it, identity: its craftsmanship. We will visit Services included: reception at Airport, transfer to hotel, F is a quarter in Malaga chosen by the most notable buildings and places of 2-night accommodation, halal dinner, 2 craft workshops the Romans to produce the amphorae the area, with an interpreter. Exchanges (stained glass and 1 gold embroidery), visit to craftsman in which they stored their salted food between tourists and craftsmen, a place neighbourhood, 1 lunch at “Bodegas el Pimpi”, 1 gala dinner products. From their stoves arose the to propose and exchange ideas, see at Stained-glass Museum. “Lustreware”, which carried the name work methods, through interaction. The of Malaga worldwide and which, over Moorish quarter. time, became an open-air museum for its paintings on the façades of buildings. The count with accredited, expert guides who not only know, but truly feel This circuit reveals its essence, its and live the city... www.galeotatourism.com
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Deal provided by Oficina de Turismo de Baños de la Encina Avenida José Luis Messía, 2 23711 Baños de la Encina (Jaen)
Location Historical Site of Baños de la Encina (Jaen).
Contact data 953 613 338 / 626 818 446 Discover your roots in [email protected] Baños de la Encina www.bdelaencina.com External links Discover the best preserved Almohad castle in al-Ándalus. www.facebook.com/turismobdelaencina www.twitter.com/bdelaencina ome and discover one of the most simple on the outside but exuberant and www.youtube.com/channel/UCUgdrmKyg0Gj_uN4lYh-O7A C charming villages in Andalusia: surprising inside. At the end of the visit Baños de la Encina. Its Almohad history can enjoy a genuine mediaeval menu, set More information has been perennially immortalised in in a privileged spot with unique views to Includes a visit inside the Bury al Hammam castle, a stroll the intact walls of Bury Al Hammam, the the Moorish castle. Furthermore, Hotel around the historic quarter and a visit to the Ermita de best preserved Almohad castle in all al- Restaurante Baños opens its doors for you Jesús del Llano shrine and its Baroque chapel. Includes Ándalus. In addition to seeing the fortress, to spend a night in a room overlooking the medieval menu + accommodation (1 night) + breakfast we will travel in time, strolling through Sierra Morena or the illuminated wall of at Hotel Restaurante Baños. Medieval menu: starters: its mediaeval streets and exploring its Bury al Hammam. aubergine omelette / first course: beef meatballs with walnuts ancient houses. We will discover the accompanied by vegetable salad / Second course: Lamb most impressive Baroque of Andalusia, tajine / dessert: tishpitti. Drinks: Includes one drink per with its shrine, where the Rococo style person. and Mocarábe touches do not leave visitors of this construction indifferent, www.bdelaencina.com
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Deal provided by Posá la Cestería Calle Conquista, 26 Banya: the 23711 Baños de la Encina (Jaen) last Almohad Location stronghold of Historical Site of Baños de la Encina (Jaen). Contact data Sierra Morena 651 358 666 / 657 946 010 [email protected] Come and experience with maximum “warmth” an adventure that will enable you to posalacesteria.blogspot.com discover the impressive footprint the Moorish culture has left in the province of Jaen: the Castillo de Baños de la Encina (Banya). External links www.facebook.com/posalacesteria www.facebook.com/elcotanillo años de la Encina is a mountain throw from the Sierra de Andujar and www.twitter.com/elcotanillo B village that simulates being detained Despeñaperros nature reserves. You can elcotanillo.blogspot.com in time, entangled in the threads of visit the castle with a guide-interpreter History. It boasts of having one of the and intensely feel the historic events More information most authentic and spectacular historic that shaped the town (you will receive a The price is per person and night. The offer is applicable for a sites of southern Spain, but is also proud book ambienced in local history: novel/ minimum 2-nights accommodation and 4 people. The house to be home to the best-preserved Moorish legend). accommodates a maximum of 4/5 guests. The offer includes castle in western Europe at large. accommodation in Posá la Cestería. You will receive tickets for visiting the castle and the historical novel (one book With this offer, you can stay in a warm per person). The castle may be visited any weekday, except and attractive country house. Located Tuesdays, day on which the Tourist Office closes. in the historic centre of the village, with views to the castle and on the oldest street in town, it is just a stone’s posalacesteria.blogspot.com
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Deal provided by 2 days Full Culturartours. Events & Cultural Tourism Immersion Calle Manríquez, 6-1-9. Cordoba Location Experience Historical Site of Cordoba. al-Ándalus in Contact data 610 025 817 Cordoba [email protected] www.culturartours.com Private experience to discover theal- Ándalus past of the city of Cordoba, with External links a Halal certified guide. Halal Friendly www.facebook.com/culturARTours lunch and a rest in an Andalusian Tea www.twitter.com/culturartours shop (tea or cool lemonade). More information Accommodation will be in a double room in a luxury hotel. ther experiences during the two-day formerly a mosque with an interesting Duration: 2 days. Includes: Map of the city, entry to all the O visit will include in-depth tours of Mudéjar roof. You will also walk around monuments and a small souvenir of al-Ándalus Cordoba. An the main Islamic monuments: Calahorra the most attractive streets in the Jewish experience guaranteed by the only wholesale Halal Travel Tower, which houses the al-Ándalus Quarter, San Basilio, with white houses Agency in Spain certified by the Islamic Council Living Museum, the San Antonio Mill, and traditional Andalusian patios, and (www.halaltravelqurtuba.com). where we are reminded of the history the Axerquía theatre, outside the city of the Arrabal de Saqunda, the Roman walls. Bridge, the Aljama Mosque, the Christian Monarchs’ Castle, the Convent There will be visits to the most of Santa Clara, the Archaeological interesting workshops of Caliphal origin, Museum and the Church of San Miguel, like the Art on Leather Museum. www.culturartours.com
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Deal provided by Culturartours. Events & Cultural Tourism Calle Manríquez, 6-1-9 Your Halal Cordoba wedding in Location Qurtuba, Historical Site of Cordoba. Contact data cultural capital 610 025 817 [email protected] of al-Ándalus www.culturartours.com Would you like a dream to come true? External links Where are you going to have your www.facebook.com/culturARTours wedding, one of life’s magical moments? www.twitter.com/culturartours In Cordoba... the Caliphal Qurtuba. More information An experience guaranteed by the only wholesale Halal et married in Cordoba, where you’ll The Aljama Mosque, where you will Travel Agency in Spain certified by the Islamic Council G feel right at home, because here are remember your ancestors. Your family (www.halaltravelqurtuba.com), registered trademark of your roots. So get married in Cordoba, and friends will enjoy an unforgettable Culturartours. surrounded by the old Aljama Mosque, experience. All the details are taken the Moorish Baths in the Caliph’s care of. We just need to sit down and Palace, the Arab House and hundreds of talk about how your perfect wedding is incredible places, narrow streets, paths going to be. and secrets hidden away in the Caliphal city. You will think you are somewhere in Official marriage licence is included. the “Thousand and One Nights”. www.culturartours.com
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Deal provided by Culturartours. Events & Cultural Tourism Your business Calle Manríquez, 6-1-9. Cordoba meeting or Location Halal event in Historical Site of Cordoba. Contact data Cordoba 610 025 817 [email protected] Are you looking to organise a scientific www.culturartours.com congress, a work meeting or a family event? External links www.facebook.com/culturARTours www.twitter.com/culturartours ou can do it in a place where you’ll opposite the Aljama Mosque and in one Y really feel your Andalusian roots, in of the UNESCO’s favourite cities: the More information Cordoba, where you’ll feel completely city with the world’s largest number of The price includes: rental of the meeting venue, at ease religiously. We can arrange World Heritage Sites. The Airport is 10 accommodation in double rooms in a 4* superior or luxury everything, meals in restaurants or minutes from the city centre, where you hotel with breakfast included, Halal lunch, cultural tour catering services, solve all kinds of can charter all kinds of private flights ofal-Ándalus Cordoba (3 hours, including the Mosque- bureaucratic problems, rent the venue, and book impeccable luxury transfers. Cathedral). An experience guaranteed by the only wholesale accommodation, transfers, translators, Everything you need for a really Halal Travel Agency in Spain certified by the Islamic Council visits to workshops and all kinds of Halal successful event. www.halaltravelqurtuba.com, registered trademark of certified companies, health and beauty Culturartours. tourism, cultural activities... So now you know, here we can organise everything. You just need to call us and A Conference Centre has recently been we can make your dream come true. re-opened in the heart of Qurtuba, www.culturartours.com
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Deal provided by Hotel Costa del Sol Torremolinos Luxury Boutique Paseo del Colorado, 29 29620 Torremolinos (Malaga)
Location Colorado Ride, 29. 29620 Torremolinos (Malaga).
Contact data 951 495 050 [email protected] Halal [email protected] Hotel www.cdshotels.co External links Awarded the certificate of the “Halal Institute,” Costa del Sol Torremolinos Luxury www.facebook.com/costadelsolq8 Boutique is the second hotel to be certified by Halal in Spain. www.twitter.com/CDSHotelLuxury www.pinterest.es/hotelboutiquecostadelsol
ocated in Torremolinos, Costa del Sol conservation. As for gastronomy, it has L Torremolinos Luxury Boutique offers a a Halal restaurant, Ondas, where you hotel with 36 fully-equipped rooms. can enjoy a really varied menu adapted to the requirements of the certificate; Prayer room, heated swimming and Cielo, a bar with a chill-out terrace pool, restaurant, car park, café, and views of the Bay of Malaga, and jacuzzi, canopy, chill out. The first which is outstanding for its cocktails hotel in Andalusia to receive the and the famous Cachimbas (Shisha - international BREEAM certificate for water pipe). sustainable construction and biosphere www.cdshotels.co
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Deal provided by Entre Toros y Caballos Excursion Calle Álamo, 3 to Madinat 14191 Aldea Quintana Location Al-Zahra on Cordoba, Sierra Morena, city of the Caliphs in Madinat al- horseback+ Zahra. Contact data Halal lunch 646 619 171 [email protected] You can enjoy incredible views of the city www.entretorosycaballos.com while riding a horse of Moorish origin. External links www.facebook.com/Entre-Toros-y-Caballos-Visitas-a- ome and discover the city of the Ganaderias-y-Rutas-a-Caballo-609199592434441 C Caliphs in Madinat Al-Zahra as part www.twitter.com/ETYC2014 of a horseback route starting in Cordoba www.instagram.com/entretorosycaballos and taking you over the ancient trails www.youtube.com/channel/ of the Sierra Morena mountains. The UCLoiHFqKJYYOnWMtaVsloKA excursion includes lunch in a certified Halal restaurant. More information Pick-up from your hotel and return transfer. Estimated Entre Toros y Caballos operates in the tourists, hotel clients, agencies duration of the experience: 5 hours. province of Cordoba, offering the best organising events, congresses, etc. The settings for horseback rides and routes. highlight of the company is the quality and professionalism of its staff. The All types of client are catered for, services provided are a benchmark in from individuals to groups of families, the sector. www.entretorosycaballos.com
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Deal provided by Ayuntamiento de La Iruela / Hotel El Curro Areola, history Calle Corredera, 14. 23476 La Iruela (Jaen) and flavour of a Location Interpretation Center Castillo de La Iruela. fortress Hotel El Curro, Burunchel (Jaen). “Areola, history and flavour of a fortress” Contact data is an experience that presents the 953 727 311 / 953 720 712 / 680 543 707 Almohad origins of the La Iruela Castle [email protected] / [email protected] and offers visitors a singular experience www.lairuela.es / www.hotelelcurro.es in unique surroundings closely related to Andalusia’s culture and origins. External links www.facebook.com/Ayuntamiento-de-La- Iruela-134211676650131/ he visit will be guided and www.twitter.com/lairuela T complemented with tea in a www.instagram.com/ayuntamientolairuela privileged setting. More information Upon the visit’s completion, you can Hotel El Curro offers a specially designed menu for this tourist go return to our accommodations and segment. Guided visit to the fortress of Almohad origin with enjoy a meal specially designed for your tea tasting. It ends with a visit to age-old olive trees. Estimated visit: It is the halal menu. After this, you duration of the experience: 1 day (full day). can visit ancient olive trees and enjoy The accommodation, lunch and an oil tasting on site, that makes the breakfast will take place at Hotel El experience authentic in its discovery Curro, a four-star establishment in of a territory marked by its history and the Burunchel neighbourhood, where tradition, as olive and oil have been -and customers can enjoy a private stay, still are- an intimate part of this culture. adapted for prayer. www.hotelelcurro.es
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Deal provided by Islamic al- Culturartours. Events & Cultural Tourism Calle Manríquez, 6-1-9 Ándalus Cordoba Experience in Location Cordoba Historical Site of Cordoba. Contact data A private experience with a Halal 610 025 817 certified guide. The tour starts in the [email protected] Calahorra Tower, in the al- Ándalus www.culturartours.com Living Museum which houses a model of the old Aljama Mosque, an extraordinary External links 10th-century building with 1,200 www.facebook.com/culturARTours columns! www.twitter.com/culturartours
More information hen to the San Antonio Mill, where Leather Museum (embossed leather It also includes admission to all monuments. Duration: T we are reminded of the history of from the Caliphate era) and stroll through 7-8 hours. Includes: Plan of the city and a small souvenir the Saqunda neighbourhood, then to the the maze of white streets, hidden corners of al-Ándalus Cordoba. An experience guaranteed by the Roman Bridge and the Washrooms of the and craft workshops. Then to different only wholesale Halal Travel Agency in Spain certified by the Aljama Mosque. This is followed by a walk monuments: Sabbat Gate, Remains of Islamic Council (www.halaltravelqurtuba.com). through the narrow streets of the Pañuelo an Andalusian Fortress, the Christian and Las Flores neighbourhoods, the Santa Monarchs’ Castle, Alcázar Caliphate María Baths, the Arab House and the Baths... A short rest in an Andalusian Aljama Mosque. Halal Friendly Lunch. Tea Shop for a mint tea or a cool mint and lemon soft drink, depending on the In the afternoon, a visit to the Art on season. www.culturartours.com
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Deal provided by Culturartours. Events & Cultural Tourism Calle Manríquez, 6-1-9 Cordoba
Location City of Cordoba.
