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Andalusia or Andalucía?

The autonomous region of Andalusia (Andalucía in Spanish) is in the southern part of Spain. It spans from Atlantic coast in the west to the sheltered coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the east and from Málaga's Costa del Sol to the borders of Castilla – La Mancha the famous flat lands and Don Quixote windmill country.  With an average of 300 plus days of sunshine a year the coastal area is an all year round destination. Not so in the inland provinces of Cordoba, Jaen and Sevilla which ha ve baking hot summers that can reach +40c and cold winters which can be 0c or less overnight. The Mezquita, Córdoba Andalusia is divided into eight provinces, each with a provincial city of the same name. Some of them are far more famous than others: Almería , Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Málaga and Sevilla. The three land-locked provinces are Córdoba, Jaé n and Sevilla, the rest are coastal. Each province and city is full of culture, history, traditions, fabulous monuments and cre...

Spain Trip Planning - Tapas Tours & Horse Shows in Andalucia

Tapas is a way of life, an expectation on our dinner table, a necessity with chilled beer and a fabulous way to eat al fresco sampling a little of what you fancy from a large choice.

So when my latest trip planning clients wanted me to include some flamenco and tapas tours on their Andalucia trip I couldn´t have been more delighted than to recommend Shawn, the Tapas Queen in Sevilla, with whom I´ve had the pleasure of joining on a tapas tour. Shawn also offers Market and Tapas Tours and Flamenco and Tapas Tours which my clients are going to do.

Tapas Tour in Seville
Tapas in Sevilla

Their other requirement was a horse show, so we combined a visit to Jerez de la Frontera and the Yeguada de Cartuja Andalusian horse display and then to nearby Vejer de la Frontera to join the popular Annie B on a private Tapas Tour, who I´ve haven´t had the pleasure of meeting yet but hope to this summer, Annie also offers cooking holidays in Spain.

Yeguada de Cartuja, Jerez
Yeguada de Cartuja, Jerez

Flying into Malaga and out of Madrid we had to make lots of choices of what they should see and do on this trip and what could feasibly and enjoyably be done. The trip planning is now 95% complete and their journey starts in just a few weeks time, I´m so looking forward to their feedback, knowing that they are so excited about it all, will have a fabulous time and will go home wanting to return.


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