Contact data 610 025 817 [email protected] Travelling with Ibn www.culturartours.com Firnás in Cordoba External links www.facebook.com/culturARTours Pick-up at your hotel for a panoramic tour with a private Halal-certified guide and www.twitter.com/culturartours private luxury transport (all day), from the point-of-view of Ibn Firnás (Cordobese by adoption), an al-Ándalus sage: poet, astrologer, alchemist, musician, researcher and More information scientist. Duration: 5-6 hours. Includes: Plan of the city and a small handicraft souvenir of al-Ándalus Cordoba. An experience guaranteed by the only wholesale Halal Travel Agency in Spain e was a contemporary of Abd al- and where the wise man launched certified by the Islamic Council (www.halaltravelqurtuba. H Rahman II, and his confidante. We himself with wings he made himself. com), registered trademark of Culturartours. will visit the Ibn Firnás bridge and make You’ll visit the Museum of Alchemy and several stops to explore archaeological the al-Ándalus house where you’ll be remains from the period, like the served mint tea, and then there’ll be a outskirts of Cercadillas and the pottery private tour of the Aljama Mosque. This district of Ollerías. In the Al Rusafa is the neighbourhood where he lived and neighbourhood Abderramán I created the built a planetarium in his own house. first house with a garden in al-Ándalus, Halal Friendly lunch. www.culturartours.com
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Deal provided by Flowers, Culturartours. Events & Cultural Tourism Calle Manríquez, 6-1-9 gardens Cordoba and water in Location Cordoba, the Historical Site of Cordoba. Contact data cultural capital 610 025 817 [email protected] of al-Ándalus www.culturartours.com This tour organised by Culturartours External links is a private experience to explore the www.facebook.com/culturARTours presence water in the city of Cordoba www.twitter.com/culturartours and how this has affected the layout of the town. More information Duration: 5-6 hours. Includes: Plan of the city and a small handicraft souvenir of al-Ándalus Cordoba. An experience guaranteed by the only wholesale Halal Travel Agency in Spain e first make a panoramic tour with Then we’ll take a walk through the San certified by the Islamic Council (www.halaltravelqurtuba.com), W a private luxury vehicle, where Basilio neighbourhood where we’ll visit registered trademark of Culturartours. we’ll see the city’s fountains and water white houses stemming from al-Ándalus resources, why they are so refreshing and times and with patios full of flowers. why there are so many of them. Then we Halal Friendly lunch. Free time and in visit the Alcazar Caliphal Baths and the the evening a Light, Water and Sound Christian Monarchs’ Castle which had Show entitled “Cordoba, the Light of previously been the Caliph’s Palace with Cultures” in the Christian Monarchs’ marvellous gardens. Castle. www.culturartours.com
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Deal provided by Sonríe Travel Exclusive Transversal José de Echegaray, 3 Bloque 4 2b Granada and 18151 Ogíjares / Granada Location Alhambra Palatial Ensemble of the Alhambra and the Generalife, Palace Albaicín, Granada. Contact data Discover the sound of water, the 958 598 696 / 620 900 138 silences, the aromas, the sensations [email protected] and the architecture with a visit to the www.sonrietravel.com Alhambra Palace in Granada courtesy of Sonríe Travel. External links www.facebook.com/sonrietravel www.twitter.com/SonrieTravelSmi e invite you to enjoy a unique V, the Fortress, the San Francisco www.instagram.com/sonrietravel W experience with our guided tour Parador Hotel, etc. The tour ends with a for all those who would like to privately small snack. More information enjoy the History and Legends of this Exclusive experience with the niece of the last inhabitant of monument. Discover the History of We are lucky in Sonríe Travel because I the Alhambra “El Partal”. 5-Star / Boutique Hotels - Official the Alhambra Palace with an exclusive am the niece of the last occupant of the Guide - Mosque timetable (prayer) - Halal menu in the expert. Stroll around places that will Partal, María, who lived there until only restaurant. Estimated duration of the experience: 5 hours. bring its history alive, make you a part a few years ago. You’ll hear some of the of the lives of the people for whom the stories of her life within the monument Alhambra was their home. (always accompanied by a guide).
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Deal provided by Madinat al- Culturartours. Events & Cultural Tourism Zahra, the Calle Manríquez, 6-1-9. Cordoba Location Splendid City Archaeological site of Madinat Al-Zahra, Cordoba. with Halal Contact data 610 025 817 certified lunch [email protected] www.culturartours.com With this experience, Culturartours offers a private visit to the interesting External links Archaeological Site of Madinat al-Zahra, www.facebook.com/culturARTours Cordoba. www.twitter.com/culturartours
More information our with a certified Halal guide and Duration: 5-6 hours. An experience guaranteed by the only T transport in a luxury vehicle to this wholesale Halal Travel Agency in Spain certified by the famous archaeological site, a cultural Islamic Council (www.halaltravelqurtuba.com). Includes: map treasure of the magnificent Umayyad of the city, entry to all the monuments and a small souvenir of Caliphate of Cordoba. It was declared a al-Ándalus Cordoba. World Heritage Site by the UNESCO in open heart. Its location in the centre 2018. of Andalusia is the perfect excuse for discovering this wonderful region Transfer to restaurant and Halal comprehensively including its most certified lunch. Return to Cordoba. unusual facets. Discover all the magic The UNESCO’s favourite city, Cordoba, of the Cultural, Creative and Eno- awaits you with open arms and an gastronomic Tourism in Cordoba. www.culturartours.com
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Deal provided by Culturartours. Events & Cultural Tourism Calle Manríquez, 6-1-9 Halal Friendly Cordoba Location Cookery Class Courtyards of the Axerquía, Cordoba. in a Cordoba- Contact data 610 025 817 Style Patio [email protected] www.culturartours.com This tour organised by Culturartours provides an interesting culinary and External links private experience with a Halal certified www.facebook.com/culturARTours guide transfers throughout the day. www.twitter.com/culturartours
More information he first stop is in a Halal certified surrounded by amazing perfumes. It will Duration: 5-6 hours. Includes: Map of the city, cookery class T butchers, to buy chicken, and to a be a really interesting tour through the in a Cordoba-style patio and a small souvenir of al-Ándalus market to buy the seasonal vegetables Axerquía, an old neighbourhood outside Cordoba. we are going to use to cook. What’s the city walls, with a maze of white streets the scenario? A splendid house with a full of interesting little corners, fountains, Cordoba-style patio where we’ll be cooking plants and flowers. and sampling typical dishes from Cordoba. We’ll be getting a fantastic cookery class, An experience guaranteed by the only learn the techniques and hear anecdotes wholesale Halal Travel Agency in Spain and stories. Then we’ll be eating what certified by the Islamic Council (www. we have cooked in great company and halaltravelqurtuba.com). www.culturartours.com
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Deal provided by Flower tasting in a Cordoba- Culturartours. Events & Cultural Tourism Calle Manríquez, 6-1-9 style Andalusian patio and a Cordoba private classical guitar concert Location San Basilio neighbourhood, Cordoba.
Contact data 610 025 817 [email protected] www.culturartours.com This tour organised by Culturartours offers a magical and private experience, External links with a Halal certified guide, in the San www.facebook.com/culturARTours Basilio neighbourhood, which used to www.twitter.com/culturartours belong to the old Caliphal Fortress. More information Duration: 5 hours. Includes: Plan of the city t includes visits to exceptional who settled in the city of Cordoba. He and a small souvenir ofal-Ándalus Cordoba. I Andalusian houses with patios full of was the one who introduced the 5th beautifully perfumed flowers and plants, string to the lute which was the precursor where we will enjoy a magical experience: our most universal instrument, the guitar. a Flower Tasting. This part of the activity Halal Friendly Tapas. An experience by making a distillate of the flowers you guaranteed by the only wholesale Halal liked the best. And to finish, there will Travel Agency in Spain certified by the be a classical guitar concert, and a talk Islamic Council about Ziryab, the great Iraqi musician (www.halaltravelqurtuba.com).
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Deal provided by Arqueonatura.org Calle Betania, 6 1ºA 23003 Jaen
Location Ecotourist walk Santa Maria Square - Santa Catalina Castle, Jaen. Contact data to the Castle of 659 334 354 [email protected] Santa Catalina www.arqueonatura.org Guided ecological and cultural tour External links where you can enjoy the best views of www.facebook.com/deturismoporjaen the sea of olive trees in the Guadalquivir www.twitter.com/robertograndaba Valley. www.instagram.com/arqueonatura
More information rom the historical town centre of Jaen Llana, the medieval Pathway to Santa Visitors received at the meeting point (Plaza Santa María). F we climb up the hill to Santa Catalina Catalina Castle. Services of an official Andalusia tour guide. Estimated Castle, passing through a Mediterranean duration of the experience: 3 hours 30 mins to 4 hours 30 forest, discovering locations and the ArQueoNatura arises from the need to mins. stages of building the medieval wall preserve and to promote natural spaces which used to enclose it. and archaeological sites in Andalusia. It comprises accredited guides and The urban and natural sections of the interpreters, who lead guided visits to medieval Islamic wall of the city of Jaen. the city of Jaen and its surroundings, The now extinct Gateways of Granada, children’s workshops on history through Alcotón, Santa María, Baeza and La drawings and nature walks. www.arqueonatura.org
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Deal provided by Culturartours. Events & Cultural Tourism Calle Manríquez, 6-1-9 Al-Andalus City Cordoba of Cordoba Location Express Historical Site of Cordoba. Contact data Experience 610 025 817 [email protected] With this guided tour, Culturartours www.culturartours.com offers a private experience with a Certified Halal guide of the old Aljama External links Mosque which displays splendid www.facebook.com/culturARTours Umayyad art from the Caliphate. www.twitter.com/culturartours
More information he visit takes you to the historical in Spain certified by the Islamic Council Includes admission to all monuments. T town centre (soul of the Andalusian (www.halaltravelqurtuba.com). Duration: 3 hours. neighbourhood), where you can stroll through a maze of white streets, like The UNESCO’s favourite city, Cordoba, Calle de las Flores. You’ll explore craft awaits you with open arms and an workshops dating back to the Caliphate open heart. Its location in the centre period, where they work with leather and of Andalusia is the perfect excuse other materials, a real Cordobese tradition for discovering this wonderful region reminding us of Umayyad Cordoba You will comprehensively including its most also visit the Moorish Bathrooms in the unusual facets. Discover all the magic Caliph’s Palace. An experience guaranteed of the Cultural, Creative and Eno- by the only wholesale Halal Travel Agency gastronomic Tourism in Cordoba. www.culturartours.com
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Deal provided by Caracol Tours The art of Avda. Periodista Quesada Chacón, 17, 3º 1. Cordoba Location leathercraft Ramón García Romero (Art on Leather), Cordoba. The caliphal guadamecí (embossed Contact data leather) reflects the singular and 699 611 577 exquisite art of decorating and painting [email protected] leather, dating back to 10th-century www.caracoltours.es Cordoba. External links www.facebook.com/caracoltours his component of our cultural www.twitter.com/caracol_tours T heritage has been handed down to genteslow.wordpress.com/ us courtesy of the efforts of generations www.youtube.com/channel/UCLAo3XsWu_1vcVsKnMXSVLw of craftspeople, determined to preserve www.pinterest.es/calvache0621 our traditions. Included in price: visit to museum - meeting leather artist More information - workshop - historic introduction to 4-hour experience. al-Ándalus in Andalusian tea house - shopping tour.
Caracol Tours is a reference agency A friendly snail (“caracol”), Rafa, of slow tourism in Spain. This is the represents the slow movement and only company specialising in Japanese evokes the unhurried pace. Like snails, tourists who visit Cordoba, highlighting who carry their home wherever they go, its first tour of flowers for Japanese Caracol Tours wants visitors to feel at visitors in Spain: la “Sunflower Route”. home during their stay in Cordoba. www.caracoltours.es
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Deal provided by Sonríe Travel Transversal José de Echegaray, 3 Bloque 4 2b 18151 Ogíjares / Granada
Location Albaicín neighborhood, Granada.
Contact data 958 598 696 / 620 900 138 [email protected] www.sonrietravel.com
External links Experience with ceramics, www.facebook.com/sonrietravel www.twitter.com/SonrieTravelSmi opposite the Alhambra www.instagram.com/sonrietravel To indulge in an experience with ceramics from Granada is something exclusive on More information offer from Sonríe Travel. Language: English. Personalised workshops with a highly bespoke focus for small groups of 2 to 6 people. Opening n Granada we find this art in its hands, while discovering the history of Times: preferably mornings. The place where the workshop I balconies, tableware, and decoration. ceramics in this city. takes place is a “carmen”, from which you will enjoy You can experiment with your own hands the experience and magnificent views of the Alhambra. how these gems are produced. For Sonríe Travel & Smile offers the same Reservation at the halal restaurant. Estimated duration of the this, we count with a ceramist native of destinations as a traditional travel experience: 4 h. Granada that bring the art of ceramic- agency, but online, focusing especially making to life. During the “Granadino on the city and province of Granada, Azulejo” (Granada Tiles) experience, where they offer unique experiences or you will handle this material in your own let customers request personalised trips. www.sonrietravel.com
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Deal provided by Segura de la Centro de Ocio y Turismo Activo El Tranco Carretera A-319, km. 75 Sierra: The 23337 Hornos (Jaen) al-Ándalus Location Heritage El Tranco reservoir, Segura de la Sierra (Jaen). Contact data A unique remnant in beautiful 953 002 276 / 647 765 420 / 622 272 760 surroundings as the Cazorla, Segura and [email protected] / [email protected] Las Villas Nature Reserve. www.tranco.es
External links uided tour to Segura de la Sierra. www.facebook.com/eltranco G This small, charming town with a www.twitter.com/el_tranco great Moorish heritage has remained www.youtube.com/channel/UCxd4sZuxnn-p7NwU1xgBXxA hidden between its walls century after www.instagram.com/el_tranco century, as its amazing castle built during the Almohad period on its impressive More information watchtower and transformed by the Order Includes: Reception of tourists + guided tour + solar boat ride. of Santiago (ever-present in the Sierra de Optional activities: Restaurant and Activities in nature at the Segura), and the Moorish baths, symbol of El Tranco Leisure and Active Tourism Centre. Approximate purification of body and mind. many sports and outdoor activities. duration: 3 hours. Although its main attraction revolves In the municipal district of Hornos around its routes in solar boat on the de Segura and sheltered by the Tranco reservoir and the 140-metre long incomparable natural setting surrounding zip-line along its shores, its wide range the El Tranco reservoir, the Tranco of activities allow you to enjoy nature to Leisure and Active Tourism Centre offers the fullest. www.tranco.es
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Deal provided by Viajar en el Tiempo Stories of Calle Sorrento, 18, 9-4 Almariya Almeria Location Almeria is a city with a long history. Historical Site of Almeria. Phoenicians, Romans, Arabs and Christians left their mark in every Contact data corner and ‘Stories of Almariya’ offers a 635 229 998 / 667 316 862 magical way to stroll through the heart [email protected] of the city. External links www.facebook.com/unagozada.dealcazaba group of professional actors will www.twitter.com/UNAGOZADADEALCA A represent the most emblematic parts of the history of Almeria. This More information way, visitors will experience the origins Minimum group size: 35 people. and splendour of Almariya, the old Muslim city, by enjoying the ‘Stories of Almariya’, the Golden Age of piracy in the Mediterranean and the Cape of the Victory with ‘Maimono, stealthy like shadows”, and the expulsion of the Moors from Christian Almeria in the 16th century, known as Golden Age of Spanish culture, with ‘The Romance of the The group will be led by official guides Witches of Almeria”,set to the dancing of who will personify emblematic figures Leticia Valle, one of the most significant of Almeria: Celia Viñas and Fidela dancers in the province. countryside. Viajar en el Tiempo
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Deal provided by Into the Walk in Granada Gran Vía de Colón, 42 - entresuelo, oficina 3 Nasrid life 18010 Granada You couldn’t get a ticket for the Location Alhambra and you don’t want to miss Albaicín neighborhood, Granada. the wonderful examples of Moorish and Mudejar architecture that hide in the old Contact data Moorish neighbourhood of Granada? 630 070 893 [email protected] www.walkingranada.com f you visit the Alhambra, if it was not I possible, with Walk in Granada you External links can go on a wonderful tour through the www.facebook.com/walkingranadatour palaces that the Nasrid dynasty built in www.twitter.com/walkingranada the neighbourhood of Albaicín. Albaicín is walkingranada.com/blog-de-viajes-walk-in-granada-tours the original nucleus of the city, where the www.youtube.com/channel/UCWy0hylZD4OJ28hCPI8rIbA first Moorish monarchs established their palaces. Even when the Alhambra was built, the district continued to be the main urban nucleus of the aristocracy and home to the palaces of many members of the royal family. The inspiration behind and mirroring the Alhambra, the spirit of those Oro of Albaicín (Hispano-Moorish times continues to be alive in the Albaicín. monuments). We will see inside their homes, palaces, spirituality and On this tour, we will go inside the customs. With explanations from our buildings comprising the Dobla de expert guide. A truly unique tour! www.walkingranada.com
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Deal provided by Walk in Granada Gran Vía de Colón, 42 - entresuelo, oficina 3 18010 Granada
Location Albaicín neighborhood, Granada.
Contact data 630 070 893 [email protected] www.walkingranada.com Albaicín Private Tour: External links www.facebook.com/walkingranadatour 1000 years of history www.twitter.com/walkingranada walkingranada.com/blog-de-viajes-walk-in-granada-tours The conquest of Granada is a turning point in European society in the late 15th www.youtube.com/channel/UCWy0hylZD4OJ28hCPI8rIbA century and the Albaicín is where we will find the most vivid evidence of this change. More information Private tour of 2 hours 30 minutes to learn all about the he Albaicín neighbourhood is a streets. They have all contributed to Albaicín, the most emblematic neighbourhood of Granada. T synthesis of all the cultures that have giving Albaicín its characteristic charm. passed through its streets, its squares and have lived in its houses. Here, Moorish houses, Carmens with traditional gardens, ancient mosques From Moors to Jewish people and converted into churches, and Muslim Christians, without forgetting the palaces Muslim alongside craft Romantic artists and writers who found workshops, traditional bars, family such inspiration in its beautiful narrow businesses and magical viewpoints. www.walkingranada.com
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Deal provided by Marimantas Vejer Plaza de España, s/n Vejer de la Frontera
Location The Dark Historical Site of Vejer de la Frontera (Cadiz). Contact data Night of Vejer 630 711 145 [email protected] The dark night of Vejer, our singing, www.marimantasvejer.com guided night tour in Vejer de la Frontera. External links www.facebook.com/marimantasvejer iscover the enigmatic appearance www.twitter.com/MarimantasVejer D surrounding the houses and the www.youtube.com/channel/UCeh-3uvur949daH1rqtXV1Q depths of the magical Vejer. More information Lose yourself and explore its streets, Advance booking essential. Discounts for groups of over 30 unhurriedly, stop for a moment, and people. take it in with time and eroticism. Discover the secrets and legends through its intriguing and challenging eye. Let the watchman lead you with a set of keys, which will reveal the Vejer, so old that it was already fortified mysteries and secrets in Vejer. 3000 years ago.
Songs and stories that will disclose the Duration of the singing, guided tour: 1 myths and legends of the citadel of hour 30 minutes approximately. www.marimantasvejer.com
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Deal provided by Discovering Marimantas Vejer Plaza de España, s/n Vejer Vejer de la Frontera Marimantas Vejer present their Guided Location and Sung Tour of the historical old town Historical Site of Vejer de la Frontera (Cadiz). of Vejer de la Frontera, a fun way to discover the districts Historical Heritage. Contact data 630 711 145 [email protected] different and entertaining way of www.marimantasvejer.com A visiting this beautiful place, using the power of legends and oral tradition. External links The doors are opened for you to discover www.facebook.com/marimantasvejer its Cultures and its legends as revealed www.twitter.com/MarimantasVejer by our characters who unmask the www.youtube.com/channel/UCeh-3uvur949daH1rqtXV1Q “Cobijadas” (women who traditionally covered all their face except their eyes). More information Advance booking required. Discounts for groups of over 30 Listen to the Marimantas and you’ll people. discover a different side of Vejer with wonderful stories to tell.
Marimantas Vejer is a new company specialising in Cultural Management, Cultural Tourism and Entertainment, with traditions deeply-rooted in the troubadour life and the town of Vejer de la Frontera. www.marimantasvejer.com
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Deal provided by Cicerones Gaditanos Calle Buenos Aires, 1 – Edificio Coworking Artístico 11003 Cadiz
Location Historical Site of the city of Cadiz.
Contact data 856 918 656 / 667 367 361 [email protected] [email protected] Mudejar Route www.ciceronesgaditanos.com External links The Cicerones Gaditanos association will help you discover the Mudejar trail left on www.facebook.com/ciceronesgaditanosvisitasguiadas the streets of the city of Cadiz, in its stones and its monuments. www.twitter.com/ciceronescadiz www.youtube.com/channel/UCnnBWMoQxOCjt45poio49lg
he tour includes monumental The tour includes visits to monuments T remains left to us by the Mudejar and other related places with details Culture a complex and magnificent to be seen on buildings of both a symbiosis pass of the architectural private and a commercial nature. The knowledge passed on by the Moors route starts in the Calle Buenos Aires who remained in the city after it had and features the Cadiz Casino the been conquered by Castile and it had Falla Theatre, the Plaza Sacramento, fallen under the political and ideological the Casa de la Contratación, the Old control of the new Christian population Cathedral, Los Blancos Archways and with Castilian aesthetic requirements. the Santa María neighbourhood. The tour ends in the Plaza de las Tortugas. www.ciceronesgaditanos.com
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Deal provided by Rutas Accesibles por Córdoba Ronda de los Mártires, 17. 14002 Cordoba Umayyad Location Cordoba Historical Site of Cordoba. Contact data Cordoba, the pearl of 660 344 930 the West, that is how it [email protected] was known in Europe in www.rutasporcordoba.es the 10th century, when culture and art flourished External links just like its gardens. www.facebook.com/rutasporcordoba www.twitter.com/Cordoba_infinit descubriendocordobaconrutasporcordoba.blogspot.com.es iscover the city of the Caliphs with it began to grow and by the 10th www.youtube.com/channel/ UCQFHE4VszgZWXsN9QPnA1PQ D our excursions which will help you century it had become the Lighthouse www.pinterest.es/rutasrutasporco experience and feel the essence of the for Culture and Knowledge thanks to the city of the Emirate and the Andalusian Caliphs, the Lords of Europe. More information Caliphs and its garden fortresses. Visit to Umayya: 10am Tuesday to Saturday. Reception at You will visit the Aljama Mosque, the meeting point for our regular tour (Puerta Alcázar de los Cordoba preserves the essence of the the origin of Moorish Hispanic art, Reyes). Private tour: Pick-up at your hotel or the AVE railway glorious past of a city that was the the narrow streets which still echo station with taxi transfer to the starting point for the tour. Capital of the Western World for more the glorious past, the walls of the In Spanish, English and Italian. Estimated duration of the than a century. From the arrival of the Emirate, the Caliphate baths, Almohad experience: 3 hours. first Umayyad Caliph in the 8th century fortresses, mills, mines, etc.
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Deal provided by Rutas Accesibles por Córdoba Ronda de los Mártires, 17. 14002 Cordoba
Location Archaeological site of Madinat Al-Zahra, Cordoba.
Contact data 660 344 930 [email protected] Caliphal www.rutasporcordoba.es Cordoba External links www.facebook.com/rutasporcordoba Route www.twitter.com/Cordoba_infinit descubriendocordobaconrutasporcordoba.blogspot.com.es The “shining city” is its name: Madinat Al-Zahra, which has resurged from its ashes www.youtube.com/channel/ UCQFHE4VszgZWXsN9QPnA1PQ over a century ago, to show us in its sacked, ash remains, part of a unique beauty, www.pinterest.es/rutasrutasporco comparable to other mythical cities of great kings and emperors. More information Reception at a meeting point of our regular route. Private egend has it that when Abderraman but you will also discover why he chose route, pick-up at hotel or AVE train station with transfer by taxi L III al-Nasir decided to build a new city such a privileged location. We will guide and bus. In Spanish, English and Italian. Caliphal Route visit: as a display of his power, he does it as a you as you discover the legends and real Madinat Al-Zahra. At 10am. Almodóvar gate, Saturdays and gift for his favourite Azahara, a beautiful history of the city, its characters and Sundays. Caliphal Route, in Madinat Al-Zahra 8 km from the city slave of whom he was very much in love... inhabitants, following the Footprints of (bus transfer included in price) or own car. Estimated duration of this is the legend that you will listen to, the Caliphate and its Caliphs. the experience: 3 h.
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Deal provided by Woow Córdoba Calle Pedro Verdugo, 18 Cordoba
Location Cordoba craft Historical Site of Cordoba. Contact data workers, a 626 057 613 [email protected] tour of their www.woowcordoba.es workshops External links www.facebook.com/woowcordoba Cordoba handicrafts have preserved the historical old town of Cordoba an www.twitter.com/WoowCordoba their traditions from generation to official Area of Craft Interest. This is woowcordoba.es/blog generation. The craft workers are proud where a large number of craftsmen have to preserve production processes that, in their workshops and use characteristic More information some cases, date from Umayyad era. production and marketing techniques. It includes entrance to 4 Cordoba craft workshops.
We will take a tour around some of these esearch and a clear interest in craft workshops and discover their R recovering craft skills that were traditions and expertise. Our official almost lost, craft workers are once guides will take you to watch their skills again using traditional production and get first-hand knowledge of their techniques. The defence, promotion history, traditions and the techniques and promulgation of these trades by the used. Then you’ll be invited to a glass Cordoba Association of Craftspeople of sherry and a tapa in a traditional has led regional institutions to declare Cordoba tavern. www.woowcordoba.es
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Deal provided by The Lizard of Jaen, Arqueonatura.org Calle Betania, 6 1ºA a legendary wall 23003 Jaen Location Santa Maria Square, Jaen. The Legend of the Lagarto de la Malena or Contact data Lagarto de Jaen is the 659 334 354 most famous in the city, [email protected] its influence being so www.arqueonatura.org important that the lizard has become one of the External links symbols of the city. www.facebook.com/deturismoporjaen www.twitter.com/robertograndaba www.instagram.com/arqueonatura hrough this urban route, we ArQueoNatura arises from the need to T will associate one of the local preserve and to promote natural spaces More information community’s most important legends and archaeological sites in Andalusia. Reception of guests at meeting point (Jaen Cathedral). with its walls, their shape and the It comprises accredited guides and Service offered by an official guide of Andalusia. Estimated evolution of the population over time. A interpreters, who lead guided visits to duration of the experience: 3 h. guided cultural tour to discover the rich the city of Jaen and its surroundings, legacy that the three cultures contributed children’s workshops on history through to the city of Jaen. Legend of the Lizard drawings and nature walks. of Jaen, city wall from Puerta de Granada to Puerta del Aceituno.
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Deal provided by Sevillatur Seville
Location Historical Site of Seville.
Contact data Isbilya, 603 698 075 [email protected] / [email protected] the Islamic www.sevillatur.com legacy External links www.facebook.com/sevillatur Around the year 711, when the city of www.twitter.com/SevillaTur Seville opened its doors to the Muslims Almohad period (12th-13th centuries), who, from that time, called it Isbilya. when Isbiliya became the great city of More information Come to Seville and discover its deepest al-Ándalus, in its capital. On this journey Approximate duration of visit: 2 hours. soul with Sevillatur: Isbilya. around the city, we will discover the most important remains from this period: mosques, alcaicerías, walls, gates, or 537 years, the inhabitants of the palaces, fortresses, bathrooms, bridges, F city lived under the power of Islam, etc. when the historic centre of Seville was formed as we know it today. A rich and Come to Seville and discover the origins diverse heritage has been preserved of the city’s modern architecture, the from the Moorish period, particularly the legacy of Islamic Isbilya.
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Deal provided by Viajar en el Tiempo Calle Sorrento, 18, 9-4 Almeria
Location A Gozada Alcazaba of Almeria, Almeria. of Alcazaba Contact data 635 229 998 / 667 316 862 A Gozada de Alcazaba is a theatrical [email protected] tour that explains History in a dynamic, fun and original way, encouraging the External links continuous participation of the visitors. www.facebook.com/unagozada.dealcazaba www.twitter.com/UNAGOZADADEALCA
More information n arriving, visitors will be given items and characters such as Amine, Drisia, The tours lasts two and a half hours, and can be adapted to O of clothing representative of the Baraka and Alí, inhabitants of the different needs. Minimum group size: 35 people. period, turning them into main characters fortress since over 1000 years ago, will of the events from the first moment and be in charge of narrating the historic- as an innovative point of the show. cultural content.
During the tour, the fortress itself is The interaction of these characters the theme and, through it, visitors in the form of theatre will dynamise will discover first-hand the History the route and strengthen the subject of Almeria’s Alcazaba Fortress and matter, so that the visitors will both Almeria . A stroll through the most learn a lot and enjoy themselves emblematic corners of the monument immensely. Viajar en el Tiempo
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Deal provided by Walk in Granada Gran Vía de Colón, 42 - entresuelo, oficina 3 Alhambra and 18010 Granada Generalife Location Monumental complex of the Alhambra and the Generalife, Private Tour Granada. Enjoy discovering one of the most Contact data visited monuments in the world 630 070 893 on this private tour. The Alhambra [email protected] is much more than a palace or a www.walkingranada.com/es fortress…; it is the jewel of the city of Granada. External links www.facebook.com/walkingranadatour www.twitter.com/walkingranada his private tour takes you on a journey secrets. You will explore the many walkingranada.com/blog-de-viajes-walk-in-granada-tours T through time. For 3 hours and rooms that give it shape, the gardens www.youtube.com/channel/UCWy0hylZD4OJ28hCPI8rIbA accompanied by an official guide - just and fountains surrounding it, the stones for you and your group - you will discover of its history..., and you will travel with More information the best kept secrets of this emblematic a professional guide who will make your Wireless headsets included in the Alhambra for groups of over monumental site: the palace citadel of visit an unforgettable and, if you may, a 7 people. the Alhambra. Without a doubt, our best fun experience. tour. A journey through history where you Discover not only the historic and will feel just like the great sultans and artistic value, but also its most hidden monarchs who once lived in this magical nooks and crannies, its legends and place! www.walkingranada.com
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Deal provided by Walk in Granada Gran Vía de Colón, 42 - entresuelo, oficina 3 18010 Granada
Location Monumental complex of the Alhambra and the Generalife, Granada. Alhambra Contact data 630 070 893 Group [email protected] Tour www.walkingranada.com/es External links The monumental site is Alhambra is one of the most visited monuments in the www.facebook.com/walkingranadatour world and there are many reasons for this. It’s because the Alhambra is more than a www.twitter.com/walkingranada palace or a fortress…; it is the jewel of Granada. walkingranada.com/blog-de-viajes-walk-in-granada-tours www.youtube.com/channel/UCWy0hylZD4OJ28hCPI8rIbA
he tour, a magical journey through magical legends and best kept secrets. T time, lasts 3 hours. During the tour, You will go and discover its many rooms, you will discover the best kept secrets of gardens, fountains and walls with a this emblematic place. Without a doubt, professional guide who will make the this experience is our best tour. tour interesting and fun.
Discover the historic and artistic value You will journey through history where of this monumental site, and also its you will feel just like the great sultans most hidden nooks and crannies, its and monarchs who once lived here! www.walkingranada.com
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Deal provided by Cástulo: an example of the Culmina Servicios Turísticos y Culturales defensive construction of Linares (Jaen) Location al-Ándalus Road JV-3003 Linares –Torreblascopedro, km. 3,3. Archaeological site of Cástulo, Linares.
If for any reason the the Contact data province of Jaen stood 953 613 229 / 651 436 478 out during the al-Ándalus [email protected] period, it was because it established the border External links with the Christian www.facebook.com/sierramorena.territoriominero kingdoms for several www.twitter.com/CULMINASTyC centuries. That is why it culminaserviciosturisticosyculturales.blogspot.com.es/p/ is one of the regions with visitas-guiadas.html the highest number of castles worldwide. More information Approximate duration of visit: 2 hours.
ear the city of Linares, the Hisn was built with rammed earth or N Qastulona (Cástulo), had a walled ‘tabiyya’. enclosure to protect it from the rebellious revolts of the Caliphs period, During the tour, we will see how the but it was with the Almohads, in the castle is still a benchmark in the 17th-18th century, when it played a countryside more than eight centuries fundamental role and became one of later. It controls the area around it the strategic points to try to defend the and has a direct vision of the other borders. As a result, a new fortification surrounding fortifications. Culmina Servicios Turísticos y Culturales
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Deal provided by Meryan, Artesanía en Piel Experiences Calleja de las Flores, 2 with leather 14003 Cordoba Location Experiences with leather offers a Calleja de las Flores, Historic Site of Cordoba. practical workshop in which you will experiment the different work processes Contact data of cordovan and embossed leather 957 475 902 / 699 996 150 techniques. [email protected] / [email protected] www.meryancor.com/es ocated in the heart of the city of L Cordoba, in Calleja de las Flores, External links Meryan Artesanía en Piel is a family www.facebook.com/meryancor business with over 50 years of history. It www.twitter.com/bolsosmeryan was founded by the prestigious painter www.instagram.com/meryancor from Cordoba, Ángel López-Obrero and www.pinterest.es/meryancor his wife Mercedes Miarons, their children and grandchildren are currently still More information carrying on their work. Minimum of 5 people for the workshop. Groups of no more than 12 people. Timetable of the workshop depends on The experience will include a brief schedule of the Meryan Workshop: Monday–Friday: 9 am to theoretical introduction of the cordovan 8 pm; and Saturday from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm. Estimated and embossed leather techniques, duration of the experience: 2 hours. to thereafter make your own leather Their aim is to work in leather, above artwork, painted and silver-coated. all “Cordoba leather”: goat leather and The client makes everything on his or “guadamecí” (leather laminated with her own, using traditional tools and silver), a deep-rooted craft in the city materials. dating back to the 10th century. www.meryancor.com
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Deal provided by Sonríe Travel Transversal José de Echegaray, 3 Bloque 4 2b 18151 Ogíjares / Granada
Location Albaicín neighborhood, Granada.
Contact data 958 598 696 / 620 900 138 [email protected] www.sonrietravel.com Andalusian gastronomy External links www.facebook.com/sonrietravel in Granada www.twitter.com/SonrieTravelSmi www.instagram.com/sonrietravel Andalusian gastronomy in the city of the Alhambra: discover Andalusian cuisine under the guidance of a great expert: a cuisine that has in store so many flavours More information and secrets thanks to both research and the Andalusian roots. Estimated duration of the experience: Approximately 2-3 hours. Teas with flavours of Granada. Reception by representative of Sonríe Travels. ou will share with us the flavours, A small workshop will take place where Y aromas and delights of al-Ándalus, you will experience preparing traditional teaching us recipes and enjoying the food Andalusian cuisine, while learning its we will prepare. The intention is to recover history. Once prepared, we will share an age-old tradition that came alive in the meal. The recipes will be delivered Spain and transformed the peninsula’s and the meal is accompanied by the Tea cuisine, not only as a pleasure, but also as Ritual. a healing, purifying discipline. www.sonrietravel.com
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Deal provided by Hammam al Ándalus Santa Ana street, 16 Hammam Granada al Ándalus Location Granada. Discover the Hammam Experience at our Andalusian Arab Baths, where you Contact data will be able to enjoy the Water Journey, 958 229 978 massages, rituals, and experiences that [email protected] will let your emotions flow. [email protected] www.granada.hammamalandalus.com
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An intoxicating ambience created More information by soft music of the period imbues The rates of each service vary according to the day and shift Hammam Al Ándalus and its spaces chosen. Special rates for students, pensioners and residents of contrasting temperatures: ultimate in Granada applicable from Monday to Thursday at 10am, relaxation in the hot room and 12pm, 2pm, 4pm, 10pm and 12am. stimulating chills in the cold room. last for hours. By the time you reach The warm room is always the largest. the steam room, your skin will be fully Drawing on age-old customs of the primed for an aromatic massage of Andalusí period, it recreates the original essential oils made from rose, lavender, Hammam where conversations would red amber or pomegranate blossom. www.granada.hammamalandalus.com
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Deal provided by Walk in Granada Moorish Gran Vía de Colón, 42 - entresuelo, oficina 3. Baths Session 18010 Granada Location Walk in Granada offers a relaxing Santa Ana Street, 16 Granada. Moorish baths session. The magic of the Hammam Al Ándalus Granada. water will transport you to a mythical time, to our Al-Andalus past. Contact data 630 070 893 [email protected] n Granada, immerse yourself in the www.walkingranada.com I past through the age-old ritual of the Moorish baths. A journey through the External links Culture of Water and the aromas from facebook.com/walkingranadatour the period, recaptured by the Moorish www.twitter.com/walkingranada Baths for pampering the mind and body. walkingranada.com/blog-de-viajes-walk-in-granada-tours Discover and enjoy the refined pleasure youtube.com/channel/UCWy0hylZD4OJ28hCPI8rIbA of authentic Moorish Baths. You will love the Journey of Water, full of serenity and tenderness. Feel the contrasts of the water on your skin, a perfect sensation for stimulating and relaxing you in just one session. room. An intoxicating ambience created by soft music of the period imbues Feel free to move around the warm, hot Hammam Al Ándalus and its spaces of and cold water spas, and the steam contrasting temperatures.
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Deal provided by Arqueonatura.org Hammam Calle Betania, 6 1ºA al-Walad 23003 Jaen Location Built in the 11th century, Santa Luisa de Marillac Square, (Pato Hammam or Baños the Arab Baths are located Árabes) Jaen. in the basement of the Villardompardo Palace. With Contact data 450 square meters built, 659 334 354 they are probably the largest [email protected] of those that can be visited www.arqueonatura.org in Spain. External links www.facebook.com/deturismoporjaen www.twitter.com/robertograndaba he Califales del Niño Arab Baths are Visit the Arab Baths of the Child and the www.instagram.com/arqueonatura T in the heart of the old city. During this Villardompardo Palace. guided tour, we will learn to imagine what More information this place was like when fully operational, ArQueoNatura arises from the need to Reception of guests at meeting point (Plaza del Pato). Guide and the different functions it had over preserve and to promote natural spaces and interpretation services of the surroundings and the history. Enjoy a story of Muslim tradition, and archaeological sites in Andalusia. interior of the cultural centre by an official guide of Andalusia. which could have taken place between It comprises accredited guides and Estimated duration of the experience: 2 h. its walls, in which at least two of the interpreters, who lead guided visits to characters can be linked to the history of the city of Jaen and its surroundings, Jaen. children’s workshops on history through drawings and nature walks.
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Deal provided by Woow Córdoba Calle Pedro Verdugo, 18 Cordoba
Location Archaeological site of Madinat Al-Zahra, Cordoba. Madinat Contact data 626 057 613 Al-Zahra, [email protected] guided tour www.woowcordoba.es External links The Madinat Al-Zahra, a palatine city commissioned by Abd Al-Rahman III in the first facebook.com/woowcordoba half of the 10th, is a faithful reflection of the splendour that surrounded the city of www.twitter.com/WoowCordoba Cordoba after its proclamation as a Caliphate. www.woowcordoba.es/blog
lthough to date it has only been lower area which is still to be excavated More information A possible to excavate about a tenth of was the city: the houses of the people, as Price includes a bus from Cordoba to Madinat Al-Zahra, a the palatine city, this is where the noble well as the royal craft workshop, the mint shuttle to the archaeological site, a guided tour and the return part of the city was concentrated. It was and a prison. to Cordoba. built in the foothills of the Sierra Morena, near Cordoba and from the upper part Our visit takes us down from the you look out over the rest of the city and Caliph’s residence, through the the surrounding countryside. It is divided guardroom, the house of Yafar, the into three terraces, the top two are walled servants quarters, the Salón Rico, and corresponded to the living quarters the basilica, a porticoed building, of the Caliph, dignitaries, government the Parade Ground and the Aljama officials and to military buildings. The mosque. www.woowcordoba.es
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Deal provided by Real Sevillatur Alcázar Seville Location Palace of Real Alcázar, Historical Site of Seville. Seville Contact data 603 698 075 Located in Seville, the Real [email protected] Alcázar Palace of Seville [email protected] is the oldest functioning www.sevillatur.com royal palace in Europe, birthplace of Muslim and External links Christian Monarchs from facebook.com/sevillatur/ 9th century to the present www.twitter.com/SevillaTur day. More information Visit: 1 hour and 45 minutes. n this guided tour, Sevillatur will We will stroll through the gardens, O uncover with you the secrets that a beautiful collection of Moorish, this palatial site conceals, fruit of the Renaissance and modern components, numerous extensions implemented by the and see the wide variety of terraces, monarchs throughout its history. We can fountains and vegetation. All this makes learn about the most emblematic spaces it a good place for the filming of a large of the site, such as the Plaster Courtyard, number of films and series, so we will the Admiral’s Room, the Gothic palace show you the settings where scenes or one of the gems of the Mudejar civil were filmed with the award-winning architecture: the Palace of King Pedro I. ‘Game of Thrones’. www.sevillatur.com
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Deal provided by Casa Museo del Guadamecí Omeya (Ramón García Romero - Arte sobre Piel) Plaza Agrupación de Cofradías, 2. 14003 Cordoba
Location Premium Visit Agrupación de Cofradías Square, 2. Cordoba. Contact data to the Omayyad 957 050 131 / 627 526 169 [email protected] / [email protected] Gilded Leather www.artesobrepiel.com/es Museum External links www.facebook.com/artesobrepiel The studio belongs to the only artist explanation will be given of the different www.twitter.com/artesobrepiel who continues to expand the museum’s craft techniques that made Cordoba www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MIXxSRsxdI collection and the restoration workshop, so famous and renown worldwide: accompanied by the guide at all times. The gilded leather and cordwain. The More information museum’s current artist and craftworker Opening Times: Monday to Saturday, 10:30 am to 2pm, will be presented, who will personally and 4:30-8pm. Meeting point: Reception in the museum. his option includes a visit to the explain what his work consists of, Languages available: Spanish, English, French, German and T Birthplace Museum of the Omayyad showing his tools, works performed and Arabic. Estimated duration of the experience: 50 minutes. Gold Leather and the rooms most hidden materials employed. The museum has a “Basic” visit free of charge, to enjoy from visitors. the museum collection. Visitors will be led by devices with The museum has a specialised recordings offered in different languages. The guide will explain the need for crafts shop, where you can purchase establishing this museum, and will exclusive works created using both demonstrate two collections: the embossed leather and cordovan museum’s and another, private one. An techniques. www.artesobrepiel.com
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Deal provided by Visit to the Walled Area Ayuntamiento de Marchena Plaza del Ayuntamiento, 1 of Marchena 41620 Marchena (Seville) Location Manuel Rojas Marcos Street, Marchena.
Contact data 955 321 010 Ext.175-174 [email protected] www.turismodemarchena.org The Walled Area de Marchena has a length of External links 2,500 metres and 3 large www.facebook.com/OficinaDeTurismoDeMarchena spaces: The old Madina, the Palace and the Finca More information de El Parque. Estimated duration of the experience: 1 h.
f the Almohad period (12th century), of Alcazaba, spacious grounds of 2.3 O the Arco de la Rosa (old Seville hectares that are completely walled. It Gate) is worth mentioning, a significant is a secondary gate. The Carmona Gate, masonry monument remodelled in one of most enigmatic of the site with 1430. The Morón Gate, a double gate a polygonal tower. It is known as Torre which connected with the medina and del Oro for its geometric resemblance to currently houses the tourist office and the tower of Seville. The Portillo Arch, the Expo Lorenzo Coullaut Valera. The gate located at the foot of the palace, Tiro de Santa María gate, which linked gave access to the park and gardens of the palace with the medina. Ronda palace. www.turismodemarchena.org
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Deal provided by Visit the Platería Califal Calle Alfayatas, 7 Caliphate 14003 Cordoba Silverwork Location Alfayatas Street, 7 / Buen Pastor Street, 19 Workshop 14003 Cordoba Visit to the Caliphate Silverwork Contact data workshop, where we will ourselves 957 480 199 / 957 490 372 / 615 999 745 produce filigree using the traditional [email protected] methods of 10th-century artisans: the www.plateriacalifal.com originality and beauty of 10th-century jewellery. External links www.facebook.com/plateriacalifal www.twitter.com/plateriacalifal mong the Al Andalus techniques A that have comprised the tradition More information of Cordoba to date, we must highlight The decorative motifs of our gems are inspired by our Great filigree. This technique comprises creating Mosque of Cordoba and the palatial city from Madinat Al- jewellery pieces by crimping threads of Caliphate Silverwork. Pieces made of Zahra. Estimated duration of the experience: 15-20 minutes. fine silver. You can contemplate at our silver of 925 mls, covered with white gold shop-workshop the production of these and combined with glazing for metals. A pieces in real time, and will receive a production method very similar to tile- detailed explanation of the traditional making, which tricks the eyes, giving the work methods of the Caliphal period, sensation that precious stones are being which we have recovered in our workshop. seen, when, in fact, these are stained- At our workshop-shops, you can find glass windows that reveal unique nuances a unique exhibition of 10th-century with the sun and light passing through. www.plateriacalifal.com
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Deal provided by Classic Toma & Coe Calle Brasil, 18 – Urb. Torre de la Roca Andalucía Torremolinos On this tour we will visit the most Location beautiful cities of Andalusia: Seville, Historical Site of cities: Seville, Cordoba and Granada. Granada and Cordoba. Contact data 650 733 116 / 674 231 291 njoy the monuments of Seville [email protected] / [email protected] E including the beautiful and immense www.tomaandcoe.com Cathedral with its Giralda tower, and the Alcázar. A private walking tour will reveal External links the secret side of Seville, and of course www.facebook.com/tomaandcoe no trip to Seville would be complete www.twitter.com/tomaandcoe without indulging in a spot of Flamenco! www.pinterest.es/tomaandcoe/toma-coe
Visit Cordoba; a Mudejar Chapel, the More information only remaining Synagogue in the whole Based on a group of 8 people. of Andalucia and stroll the Old Jewish Quarter. Experience the Great Mosque of Cordoba, one of the world’s most unusual and beautiful buildings. Enjoy an expert guided tour of Granada’s magnificent Alhambra and the gardens of the Generalife, without doubt a highlight of any visit to Andalucia. Visit the Arabic quarter Albayzin, with magnificent views of Granada. www.tomaandcoe.com
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Deal provided by Remembering Just Explore, Holidays & Tours Calle La Parra, 40B al-Ándalus & Sefarad 14550 Montilla (Cordoba) Location Andalusia.
Contact data 639 933 717 [email protected] / [email protected] www.just-explore.com
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More information ultural tour of 7 nights to discover the traditions of the three different cultures It includes: 7 nights of accommodation, all breakfast, 6 C highlights of Andalucia focussed on and religions that cohabit in our current lunches, 2 diners, 1 flamenco show, 7 guided tours with art the Muslim and Jewish heritage. This is a Andalucia since Roman times. historian experts. Entrance fees. Tour guide for the entire trip. fully escorted group tour of a minimum of 2 people and a maximum of 12 starting The tour is completely organised and and ending in Malaga and including fully arranged from start till finish to historic gems such as: Cordoba, Madinat make of this adventure a memorable Al-Zahra, Úbeda, Baeza, Seville and journey. Headquartered in the city of Granada. Montilla, Just Explore Holidays & Tours specialises in trips through Andalusia Travellers will have the opportunity and Spain, in general. It offers exclusive, to learn about the past history and unique and high-quality experiences. www.just-explore.com
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Deal provided by Turismo Vivencial Avenida del Barco, 61. Marmolejo (Jaen)
Location Andalusia.
Contact data 607 546 165 [email protected] / [email protected] www.turismovivencial.com
External links www.facebook.com/turismovivencial Live the andalusian dream www.twitter.com/VivenciaTurismo turismovivencial.com/blog We propose an authentic immersion into the Andalusian culture that will make you www.youtube.com/channel/UCMGF8EfWCrjV9gBwQvPDDPg experience our traditions and identity. Our emblematic cities and buildings, but mainlyl its people, full of energy and joy. More information Stay: 8 days and 7 nights / Accommodation: 4 * hotels in HB. Arrival point: Malaga or Seville airports. Included: exclusive journey that will take you through and Andalusian horses. In addition local host for the group. Vehicle and transfers indicated. A wineries, farms, olive oil mills to visiting the World Heritage cities Accommodation in half board, breakfast and dinner (water and National Parks in incomparable of Úbeda and Baeza, we will also and wine in drinks). Some meals Entrances to monuments environments, these are just some of the take you to another world icon, the and indicated visits. Basic travel assistance insurance and reasons why we invite you to live with us Alhambra in Granada. All these local taxes. the Andalusian dream. experiences and many more you will live in the company of our local hosts, You will also live unique sensations who will make you feel like one of us participating in the world of flamenco during your stay. www.turismovivencial.com
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Deal provided by Turismo Vivencial Avenida del Barco, 61. Marmolejo (Jaen)
Location Andalusia Andalusia. Contact data Five Elements 607 546 165 [email protected] / [email protected] Five elements Andalusia is an exciting www.turismovivencial.com/ itinerary that takes you across vineyards, oil mills, pastures and unique cattle External links ranches. www.facebook.com/turismovivencial www.twitter.com/VivenciaTurismo turismovivencial.com/blog memorable experience between At Turismo Vivencial, they want you www.youtube.com/channel/UCMGF8EfWCrjV9gBwQvPDDPg A farms filled with stories. A pleasant to dream, to discover, to have a good stay to share with local families, who will time amongst good people, doing More information open their doors for us to accompany simple things. They want to invite IIncludes: 8 days and 7 nights itinerary / exclusive local them and experience their daily work. you to savour life and to acknowledge host for the group / indicated vehicle and transfers / An exclusive immersion into the popular forgotten but incredible places... accommodation in 4* with half board accommodation, culture and traditions, with a special they want you to enjoy the luxury of including breakfast and dinner (water and wine for drinks). space reserved for the mouth-watering handmade things. Some meals are included / indicated tickets and visits / basic local cuisine. travel assistance insurance and local taxes.
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Deal provided by Galeota Tourism Calle El Cruce, 3. 29550 Ardales Castles Route Location Guadalteba district (Malaga). The Castles Route invites us to explore and discover all the stories, battles and Contact data border conflicts that took place in these 677 324 386 lands. [email protected] [email protected] www.galeotatourism.com hree villages and three castles: The T Peña Castle was built in the late 9th External links century, during the uprising of Omar www.facebook.com/galeotatourism Ibm Hafsun. It was part of his kingdoms www.instagram.com/galeotatourism until the Omeyas of Cordoba put an end to the rebellion with the conquest More information of Bobastro. As of the 13th century, Suggested stay: 3 days. after the conquest of the Guadalquivir Valley by Castilian troops, the Castle of Ardales will regain importance, as the area became the border between Castile and the Nasrid kingdom of Granada. The Christian incursions to conquer it were frequent and the great interest of the The Estrella Castle, of Teba, also Nasrid to maintain their control over the conserves Muslim and Castilian areas, fortress which changed ownership on and the Hisn Cannit Castle, of Cañete la several occasions. Real, is also part of the route. www.galeotatourism.com
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Deal provided by Hotel Carpe Diem Calle Barroso, 4 14003 Cordoba Discovering Location Barroso Street, 4 Cordoba, 14003 Cordoba the roots of Contact data 957 476 221 / 667 522 740 Andalusia [email protected] www.hotelcordobacarpediem.com Carpe Diem provides accommodation for those travellers who are challenged with External links discovering Cordoba. www.facebook.com/Carpe-Diem-734891603200702 www.twitter.com/CarpeDiem_Hotel
ll the monuments and corners of Cordoba’s greatest treasures, the More information A of Cordoba breathe centuries of Mezquita. The hotel is also just three We also have a café, gym and sauna. As well as a car park and history and a mix of cultures. This is minutes from city centre, where the valet parking. There are single, double and family rooms for a marvellous town that will surprise atmosphere of the streets, the shops three and four people, with large comfortable beds to relax everyone who dares to discover it. and the lively character of the people after a stroll around the City of the Caliphs. will captivate everyone. The hotel, Hotel Carpe Diem is located in a completely refurbished, has excellent privileged area of the city, just a few facilities available to its guests. One minutes from its historic centre. You of its attractions is the incredible need take just a few steps to discover terrace, where you can enjoy a glass of its narrow streets of the Jewish Quarter wine glass with views to tower of the are discover with your own eyes one Mosque. www.hotelcordobacarpediem.com
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Deal provided by Auto Hispalis. Rent a minivan and Driver Minivan Plaza Zocodover, 3. 41019 Seville available for Location Monumental set of the Alhambra and the Generalife, visits to the Granada. Alhambra Contact data 955 266 926 / 630 021 050 / 696 552 222 (Granada) [email protected] / [email protected] www.autohispalis.com Discover one of the most important gems of Moorish architecture in the External links west, the Nasrid jewel of Al Andalus: www.facebook.com/Autohispalis/ the monumental sits of Alhambra and www.twitter.com/AutoHispalis Generalife. www.youtube.com/channel/UCl6-reqroB8nA8BzcgrUKCA www.pinterest.es/AutoHispalisRentaCarAndDriver www.flickr.com/photos/autohispalis/ e will travel from Seville to the W monumental city of Granada, More information where you will have 4 hours to visit the The minivan vehicle seats 7 people plus the driver. You can monumental sites: the Alhambra, Nasrid check with the driver about recommended restaurantes in Palaces, Generalife, Palace of Charles V. the city. Reserved Minivan: Mercedes-Benz Vito. The driver stays nearby during yours. Does not include guide / Does not After visiting the indoor facilities of the include any entrance tickets. Total length of the service 10 Alhambra, you will have 1 hour free to hours (including departure-return to and from Seville). enjoy the gastronomy of Granada. www.autohispalis.com
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Deal provided by Auto Hispalis. Rent a minivan and Driver Plaza Zocodover, 3 Minivan 41019 Seville Location available Historical Site of Aracena. for visits to Contact data 955 266 926 / 630 021 050 / 696 552 222 Aracena [email protected] / [email protected] www.autohispalis.com/ Discover the monumental and gastronomic wealth of the city of Aracena, the business and cultural centre of the Sierra de Aracena and Picos de Aroche Natural Park, capital External links of the acorn-fed ham, with all the comfort of a minivan with driver. www.facebook.com/Autohispalis www.twitter.com/AutoHispalis www.youtube.com/channel/UCl6-reqroB8nA8BzcgrUKCA e travel from Seville to the city www.pinterest.es/AutoHispalisRentaCarAndDriver W of Aracena, with an estimated www.flickr.com/photos/autohispalis time of 3 hours to visit the main tourist attractions of the town: Las Maravillas More information Grotto, Templar Castle, Ham Museum The minivan vehicle seats 7 people plus the driver. You can and Fuente del Concejo Public Laundry. check with the driver about recommended restaurantes in the city. Reserved Minivan: Mercedes-Benz Vito. During your After the visit, you will have a free hour visits, the driver awaits nearby. Does not include guide / Does to go shopping. There will then be 2 not include any entrance tickets. Total length of the service 8 hours to sample the city’s excellent and hours (including departure-return to and from Seville). varied gastronomy. www.autohispalis.com
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Deal provided by Auto Hispalis. Rent a minivan and Driver Plaza Zocodover, 3 Minivan 41019 Seville available Location for visits to Historical Site of Cordoba Contact data Cordoba 955 266 926 / 630 021 050 / 696 552 222 [email protected] / [email protected] Discover the monumental city of www.autohispalis.com Cordoba, the jewel of the Caliphate Umayyad architecture, with all the External links comfort offered by a minivan with driver. www.facebook.com/Autohispalis www.twitter.com/AutoHispalis www.youtube.com/channel/UCl6-reqroB8nA8BzcgrUKCA e will travel from Seville to www.pinterest.es/AutoHispalisRentaCarAndDriver W the city of Cordoba, where www.flickr.com/photos/autohispalis you can visit its most representative monuments (estimated time 3 hours, More information 30 minutes): Castle of the Christian The minivan vehicle seats 7 people plus the driver. You can MonarchArchbishopric, Mosque, check with the driver about recommended restaurantes in Calahorra Tower, Roman Bridge and the the city. Reserved Minivan: Mercedes-Benz Vito. Access of Jewish Quarters. vehicle to the historic centre is restricted, the driver awaits nearby. Meeting point: Puerta de Alcázar. Does not include After these visits, you will have 1.5 free guide / Does not include any entrance tickets. Total length of hours to enjoy the delicious and varied the service 8 hours (including departure-return to and from Cordoban cuisine. Seville). www.autohispalis.com
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Deal provided by Auto Hispalis. Rent a minivan and Driver Minivan available for visits Plaza Zocodover, 3 to Cordoba and Granada 41019 Seville Location Discover Cordoba and Granada, two Historical Sets of Cordoba and Granada. monumental cities with a magnificent Andalusian style, with all the comfort Contact data offered by a minivan with driver. 955 266 926 / 630 021 050 / 696 552 222 [email protected] / [email protected] www.autohispalis.com/
e will travel from Seville to the External links W city of Cordoba, where you can www.facebook.com/Autohispalis visit different monuments in the city www.twitter.com/AutoHispalis (estimated time, 3 hours): Castle of www.youtube.com/channel/UCl6-reqroB8nA8BzcgrUKCA the Christian MonarchArchbishopric, www.pinterest.es/AutoHispalisRentaCarAndDriver Mosque, Calahorra Tower, Roman Bridge www.flickr.com/photos/autohispalis and the Jewish Quarters. More information After these visits, you will have 1 free The minivan vehicle seats 7 people plus the driver. You can hour to enjoy the city’s gastronomy. check with the driver about recommended restaurantes in Then we’ll go to the Nasrid city of the city. Reserved Minivan: Mercedes-Benz Vito. During your Granada (for the hotel check-in). visit, the driver remains nearby (meeting point at the Puerta del Alcázar). Does not include guide / Does not include any www.autohispalis.com entrance tickets. Total length of the service 9 hours (including departure-return to and from Seville).
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Deal provided by Auto Hispalis. Rent a minivan and Driver Minivan available for visits to Plaza Zocodover, 3. 41019 Seville Jerez de la Frontera - Cadiz Location Historical Sets of Jerez de la Frontera and Cadiz.
Contact data Discover the monumental 955 266 926 / 630 021 050 / 696 552 222 town of Jerez de la [email protected] / [email protected] Frontera, “capital of wine www.autohispalis.com and horses”, with all the comforts offered by a External links minivan with driver. www.facebook.com/Autohispalis www.twitter.com/AutoHispalis www.youtube.com/channel/UCl6-reqroB8nA8BzcgrUKCA n the city, among other monuments and an exclusive Mercedes-Benz www.pinterest.es/AutoHispalisRentaCarAndDriver I and resources, you will enjoy the minivan, awaiting nearby your visits. www.flickr.com/photos/autohispalis famous and illustrate Royal School of Equestrian Art (duration: 1 hour 30 After visiting the winery, you will have More information minutes, approximately). After this 1 hour 30 minutes to sample the local The minivan vehicle seats 7 people plus the driver. You can typical visit, the city has a large number gastronomy. Then, we will move on to check with the driver about recommended restaurantes in of wine cellars, quite close, at which the city of Cadiz, where you can enjoy the city. Reserved Minivan: Mercedes-Benz Vito. Access you can enjoy discovering the wine of a panoramic tour: Puerta de Tierra, to vehicles in the historic centre is restricted, the driver this land and its production process, a La Caleta Beach, Roman Theatre and awaits nearby. Does not include guide / Does not include any luxury! (duration: 1 hour 30 minutes, Cathedral. entrance tickets. Total length of the service 8 hours (including approximately). departure-return to and from Seville). Tell us which places you wish to discover You will always have the driver available and we will advise you for the best visit.
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Deal provided by Auto Hispalis. Rent a minivan and Driver Plaza Zocodover, 3. 41019 Seville Minivan Location available for Historical Sets of Ronda and Granada. Contact data visits to Ronda 955 266 926 / 630 021 050 / 696 552 222 [email protected] / [email protected] and Granada www.autohispalis.com Discover the monumental cities of Ronda External links and Granada with all the comfort offered www.facebook.com/Autohispalis by a minivan with driver. www.twitter.com/AutoHispalis www.youtube.com/channel/UCl6-reqroB8nA8BzcgrUKCA www.pinterest.es/AutoHispalisRentaCarAndDriver e will travel from Seville to the city of with driver based in Seville, dedicated www.flickr.com/photos/autohispalis W Ronda, where you can visit different to exclusive tourism, specialising in monuments in the city (estimated time, 3 private transfers with Luxury minivans of More information hours): Ronda Bullring, Ronda Tajo, Arabic the prestigious Mercedes-Benz brand, The minivan vehicle seats 7 people plus the driver. You can Baths, Tajo Alameda, Ronda Lookout with several V-Class vehicles with fully check with the driver about recommended restaurantes in Point. personalised, handmade interiors, the city. Reserved Minivan: Mercedes-Benz Vito. During your unique in Spain. visits, the driver awaits nearby. Does not include guide / Does After these visits, you will have 1 free not include any entrance tickets. Total length of the service 9 hour to enjoy the city’s gastronomy. Then Our uniformed drivers speak different hours (including departure-return to and from Seville). we’ll go to Granada (for hotel check-in). languages, possess a broad knowledge of the most tourist routes in Andalusia to Auto Hispalis is a car hire company offer you the service you deserve.
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Deal provided by Toma & Coe Calle Brasil, 18 – Urb. Torre de la Roca Torremolinos
Location The twin towns Historical Sets of Archidona y Antequera. of Archidona Contact data 650 733 116 / 674 231 291 and Antequera [email protected] / [email protected] www.tomaandcoe.com Just a short drive from the Costa del Sol, you find these two neighbouring and External links contrasting hilltop towns. www.facebook.com/tomaandcoe www.twitter.com/tomaandcoe www.pinterest.es/tomaandcoe/toma-coe n the hill, overlooking Archidona is La Peña de los Enamorados is the O one of Andalusia’s oldest surviving monumental town of Antequera; The Mosques, now a Christian chapel Heart of Andalucia. dedicated to the local patroness; Our Lady Of Grace. The views from the top Having just gained UNESCO status for are breathtaking. one of its historical sites, the town is alive and buzzing. Here we enjoy a wonderful On the neighbouring hill but separated lunch in a restaurant dedicated to by the legendary Lover’s Rock or reviving lost recipes of rural Andalucia.
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Deal provided by Caracol Tours Avda. Periodista Quesada Chacón, 17, 3º 1 Cordoba
Location Cordoba and Palma del Río (Cordoba).
Contact data 699 611 577 [email protected] Tastes of Cordoba www.caracoltours.es Food is most succulent way of getting to know a destination. External links www.facebook.com/caracoltours www.twitter.com/caracol_tours oin us in a gastronomic tour of 2000 grove; visit to palace-museum and tea in genteslow.wordpress.com/ J years and Cordoba’s 4 people (Roman, historic citrus garcen. www.youtube.com/channel/UCLAo3XsWu_1vcVsKnMXSVLw Muslim, Jewish, Christian) leaded by wine www.pinterest.es/calvache0621 & olive oil professional taster Isa Calvache. Intro to Patios in Andalusian tea house then tasting of hand-made pastries. Included in price: visit to olive oil mill & tasting of organic extra virgin olive The main objective of Caracol Tours is for oil (EVOO); visit to winery & tasting of travellers to genuinely connect with the organic wines; lunch based on seasonl history, gastronomy, people, nature and local products; visit to organic orange local traditions of the province.
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Deal provided by Arqueonatura.org Calle Betania, 6 1ºA 23003 Jaen
Location Albanchez de Mágina (Jaen).
Contact data 659 334 354 [email protected] www.arqueonatura.org
External links Cornicabral del Peru www.facebook.com/deturismoporjaen www.twitter.com/robertograndaba Guided ecotourism visit to the Sierra Mágina Nature Reserve, where water gives life www.instagram.com/arqueonatura to a plant Mediterranean cuisine and in the Middle East: the terebrinth. More information Guided tour in English or Spanish with an official guide/1 picnic with local products. Estimated duration rom Albanchez, a town with Medieval ArQueoNatura arises from the need to of the experience: 5-6 hrs (half-day). Maximum 5 F Moorish defensive structures to the preserve and to promote natural spaces people. Fuente del Perú spring we can enjoy the and archaeological sites in Andalusia. beauty of the silence. It comprises accredited guides and interpreters, who lead guided visits to Fuente de la Seda, Jurassic Island of El the city of Jaen and its surroundings, Torcal, Gully of El Perú, Cornicabral del children’s workshops on history through Perú, Fuente del Perú. drawings and nature walks. www.arqueonatura.org
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Deal provided by Galeota Tourism Bobastro, Calle El Cruce, 3. 29550 Ardales the City of Location the Downfall Mesa de Villaverde, Ardales (Malaga). Contact data Great battles were fought here and it 677 324 386 came to dominate a large part of al- [email protected] Ándalus. [email protected] www.galeotatourism.com
he city of Bobastro was built by External links T Umar Ibn Hafsún at the top of an www.facebook.com/galeotatourism extraordinary mountains, with sheer cliffs www.instagram.com/galeotatourism that served as natural defences for the city from possible attacks by enemies. More information This place is located on the Villaverde Estimated duration of the experience: 6 hours. Plateau. the importance of the place, a refuge for The visit includes: remains of the Christianity. fortress, El Sol gateway (where the old water cisterns can be seen), the The visit then continues to the district of monastery (carved and sculpted from Ardales, where we will walk through the the sandstone rock, it is the most steep streets and learn about its history. important of its type on the Spanish The count with accredited, expert Mainland; completely Mozarabic), silos, guides who not only know, but truly remains of buildings, roads… Where you feel and live the city. Optional extra, will discover the incredible history and accommodation in a luxury villa. www.galeotatourism.com
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Deal provided by Bandoleros Tours Kidnapping by Avenida de la Feria 50. 11650 Villamartín (Cadiz) the Bandoleros Location Hacienda El Rosalejo. Tours, Luxury Road A-373 Villamartín-Ubrique, km. 6,6. 11650 Villamartín. “In Spain rules the King, and in the Sierra I”, are the words of José María El Contact data Tempranillo that we use to present the 639 937 477 Bandit kidnapping experience. [email protected] / [email protected]
External links www.facebook.com/Bandoleros-Tours-867373956678959/ andolero Tours and the El Timetables are standard, but can be www.twitter.com/bandolerostours B Rosalejo Estate have formalised a adapted to each group, excursion, collaboration agreement to use lands and congress or convention. It runs between More information facilities of the Ducal House and develop 11:30am, with the welcome to Rosalejo We recommend you wear comfortable clothing and boots “the Bandolero Tours Kidnapping”. Estate, and 5pm, when the party ends or sports shoes. The “Kidnapping of the Bandoleros Tours” History, Myth and Legend come alive, and the return begins. In the meantime, was named Most Original Tourism Product at FITUR 2001. again linking the protagonists of an different activities take place: rides in Featured in the New York Times. The most prestigious intriguing historic event: the Duke of horse-drawn carriages, arrival of the media in the world have spoken about our product. The meal Ahumada (founder of the Civil Guard) and bandits and kidnapping, lunch, live comprises shared aperitifs, stew (dishes to choose from), José María El Tempranillo agreed that the performances by the Bandoleros Tours meats (to choose from), desserts, wines, coffee and teas. latter should undergo a metamorphosis, Artistic Group, singing, drumming and Possibility of halal and kosher special menus. from bandit to captain of the Migueletes. dancing.
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Deal provided by Bandoleros Tours The Hideaway Avenida de la Feria 50. 11650 Villamartín (Cadiz) of Bandoleros Location Cortijo Los Horgazales. Tours at the Road A-384 Jerez de la Frontera – Antequera, km. 29,2. Los Horgazales 11650 Villamartín. Contact data Estate 639 937 477 [email protected] / [email protected] Enjoy Cadiz Sierra participating in a “19th century kidnapping” and excellent External links local cuisine: at the Los Horgazales www.facebook.com/Bandoleros-Tours-867373956678959/ Bandit Hideaway. www.twitter.com/bandolerostours
More information ake part in the daily routine of these “the kidnapping” occurs. The activity Recommendations: wear comfortable clothing and boots T bandits while they venture through timetable lasts from 11:30am, the or sports shoes. Both the aperitif and lunch (first course, the countryside in search of mischief. arrival to Los Horgazales, to 5:30pm, second course, desserts, coffee and cocktails) offer different Taste the products and produce of its with the conclusion of the festivities and alternatives to choose from. All products and courses are countryside and vegetable gardens, the return. In the meantime, different typical local cuisine: payoyo cheese, seasoned potatoes, seasoned with the best Señorío de activities take place: visit to the oil mill scrambled eggs with wild asparagus, tomato soup with fried Villamartín virgin olive oil and other Museum and oil-tasting, arrival of the eggs, stew of tagarninas with meat, venison casserole, etc. oils from Cadiz Sierra. The bandits bandits and kidnapping, aperitif and Possibility of halal and kosher special menus. gather in El Cobijo, however, when they lunch, fiesta with live performances of reach the place they find it occupied by the Bandoleros Tours Artistic Group. others..., its reaction occurs quickly and Bandoleros Tours
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Deal provided by Carmen and the Smugglers Bandoleros Tours Bandoleer Night Deluxe Avenida de la Feria 50. 11650 Villamartín (Cadiz) Location Experience a real Hacienda El Rosalejo. Bandoleer Night! A Road A-373 Villamartín-Ubrique, km. 6,6. themed dinner in a 11650 Villamartín. historic site: the Palace of the Duques of Ahumada, Contact data El Rosalejo Estate. 639 937 477 [email protected] / [email protected]
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More information he 3rd part of the dramatic opera one hand, the company Lyrical World Availability: from Monday-Friday. The activity begins at T ”Carmen”, in its first editions, had (Mundo Lírico), as the stage the El 9:30pm, and comprises: arrival of visitors, reception at the the Cadiz Sierra as its backdrop. With Rosalejo Estate the setting and finally, main entrance of the palace, guided tour through the palace this solid plot, the Bandoleros Tours have the third pillar with the support of ending at the Central Courtyard where the action begins, created a top-class tourist experience: Bandoleros Tours. cocktail, dinner, end of the festivities. The meal service is Carmen and the smugglers. provided by the El Rosalejo Estate’s El Jardín Restaurant, Lyrical World is a company created which in 2018 obtained 2 Suns in the Repsol Guide. Total This programme was born of the will of in 2005, and has delegations in length of the experience is 6 hours. Possibility of halal and three emblematic companies, each in Madrid, Seville and Barcelona. It is the kosher special menus. its speciality. From their camaraderie only cultural company to have been of efforts arises a unique, original bestowed the 2006 Panie Award, and innovative tourist product. On the granted by the City Council of Seville. Bandoleros Tours
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Deal provided by Toma & Coe The Soul Calle Brasil, 18 – Urb. Torre de la Roca of Cordoba Torremolinos Location Our Cordoba tour take you back in time, Historical Site of Cordoba. to reveal the customs, traditions and lifestyle of the “The City of the Three Contact data Religions” where Islam, Christianity 650 733 116 / 674 231 291 and Judaism co-existed in harmony and [email protected] / [email protected] peace. www.tomaandcoe.com
External links e take you to Cordoba in the www.facebook.com/tomaandcoe W afternoon/evening, because once www.twitter.com/tomaandcoe the sun starts to set, the secrets of these chapel built in the Moorish style and then www.pinterest.es/tomaandcoe/toma-coe/ traditions are easier to appreciate as the take a drink on the rooftop of an exclusive city takes on a quieter and more intimate hotel to contemplate the view over the More information atmosphere. Departing after lunch to former Great Mosque, or Mezquita, now Departs 3pm, returning around midnight. allow you a relaxing morning at your the Catholic Cathedral. After a delicious accommodation, we take the 2 hour drive local dinner (price not included), your through the olive groves of the province of highlight will be an impressive night visit Cordoba and arrive just as the large tour to the Mezquita. This stunning display of groups are leaving. sound and light effects brings to life the sheer scale and glorious architecture of A stroll through the Old Jewish Quarter this unique building. A stroll across the will take us past the ancient synagogue, restored Roman Bridge takes us back to one of only four that remain in Andalucia. our waiting bus for the relaxing journey We will see a sublimely intimate Christian home. www.tomaandcoe.com
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Deal provided by Aires Africanos Parque Dunar 21760 Matalascañas – Almonte (Huelva)
Location Matalascañas’s beaches.
Contact data 959 448 577 / 636 477 095 [email protected] Experience African Flavour - www.airesafricanos.com Ecotourism by Camel through External links www.facebook.com/AIRES.AFRICANOS Doñana www.twitter.com/DonanaCamels www.youtube.com/user/AiresAfricanosDonana Experience something different and animals, to discover their unique features unique. Let yourself be taken away while savouring exquisite Moorish tea More information by the sensations of the landscape of with dates. Finally, accompanied by our Approximate duration of the experience: 2h, extendable to Doñana on the back of one of the most guides, we will go on a beautiful trip by 3-4 hours, depending on the planned activities. Reception at exotic and singular animals. camel through the impressive nature Dunar Park + Visit to the facilities + Moorish tea tasting with of this setting. This programme can dates + Route on camels. Expandable for groups with Nature be extended to include a nature hike Hike + Special Falconry activity. ires Africanos arises from the passion to discover the marvels of its flora and A for other cultures and adventure. fauna and the most unusual secrets of After your reception at the entrance to the Doñana landscape. To top off the the Dunar Park, at Matalascañas, we experience, the prestigious falconer will head towards our camel farm for Manuel Diego Pareja-Obregón will a highly direct contact with all of the present us the world of birds of prey. www.airesafricanos.com
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Deal provided by Woow Córdoba Great Mosque Calle Pedro Verdugo, 18 - Cathedral of Cordoba Location Cordoba and Jewish Quarter of Cordoba. the Jewish Contact data 626 057 613 Quarter [email protected] www.woowcordoba.es In the heart of the Cordoba Jewish Quarter, looking out over the surrounding Altar and Choir of the Cathedral, with its External links stately and popular buildings, the magnificent 18th-century stonework. www.facebook.com/woowcordoba most spectacular and unique UNESCO www.twitter.com/WoowCordoba World Heritage monument: the Cordoba We then continue through the maze woowcordoba.es/blog Mosque-Cathedral. of charming narrow streets which make up what is popularly known More information as the Jewish Quarter. Cordoba was There needs to be a minimum of 6 people, otherwise a private hat was once a point of reference founded Roman times and different tour must be booked. The price includes admission to all the W in the Islamic world, in the 13th cultures have lived and co-existed here: monuments. century became the grandiose Christian Visigoths, Moors, Jews and Christians. temple which is now the Cathedral of All have left traces of their history Cordoba. The guided tour starts in the and customs in monuments, houses, old mosque, which was built over the squares and little corners. We will be old Visigoth basilica of San Vicente. It visiting the Synagogue, the Chapel was gradually extended to become the of San Bartolomé and the Christian place of worship of an ever increasing Monarchs’ Castle. A tour with a surprise population. We then proceed to the Main everywhere you turn! www.woowcordoba.es
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Deal provided by Minivan available Auto Hispalis. Rent a minivan and Driver for visits to Seville Plaza Zocodover, 3. 41019 Seville Location Historical Site of Seville.
Contact data 955 266 926 / 630 021 050 / 696 552 222 [email protected] / [email protected] www.autohispalis.com
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e have a minivan from the The city of Seville has areas to stop More information W prestigious Mercedes-Benz brand at the different monuments, and you The minivan vehicle seats 7 people plus the driver. You can available to tour or visit the city of Seville, will always have your Mercedes-Benz check with the driver about recommended restaurantes in the where you can discover and enjoy its minivan and driver close by. city. Reserved Minivan: Mercedes-Benz Vito. During your visits, magnificent offerings: Spanish-American the driver awaits nearby. Does not include guide / Does not Exhibition of 1929, Plaza de América, include any entrance tickets. Total length of the service 4 hours Plaza de España, Seville Cathedral and (including departure-return to and from hotel). Giralda, Real Alcázar, Torre del Oro and Muralla de la Macarena.
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Deal provided by AstroÁndalus Parque Científico y Tecnológico GEOLIT, Edificio Software DELSOL. 23620 Mengíbar Stargazing Location in Malaga Alfarnatejo, Axarquía of Malaga. Contact data A magical night during which you can 953 150 050 / 675 042 940 see with your own eyes the rings of [email protected] / [email protected] Saturn, the moons of Jupiter, nebulas www.astroandalus.com and other objects of the skies. External links www.facebook.com/astroandaluscom stroÁndalus is a travel agency The Axarquía of Malaga awaits you with www.twitter.com/AstroAndalus A specialising in astronomy activities a show of its night sky, a unique chance www.instagram.com/astroandalus and tours, it offers you a range of tourist to discover the marvels of the skies by www.youtube.com/channel/UCJZlR0wKRhC-HVn2kv_T96g packages based on culture, knowledge, the hand of specialised instructors and 500px.com/astroandalus exclusiveness and personal enrichment, high-end range telescopes. by means of discovering and exploring More information curious things that our universe’s laws Transfer to the stargazing site - Estimated duration of the experience: 2 hours 30 minutes. of physics prevent us from seeing in our Stargazing Photography session - everyday lives. Return to the departure point.
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Deal provided by Private stargazing session in AstroÁndalus Parque Científico y Tecnológico GEOLIT, Edificio Software Sierra Norte of Seville DELSOL. 23620 Mengíbar
Location Cazalla de la Sierra, Nature Park Sierra Norte de Seville.
Contact data 953 150 050 / 675 042 940 [email protected] / [email protected] An opportunity to discover www.astroandalus.com the night sky and let your imagination fly between External links planets, stars, and www.facebook.com/astroandaluscom nebulas. www.twitter.com/AstroAndalus www.instagram.com/astroandalus www.youtube.com/channel/UCJZlR0wKRhC-HVn2kv_T96g n opportunity to discover the night of physics prevent us from seeing in our 500px.com/astroandalus A sky and let your imagination fly everyday lives. An unforgettable night, between planets, stars, and nebulas. with the explanations of a guide, expert More information in astronomy and high-end telescopes Private stargazing activity, memento photography session, AstroÁndalus is a travel agency to discover the secrets of the Universe. toast under the stars. Estimated duration of the experience: 2 specialising in astronomy activities and hours 30 minutes. tours, it offers you a range of tourist If you want to explore rather than just packages based on culture, knowledge, travel, discover rather than just see; exclusiveness and personal enrichment, if you want to feel, experience and by means of discovering and exploring understand,... don’t hesitate – they curious things that our universe’s laws waiting for you! www.astroandalus.com
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Deal provided by AstroÁndalus Parque Científico y Tecnológico GEOLIT, Edificio Software Stargazing in Cazorla (Jaen) DELSOL. 23620 Mengíbar Come and enjoy an original, fun and exciting activity with your family or friends. Location Nature Park Sierra de Cazorla, Jaen.
Contact data 953 150 050 / 675 042 940 [email protected] / [email protected] www.astroandalus.com
External links www.facebook.com/astroandaluscom www.twitter.com/AstroAndalus www.instagram.com/astroandalus www.youtube.com/channel/UCJZlR0wKRhC-HVn2kv_T96g night of observation with telescopes and tours, it offers you a range of 500px.com/astroandalus A in an incomparable setting tourist packages based on culture, surrounded by unspoilt nature and sparse knowledge, exclusiveness and personal More information population, for enjoying the spectacle of enrichment, by means of discovering Estimated duration of the experience: 2 hours 30 minutes. the Milky Way, planets and other objects and exploring curious things that our The observation activity can be complemented with transfer in the deep sky, like nebulas and galaxies. universe’s laws of physics prevent services, accommodation and dinner, upon request. us from seeing in our everyday lives. AstroÁndalus is a travel agency Stargazing activity - Photography specialising in astronomy activities session.
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Deal provided by Turismo Ecuestre Doñana Zona Hípica de Camping La Aldea 21750 El Rocío (Huelva)
Location National Park Doñana.
Contact data 644 221 434 [email protected] www.turismoecuestredonana.com
External links www.facebook.com/TurismoEcuestreDonana www.twitter.com/TurEcuDonana www.instagram.com/turismoecuestredonana Doñana Sunset www.youtube.com/channel/UCPEqql_4kmTnzhV3EhsH_sQ Horse-riding Route More information Estimated duration of the experience: 2 hours. Horse riding Surround yourself with magic in Europe’s most important Nature Reserve: Doñana. route of two hours. With guide and small group.
iscover Horse riding in Doñana. When a Doñana sunset, the perfect time to see D the sun begins to set, it offers a the animals that inhabit it, when they start magical combinations of colours which will to seek a refuge to spend the night. Meet enchant you. Experience all the magic of Doñana in a different way, direct and fun.
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Deal provided by AstroÁndalus Parque Científico y Tecnológico GEOLIT, Edificio Software DELSOL. 23620 Mengíbar
Location Natural setting of Jaen.
Contact data 953 150 050 / 675 042 940 [email protected] / [email protected] Private stargazing in Jaen www.astroandalus.com External links If you want to explore rather than just travel, discover rather than just see; if you www.facebook.com/astroandaluscom want to feel, experience and understand,... don’t hesitate – they waiting for you! www.twitter.com/AstroAndalus www.instagram.com/astroandalus www.youtube.com/channel/UCJZlR0wKRhC-HVn2kv_T96g stroÁndalus is a travel agency fascinating night skies of this region 500px.com/astroandalus A specialising in astronomy activities through an exclusive stargazing event: and tours, it offers you a range of tourist professional telescopes, explanations More information packages based on culture, knowledge, from expert monitors in astronomy, Estimated duration of the experience: 2 hours 30 minutes. exclusiveness and personal enrichment, a memorable photography session The observation activity can be complemented with transfer by means of discovering and exploring and a toast under the stars... An services, accommodation and dinner, upon request. curious things that our universe’s laws unforgettable experience. of physics prevent us from seeing in our everyday lives. Private stargazing activity - Photography session with a toast under A special activity to discover the the stars. www.astroandalus.com
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Deal provided by AstroÁndalus Parque Científico y Tecnológico GEOLIT, Edificio Software DELSOL. Private 23620 Mengíbar Location stargazing Natural setting of Montoro, Cordoba. in Montoro Contact data 953 150 050 / 675 042 940 (Cordoba) [email protected] / [email protected] www.astroandalus.com An excellent experience for discovering the night skies of Andalusia and the External links Sierra Morena Reserve Starlight. www.facebook.com/astroandaluscom www.twitter.com/AstroAndalus www.instagram.com/astroandalus stroÁndalus is a travel agency stars in the heart of the province of www.youtube.com/channel/UCJZlR0wKRhC-HVn2kv_T96g A specialising in astronomy activities Cordoba, near the village of Montoro. 500px.com/astroandalus and tours, it offers you a range of tourist The activity will be attended by an packages based on culture, knowledge, astronomical instructor and a high-end More information exclusiveness and personal enrichment, range telescope that will show you, on Estimated duration of the experience: 2 hours 30 minutes. by means of discovering and exploring an exclusive, private basis, dozens of The observation activity can be complemented with transfer curious things that our universe’s laws objects in deep space, like clusters, services, accommodation and dinner, upon request. of physics prevent us from seeing in our galaxies, nebulas and planets. everyday lives. Private stargazing activity - Photography An unforgettable night under the session with a toast under the stars. www.astroandalus.com
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Deal provided by Woow Córdoba Cordoba Patios. Calle Pedro Verdugo, 18 Guided tour of Cordoba Location popular Patios Axerquía Norte, Cordoba. derived from the Contact data 626 057 613 Roman “domus” [email protected] www.woowcordoba.es In the historical town centre of Cordoba, in northern Axerquía and further away from the Jewish Quarter, you’ll find some of the most representative Cordoba patios, External links around the main churches from the period of King Fernando. www.facebook.com/woowcordoba www.twitter.com/WoowCordoba woowcordoba.es/blog hey were ordered to be built by King style although they still retain the T Fernando III after the conquest of original spirit of a Cordoba Patio: the More information Cordoba (1236), these patios follow the charm of a typical dwelling for several It includes the tour with an official local guide and entry to structure and distribution of the Roman families in medieval Cordoba. the popular patios. We will visit 6 popular patios and meet the houses adapted to al-Andalus culture. owners, who still affectionately care for these extraordinary They will reveal some of the secrets of patios. Although of humble construction and these houses with centuries of history hardly built-up until the 19th century, later and which are still inhabited by for many centuries they were home ordinary families. You’ll see plants that to numerous families living around you have never seen before, hear about a common patio. Most of them were how they are cared for on a daily basis renovated in the last century and have and enjoy their fresh. green colours and acquired a contemporary architectural wonderful aromas. www.woowcordoba.es
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Deal provided by Cordoba, a bird’s-eye- Woow Córdoba Calle Pedro Verdugo, 18 view of three cultures Cordoba Location Historical Site of Cordoba.
Contact data 626 057 613 [email protected] www.woowcordoba.es
External links www.facebook.com/woowcordoba www.twitter.com/WoowCordoba woowcordoba.es/blog Woow Cordoba will take you up high to explore and discover the city’s magnificent history. a real adventure to enjoy from the heights. More information This price is applicable for groups of a minimum of 6 people. For smaller groups please check the price with us. Price e will climb up to several roof architectural aspects that best describe includes an official local guide and entrance to the rooftop W terraces of buildings in the the city’s main monuments, something terraces of the different buildings. historical town centre of Cordoba to get which is quite hard to appreciate so well a bird’s-eye-view of how the city and at street level. its urban layout have evolved over the centuries. You’ll be able to appreciate And you’ll get to enjoy a wonderful how the city has grown as a result of sunset from one of the rooftop terraces the experiments made by the different while savouring a glass of Montilla- civilisations. You’ll also learn about the Moriles sherry accompanied by a tapa. www.woowcordoba.es
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Deal provided by Cláritas Turismo Apartado de Correos 68 23080 Jaen Stroll through Location the Legends Historical Site of Jaen. Contact data and Mysteries 953 960 618 / 678 775 043 [email protected] / [email protected] of Jaen www.claritasturismo.com/es Stroll under a blanket of stars in the External links historic quarter of Jaen. www.facebook.com/CLARITASTURISMO www.twitter.com/ClaritasTurismo www.instagram.com/claritasturismo njoying its unique legends, Heritage but, especially, by lovers of art, www.youtube.com/channel/UC95ma2NP4lyyykIoJn3ZWog E mysteries, anecdotes, curiosities culture and history. That’s why we want and love stories that are hidden within to transmit our passion the same way in More information its different streets, squares and which we live it. Estimated duration of the experience: 1 hour 30 minutes. monuments. Furthermore, at the end of Private guide - Pick-up service from hotel - Outdoor stroll the stroll, you’ll be invited to a drink with Ask about our individual or group visits around the historic centre of Jaen - Drink and tapa. - There tapa. and those for associations and groups, are no admission fees to monuments. Return to the hotel schools, company incentive trips (optional). With its headquarters in the city of and conferences. We also have sign Jaen, Cláritas Turismo is comprise of language interpreters for visits with deaf Art historians and Experts in Cultural persons, etc.
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Deal provided by Cláritas Turismo Apartado de Correos 68 23080 Jaen
Location Historical Site of Jaen.
Contact data 953 960 618 / 678 775 043 Discover [email protected] / [email protected] Jaen www.claritasturismo.com/es External links Enjoy the city of Jaen in a unique and different way, discovering Jaen Cathedral, www.facebook.com/CLARITASTURISMO a jewel of Spanish Renaissance and the model for the cathedrals built in Latin www.twitter.com/ClaritasTurismo America. www.instagram.com/claritasturismo www.youtube.com/channel/UC95ma2NP4lyyykIoJn3ZWog
mmerse yourself in the largest and still remaining in Jaen, the Santiago Air More information I best preserved Moorish Baths in Raid Shelter. Our guide will pick you up Estimated duration of the experience: 2 hours 30 min. Europe; revisit the past with a rich at your hotel and accompany you at all history in the squares and streets of the times, your own private guide for the historical old town, recalling the famous city. With its headquarters in the city legend of the Lizard of Jaen, designated of Jaen, Cláritas Turismo is comprise of Spanish Intangible Cultural Heritage; Art historians and Experts in Cultural and finish by visiting one of the few air Heritage but, especially, by lovers of art, raid shelters from the Spanish Civil War culture and history.
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Deal provided by Barroco Visitas Guiadas Calle Cana, 12 bajo 14800 Priego de Cordoba (Cordoba)
Location Medinat Baguh: Historical Site of Priego de Cordoba. the origin Contact data 957 541 537 / 622 492 768 of Priego de [email protected] / [email protected] Cordoba www.barrocovisitasguiadas.com/es External links Priego de Cordoba is one of the most www.facebook.com/barrocovisitasguiadas beautiful towns in the province of www.twitter.com/barrocovg Cordoba. www.instagram.com/barrocovisitasguiadas
More information riego de Cordoba was declared a Visitas Guiadas is a service company Guided cultural walking tour of Priego de Cordoba. Estimated P Historic-Artistic Site in 1972 and offering guided tours of the historic duration of the experience: 3 hours. expanded its area in the year 2002. and cultural heritage. It has two main Although there are remains from previous aims: the professionalism of the times, the city’s development dates tourism guides and service quality. back to the Muslim period: the Caliphate For this reason it has an official guide Castle, the Adarve Wall and the streets of of broad experience, with a university the Villa neighbourhood. degree in History of Art and Tourism, guaranteeing the best service. Located in Priego de Cordoba, Baroco www.barrocovisitasguiadas.com
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Deal provided by Sevillatur Seville
Location Historical Site of the Seville.
Contact data 603 698 075 [email protected] / [email protected] www.sevillatur.com
External links Legendary Seville www.facebook.com/sevillatur www.twitter.com/SevillaTur Discover the most legendary and magical Seville; Sevillatur invites you to discover the most ‘enchanted’ city. More information Approximate duration of visit: 2 hours.
eville is an ancient city with a host During the tour, we will discover the S of narrow streets that have been popular stories that have shaped the witnesses of legends, unusual events traditions, the customs and the daily and occurrences. Some are royal, heroic history of the city, fables starring the and historic; others are full of legends most illustrious characters of Seville, which, century after century and from whose love, betrayal, miracles and generation to generation, have been mysteries have been engraved on the passed down to become part of the memory of the people. cultural heritage of a city that surrounds you with its spirit. Let yourself be captivated by the magic of the most legendary spots in Seville. www.sevillatur.com
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Deal provided by The Streets of Seville Sevillatur Seville The street names of Seville are very revealing Location in terms of the unusual Historical Site of the Seville. events that took place on them or in relation to the Contact data work carried out on them, 603 698 075 which in many cases still [email protected] / [email protected] survive today, and are www.sevillatur.com proof of the great value for the historic memory of External links the city. www.facebook.com/sevillatur www.twitter.com/SevillaTur
More information Approximate duration of visit: 2 hours. his interesting cultural route around the road layout is a journey through the T the historic city centre, Sevillatur history of the city, an immersion into the invites you to discover, through street daily life of its people over time. names, stories, legends, anecdotes and characters, great ‘makers’ of the Discover and be surprised at the origin everyday and historic destiny of the city. of the names and the events that took An overview of the naming system of place in many of the streets of Seville.
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Deal provided by Sevillatur Seville
Location Historical Site of the Seville.
Contact data 603 698 075 [email protected] / [email protected] Secrets www.sevillatur.com of Seville External links www.facebook.com/sevillatur Seville, a city more than 3,000 years old, has many secrets hidden amongst its ancient www.twitter.com/SevillaTur streets. Despite being highly visible, they pass completely unnoticed in the heart of the city. More information Approximate duration of visit: 2 hours.
rom the hands of Sevillatur, immerse Discover a city that you had never seen F yourself in this beautiful and in this way before. Sevillatur wants to enigmatic cultural route, discover a make cultural heritage accessible to wealth of architectural, archaeological society in general, so their activities are and cultural elements which, apparently aimed at everyone – both tourists visiting hidden from view, peep into the eyes of Seville, offering a window into the past, all as testimony and faithful witness of and the locals, so they can be tourists in the historical development of the city. their own city.
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Deal provided by Culturartours. Events & Cultural Tourism Calle Manríquez, 6-1-9. Cordoba
Location Old Fortress (Alcázar Viejo), Cordoba. Cordobese Contact data 610 025 817 al-Ándalus [email protected] Silversmith www.culturartours.com External links Tour - Workshop www.facebook.com/culturARTours www.twitter.com/culturartours Did you know the silversmiths in it evolved in Cordoba. We’ll recover the Cordoba were world-famous? Did you traditional technique for making filigree More information know what to be a silversmith is one of and see how it differentiates from You can choose between three types of workshop: the main occupations in Cordoba? You the rest of the world. We will hear the “Discovering Cordobese filigree” (1h), “Silversmiths and don’t need to be an artist, just come and evidence provided by ancient Cordobese filigree in Cordoba” (2 hours), and “Design your filigree enjoy this experience. silversmiths and travel back in time article” (price to be agreed, no time limit, take home the piece with their words so we can understand made). In workshops 1 and 2 you’ll be given a souvenir of a ind out how they work in our houses the current status of this tradition in photograph and the piece you have made. F and patios. Discover the ancient Cordoba. technique for making filigree and create a special souvenir of your visit to the In the workshop we’ll see traditional city. In addition we’ll take you to visit 2 tools, like old jeweller’s benches, all in a typical patios. The activity will be guided magical setting: next to the patios in the by Juan Jiménez, a craftsman who will Old Fortress and with views of minaret tell the history of working silver and how of the Mosque. www.culturartours.com
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Deal provided by Verea SCA Servicios Culturales Turísticos y Educativos Museo Cuevas del Sacromonte Calle Barranco de los Negros, s/n 18010 Granada
Location Cuevas del Sacromonte Museum. Sacromonte neighborhood, Granada.
Contact data 958 215 120 [email protected] www.sacromontegranada.com
External links www.facebook.com/museocuevas.sacromonte Flamenco Experience www.twitter.com/museosacromonte A guided stroll through the Sacromonte Cave Museum and its surroundings, More information discovering the history of flamenco in Granada, strolling along the streets of its Estimated duration of the experience: 3h. Visit to the Museum birthplace and listening to flamenco artists. and workshop for beginners of flamenco rhythm at the Museum itself. Experience arranged for groups (minimum 10 people): reception of the group, accompaniment in the surroundings of his enclave is endowed with of Sacromonte and the Generalife, the museum and explanation of the origins of flamenco. T a valuable set of patrimonial the nearby Don Gonzalo (Walls), The characters that consists of caves and Aceituno source hill and Hazel are is accompanied by natural landscapes elements that make up this environment and monuments of great beauty, the and its inhabitants endow it with a great valley of Darro “Valparaíso” the pastures idiosyncrasy. www.sacromontegranada.com
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Deal provided by Cueva Museo – Centro de Interpretación Cuevas de Guadix 18500 Plaza Ermita Nueva, s/n - Barrio de las Cuevas Guadix (Granada)
Location Cuevas de Guadix Cave Museum. Cuevas neighborhood, Guadix (Granada). Guadix Caves, Contact data 958 665 569 where land [email protected] embraces you www.guadix.es External links We invite you to explore the Barrio de a family of agricultural labourers called www.facebook.com/CuevasDeGuadixCentroDeInterpretacion Cuevas neighbourhood in Guadix, in Cruz Úbeda (1928-1980), last owners of www.twitter.com/CuevasDeGuadix the province of Granada, and to take the dwelling, and discover our deepest mcicuevasdeguadix.blogspot.com.es a journey to its origins, to discover its cultural roots. You’ll learn about the www.youtube.com/channel/UCiFiSXMe57XXIvTMD_XrTDw history, to learn how they lived then features of these caves that make them a and now, and to learns all about its clear example of sustainable housing, as traditions and crafts... well as the building techniques used by the master cave-dwelling builders. Here nd so much more from Pedro, a there’s no doubt you’ll discover one of the A Master Cave Digger, and other best kept secrets in the depths of a land extraordinary characters who will of enormous scenic contrasts. accompany you on the tour. You will learn all about daily life in these unique We look forward to seeing you in the dwellings, where people lived until the Guadix Caves, where you’ll be made very recent past. You’ll be reminded of most welcome. Cuevas de Guadix
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Deal provided by Centro Nature Spa Calle Dr. Eduardo Arroyo, 13-15 (centro ciudad) 23004 Jaen Nature Location Excellence Dr. Eduardo Arroyo Street, 13-15 (downtown), Jaen. Contact data circuit 953 087 424 / 663 965 540 [email protected] / [email protected] Centro Nature Urban Spa is the largest www.centronature.es urban spa in Jaen, with 750 m2 of beauty, health and wellness. Private and External links exclusive Spa Circuit. www.facebook.com/centronaturespa www.twitter.com/CentroNature www.instagram.com/centrospanature lthough Centro Nature Urban Spa los Jardinillos square and the legendary www.youtube.com/channel/UCGzcKK3L0el0qjr0MckLyjA A opened in Jaen in 2008, the “culture Pilar del Arrabalejo. www.centronature.es/blog.html of water” has always been present in the city. For example, you can find El Niño It has a sauna / steam bath with More information Arab Baths (11th century), situated in the exfoliator / 18ºC circular shower / 34ºC Estimated duration of the experience: 135 minutes. Includes basement of Villardompardo Palace, and jacuzzi with cava / cider (alcoholic or Spa Kit (bathrobe, cap, slippers). the historic Jabalcuz Spa. non-alcoholic) and chocolates.
Centro Nature Spa has inherited part of 60-min world massage: Thai, Japanese, this culture and makes it available in the Balinese, etc. in a private room on king- city centre, halfway between Plaza de size beds.
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Deal provided by Visit to the Cláritas Turismo Apartado de Correos 68 Santa Catalina 23080 Jaen Castle of Jaen Location Santa Catalina Castle, Jaen.
Contact data Conquer the Santa Catalina Castle in 953 960 618 / 678 775 043 Jaen, the only medieval fortress that [email protected] / [email protected] remains of the three that defended the www.claritasturismo.com/es city. External links www.facebook.com/CLARITASTURISMO e will visit the gaols, the bailey, the visit the Dome Room of the Tourism www.twitter.com/ClaritasTurismo W keep and the latrines. We’ll also Parador. With its headquarters in the www.instagram.com/claritasturismo climb up to the top of the Watchtower city of Jaen, Cláritas Turismo is comprise www.youtube.com/channel/UC95ma2NP4lyyykIoJn3ZWog to scan the horizon. Then we’ll stroll to of Art historians and Experts in Cultural the Cruz Lookout point (Mirador de la Heritage but, especially, by lovers of art, More information Cruz), for panoramic views of the entire culture and history. That’s why we want The visit has an approximate duration of 2 hours. city and province of Jaen, interpreting to transmit our passion the same way in its urban development. After that, we’ll which we live it.
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Deal provided by S.C.A. Aceites San Juan Polígono Industrial Los Olivares Calle Frailes, parcela 2. 23009 Jaen
Location Almazara San Juan. Visit to Los Olivares Industrial Park. the San Frailes Street, 2 Jaen. Contact data Juan Oil 953 281 505 / 657 965 781 [email protected] Mill www.aceitesanjuan.com Discover firsthand the production process of extra virgin olive oil at Aceites San Juan, External links from the groves to the mill. www.facebook.com/AOVEsanjuan
More information ll complete virgin olive oil extraction tasting of different extra virgin olive oils. Estimated duration of the experience: Approximately 2 hours. A process will be detailed, with the We will include details of the culture of For groups with a minimum of 15 people. different qualities of oil we can obtain, the participating market to make your demonstrating its perfect preservation visit more fun and involve participants in the cellar, through to its packaging to the maximum. and all the health benefits that extra virgin olive oil gives us, the basis of the During the visit, good practises for Mediterranean Diet. Screening of an the annual cycle of the olive trees informative video. will be mentioned, identified with the protection and improvement of Finally, you will participate in a sensory biodiversity and the environment. www.aceitesanjuan.com
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Deal provided by Centro Nature Spa Calle Dr. Eduardo Arroyo, 13-15 (centro ciudad) Extra Virgin 23004 Jaen Location Olive Oil + Dr. Eduardo Arroyo Street, 13-15 (downtown), Jaen. Contact data Circuit 953 087 424 / 663 965 540 [email protected] / [email protected] A treat for your senses that is www.centronature.es moisturising and exuberant. It relaxes, nourishes, tones and External links softens your skin, offering www.facebook.com/centronaturespa a great anti-stress and www.twitter.com/CentroNature antioxidant effect. www.instagram.com/centrospanature www.youtube.com/channel/UCGzcKK3L0el0qjr0MckLyjA www.centronature.es/blog.html he Extra Virgin Olive Oil + Circuit 14ºC pool for tired legs / Pebble stone T comforts your body, delays ageing, foot bath / Relaxing 30ºC pool with the More information is used as an antidepressant and to treat following: 4 bubble beds, waterfall, Approximate duration: 170 minutes. anxiety. 4 bubble seats, 2 swan neck jets, a bubble volcano and microjet water It will make you feel completely curtain / 100% natural tea selection in a calm and relaxed. It involves a 90- relaxation area. min Thermal Nature Circuit with the following: Sauna + Steam bath + Hot 60-min massage with Extra Virgin Olive room / 18ºC Circular contrast shower / Oil and hints of obsidians. www.centronature.es
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Deal provided by Centro Nature Spa Calle Dr. Eduardo Arroyo, 13-15 (centro ciudad) 23004 Jaen
Location Spa and Dr. Eduardo Arroyo Street, 13-15 (downtown), Jaen. Relax Contact data 953 087 424 / 663 965 540 Circuit [email protected] / [email protected] www.centronature.es Rest area with a selection of 100% natural teas, External links cava or cyder with sweets. www.facebook.com/centronaturespa www.twitter.com/CentroNature www.instagram.com/centrospanature www.youtube.com/channel/UCGzcKK3L0el0qjr0MckLyjA entro Nature Spa is located in Jaen. in Jaen, with 750m2 dedicated to Beauty, www.centronature.es/blog.html C It opened in 2008 in Jaen. In the Health and Well-being. Sauna, steam city, our ancestors developed a culture bath, hot room, 18ºC surround contrast More information of water as represented by the Moorish shower, 14ºC pool for tired legs, 12ªC Estimated duration of the experience: 90 minutes. Baths or the Jabalcúz Spa Centre. contrast pool, pebble stone footbath. Includes Spa Kit (bathrobe, slippers, cap). Centro Nature has inherited part of this culture, making it available to everyone. 34ºC relax pool with: 4 bubble beds, In the city centre between Plaza de Los waterfalls, 4 bubble seats, 2 swan- Jardinillos and the legendary Pilar del neck cannons, bubble volcano and Arrabalejo stands the largest urban spa microstream curtain.
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Deal provided by Hammam Al Ándalus Malaga Plaza de los Mártires, 5 29008 Malaga
Location Midra30 Mártires Square, 5. 29008 Malaga. Contact data Midra30 combines 952 215 018 / 902 333 334 traditional purifying scrub [email protected] with a relaxation massage. [email protected] malaga.hammamalandalus.com
n the traditional kessa, whyle you are Hammam Al-Andalus (Malaga) is a External links I lying on a hot stone table, the masseur monumental space that has been www.facebook.com/HammamAlAndalus lathers your body and scrubs it with the recently refurbished to reflect the very www.twitter.com/HammamAlAndalus traditional Arabic glove (Kessa glove) essence of the ancient Arab baths of www.instagram.com/hammamalandalus and red grape soap, to remove dead skin al-Ándalus. It encompasses five spas of www.youtube.com/HammamAlAndalusVideo cells and to stimulate blood circulation. differing temperatures that formed part This is complemented with the relaxing in the ritual routine of purification and massage, using essential oils of your beauty, along with the steam, relaxation choice which relaxes and moisturises and massage rooms. The beautiful your skin. Nasrid decor induces you to relax both your mind and body.
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Deal provided by Sevillatur Seville Seville Location Cathedral Cathedral, Historical Site of Seville. Contact data In the guided tour to the Catedral de 603 698 075 Santa María de la Sede, Sevillatur, you [email protected] / [email protected] will discover the secrets of the largest www.sevillatur.com Gothic-style temple in the world and the third of all Christianity. External links www.facebook.com/sevillatur www.twitter.com/SevillaTur uring the tour, we will discover D the building’s history and its main More information stages of construction: the remains of Visit: 1 hour and 45 minutes. the Mezquita Mayor almohade, which are in the Patio de los Naranjos and Giralda, where we will enjoy the best panoramic views of the city, the huge Gothic vaults and naves, the Renaissance works, such as the Royal Chapel , the Main Sacristy and the Chapter House.
We will also see other unique features, such as the Choir, the Main Altarpiece, the Tomb Christopher Columbus and an important art collection. www.sevillatur.com
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Deal provided by Patrimonial Route in Tourist Doñana-Aracena-Aventura S.L. Polígono Industrial Cantalgallo. C/ I, 20 Train through Aracena 21200 Aracena (Huelva) Location Historical Site of Aracena (Huelva).
Contact data 959 127 045 / 689 453 369 [email protected] www.doñana-aracena-aventura.com
External links We will reveal during the www.facebook.com/Doñanaventura-Aracenaventura- tour all of its stories, SL-765527236896042 legends, and secrets. More information Departure from Plaza de San Pedro, next to Las Maravillas or about one hour, we’ll visit the old Gothic church, its Mudejar tower, city Grotto. The route is ideal to explore the typical places of the F quarter of Aracena to contemplate walls and enjoy greatly impressive mountain cuisine and meat derivatives. Estimated duration of its plazas, religious buildings and views offered by the Sierra de Aracena the experience: Approximately 1 hour. emblematic monuments (13th, 14th, and Picos de Aroche Nature Reserve. 15th, 16th and 17th centuries). Doñana Aracena Aventura has more than 30 years of experience working We will climb to the top of the hill of with children, youth and adults within the Castle, which jealously safeguards the protected natural spaces of within the Las Maravillas Grotto. We Doñana, Minas de Río Tinto and Sierra will stop for 12 minutes to visit the de Aracena and Picos de Aroche. www.doñana-aracena-aventura.com
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Deal provided by Ayuntamiento Cuevas del Almanzora Plaza de la Constitución, 1 04610 Cuevas del Almanzora (Almeria)
Location Cave House. El Vergel Street, 1. 04610 Cuevas del Almanzora (Almeria).
Contact data 950 548 707 Cave-Museum. [email protected] [email protected] Ethnographic Museum www.turismo.cuevasdelalmanzora.es The Casa Cave, very close to the Marqués de los Vélez Castle, offers tourists a External links representation of the lifestyle of the mid-20th century, thereby presenting our www.facebook.com/turismocuevasdelalmanzora ancestors’s tangible and intangible heritage in a didactic way. More information Estimated duration of the experience: 30 minutes. It houses he Casa Cueva de Cuevas del caves since thousands of years ago (in a collection of agricultural tools, household furniture, utensils T Almanzora intends to be an fact, there are prehistoric caves dating and instruments, and those of different trades. ethnographical museum that introduces between fifty thousand and one hundred visitors to the life of yesteryear. It is an thousand years, although the best- original cave dated back to the early studied ones are from 5,000 years ago), 20th century that has been equipped the Arabs also inhabited the caves in this with rooms, objects and elements region, and since then to date. In fact, from everyday life of that time. At today, living in a cave is a luxury, for their the Almanzora Caves, people lived in temperature conditions. www.turismo.cuevasdelalmanzora.es
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Deal provided by Verea SCA Servicios Culturales Turísticos y Educativos Sacromonte: Cultural and Museo Cuevas del Sacromonte environmental experience Calle Barranco de los Negros, s/n where music becomes 18010 Granada Location flamenco Cuevas del Sacromonte Museum. Sacromonte neighborhood, Granada. It has a privileged viewpoint over the Darro River valley and the Alhambra. Contact data 958 215 120 [email protected] he Sacromonte Caves Museum, fitted www.sacromontegranada.com T with utensils, furniture and panels, recreates the habitat, the cave as a External links house, traditional trades and speaks to us www.facebook.com/museocuevas.sacromonte of flamenco, flora, fauna and troglodyte www.twitter.com/museosacromonte architecture. It aims to promote the cultural and environmental heritage of More information Sacromonte. Option 1: estimated duration of the experience: 45 minutes (Self-guided visit of the Museum). Option 2: estimated This enclave is endowed with a valuable Sacromonte and the Generalife, the duration of the experience: 1h 15 min. (vVisits for groups by set of patrimonial characters that nearby Don Gonzalo (Walls), The prior appointment - minimum 10 people). The visit includes consists of caves and is accompanied Aceituno source hill and Hazel are the 11 caves, the viewpoint and the botanical and geological by natural landscapes and monuments elements that make up this environment garden. of great beauty, the valley of Darro and its inhabitants endow it with a great “Valparaíso” the pastures of idiosyncrasy.
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Deal provided by Centro Nature Spa Calle Dr. Eduardo Arroyo, 13-15 (centro ciudad) 23004 Jaen
Location Dr. Eduardo Arroyo Street, 13-15 (downtown), Jaen.
Contact data 953 087 424 / 663 965 540 Olive Therapy [email protected] / [email protected] Experience www.centronature.es External links This Spa Ritual is suitable for any time www.facebook.com/centronaturespa of year, as it hydrates and protects your www.twitter.com/CentroNature skin. We use Certified Organic products. www.instagram.com/centrospanature www.youtube.com/channel/UCGzcKK3L0el0qjr0MckLyjA www.centronature.es/blog.html ere in the ancient lands of Jaen we This experience offers the benefits of H are surrounded by olive trees and Extra Virgin Olive Oil on your skin. More information thousand-year-old clay jars where olives Estimated duration of the experience: 60 min. were once kept. Dreams of a silver sea and It includes: Peel with olive stones / a landscape where olive trees are always Green clay and essential oils wrap / present. This is the feeling that we want to Moisturising massage with natural Extra share in a very special way, without losing Virgin Olive Oil / 100% natural tea in a the purity of our most precious product – relaxation area. Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
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Deal provided by Rutas Marineras Plaza de la Ribera, 7 21410 Isla Cristina (Huelva)
Location The fishing port of Isla Cristina.
Contact data 655 552 371 The fishing port [email protected] of Isla Cristina www.rutasmarineras.com External links Headquartered at Isla Cristina, meet one www.facebook.com/rutasmarineras of the most important fishing ports in www.twitter.com/rutasmarineras Spain. rutasmarineras.com/blog www.youtube.com/channel/UCU4_zhDilUcBLJlfYlCw_8w reathe in the seafaring atmosphere auction of fish and shellfish caught during B of the port and enjoy the hustle the day. Rutas Marineras offers thematic More information and bustle of the Lonja, where fish and tourism with experience, through which Hours: from 4h p.m. to 5h p.m. and from 5h p.m. to 6h p.m. seafood catches are sold and distributed, you can live the trades and traditional Duration: 60 minutes. which will then be served by thousands artisanry of the fishing industry. You of restaurants. Through our tour we will will discover activities and experiences know the different types of boats and to enjoy along the entire Western coast fishing gear typical of our coast. Finishing of Huelva: boat trips, fishing charters, in the Lonja, in which we will see live, the seafood-based cuisine, kayaking, etc.
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