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Just returned from El Rocío the people of Sanlucar prepare to another of its major festivals, the Feria de la Manzanilla, a burst of joy.
Sanlúcar, elegant and sensual city, gives visitors a very traditional fair fun in the dance and send the horses ... even over chamomile and shrimp, which is already difficult. Come to enjoy between Wednesday 2 and Sunday June 6 |
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| Sanlúcar sorprende al viajero con una extraordinaria belleza, fruto de su larga historia |
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Recommendations
How to get there
You can travel to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in car and bus from Seville or Cadiz, Jerez, or the nearby Jerez de la Frontera (20 minutes) by train or plane, and there choose between a rental car or bus line Jerez Sanlúcar.Car
If you are coming from Seville (from Huelva, Cordoba and Seville Madrid must be crossed) there are two options:
The most direct is to take the N-IV to Cadiz and depart after Los Palacios (is perfectly suited) to cross Lebrija, Trebujena and reaching Sanlúcar. It is a very nice, but on peak days can be torture because they employ thousands of Seville that summer in Chipiona and Sanlucar or cause delays.
If we like motorways, take the AP4 to Puerto Real, exit at junction towards Jerez and Jerez from the ring to exit at Sanlúcar.
Those who come from Cadiz and Malaga, must take into El Puerto de Santa Maria Rota road, which functions as bypass port, and take the detour to Sanlúcar. It is a country road in good condition in just 20 minutes across landscapes of vineyards and cereal leaves us in Sanlúcar.
Coach
The Yellows have frequent services from Seville, Cadiz and Jerez. Some are direct and many others make stops (Sevilla-Lebrija-Trebujena-Sanlúcar, and Cadiz, El Puerto, Sanlúcar)
Train
The nearest railway stations are those of Jerez and El Puerto de Santa Maria. In both cases must be sought together with local bus route to Sanlúcar.
Plane
Jerez airport is small, with all the amenities that this represents: quick procedures, ease of movement, "may opt for a rental car at the airport, or for linking with bus routes in the downtown bus station Jerez.
The best plan for the Feria
Some recommendations to better enjoy the fair:The horse parade is very important, as befits the tradition and love of Sanlúcar the field in general, but to know it is limited to Friday and Saturday, and only from 13h to 18h, being of the lowest in the time (in Seville, for example from 12 to 20h, and generally in the province of Cadiz and lasts until at least 19h). At noon we offer beautiful pictures, but only Friday and Saturday.
In addition to the Fair, Sanlúcar offers the charm and serene beauty of the old town and the freshness of its beaches in front of Doñana: should organize to enjoy both in addition to the Fair. It is sufficient to take advantage of this privileged location, halfway between downtown (Lower Town) and the beach itself, and then everyone decides what time you want to enjoy everything.
There is only bullfighting, but bullfighting is a flashy, on Saturday at 19h (horse parade ended.) From the Fair can walk to the Plaza de Toros without problems: we expect the bulls and figures Torrealta Morante de la Puebla, Manzanares and Cayetano.
Feria is a manor, which does not mean it is noble: we can go in casual clothes are in tune, but always in the markets should, in the comfort, dressing and combing carefully ... to see us. This is a very fair slab, which is sung and danced a lot, not just food and pop music stands (at all).
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Walking
| All historic Sanlúcar is beautiful and interesting, by the environment that have created their inhabitants and the unique blend of old houses with warehouses, churches, palaces and fortifications. Below are suggested itineraries also reflected in the Careers section of the map: 1 .- Environment del Castillo, bodegas del Barrio Alto (almost a citadel), the Church of the O to the palace of Medina Sidonia and the ancient palace and gardens of Montpensier (now Town Hall) 2 .- Descent from the Palacio de Montpensier to the Market Square in Bethlehem on the hill at the foot of the Palace of the Dukes of Medina Sidonia, and the Plaza del Cabildo |
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3.-A walk on the Flats: from the Convent of Santo Domingo (sixteenth century) to the Mother of God for the Broad Street and Bath will find great bars and taverns, cafes and wineries large hearth 4.-On Guide, preferably at night, choosing where to dine |
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| Barrio Bajo: en uno de los callejones de acceso a la Bodega La Cigarrera encontramos este singular Museo del Mar | Barrio Alto: además de sus monumentos, Sanlúcar tiene mil rincones de gran belleza. | Barrio Bajo: el entorno del Convento Madre de Dios, en la calle Baños, mezcla bodegas centenarias, iglesias y casas señoriales | Barrio Alto: la Iglesia de la O y los jardines del Palacio de Montpensier |
Monuments
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Castillo de Guzmán el Bueno
Convento de capuchinos (S.XVII) |
Palacio de los Duques de Medina Sidonia Parroquia de Nuestra Sra. de La O.(S.XIV) |
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| Palacio Montpensier Jardines del Palacio de Montpensier |
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| Parroquia de San Nicolás. (S:XVIII). | Parroquia de Santo Domingo. (S.XVI) | ||
| Parroquia de Nuestra Sra. del Carmen. (S.XVII). | Parroquia de Ntra. Sra. de la Caridad (S.XVII) | ||
Iglesia de los Desamparados. (S.XVIII) |
Iglesia de San Jorge. (S.XVI) | ||
Of interest
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The visitor should not leave without seeing her Sanlúcar Market Square in the Lower Town at the foot of the Palace of the Dukes of Medina Sidonia. The market de Sanlúcar is a feast for the senses: the smell of freshly picked vegetables from the gardens, the variety of fish and stalls overflowing with the small market and are scattered throughout the surrounding streets in an image reminiscent of times past or exotic countries . The products are of high quality, given the rich environment for both agricultural and fisheries, and prices are adjusted. Wineries can sometimes visited and Sanlúcar is a sin leaving without doing so, since not only is industrial with centuries of history, but there are beautiful gardens ... and above all the silence and the cool cellars with their ancestral breeding system in solera, exclusive of Jerez:
Cross the river to visit the Coto de Doñana is a highly recommended tour |
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En la Lonja de pescado en Bonanza es posible también comprar pescado, aunque es un establecimiento dedicado a mayoristas Las Bodegas pueden en ocasiones visitarse, y es un pecado abandonar Sanlúcar sin haberlo hecho, pues no sólo se trata de instalaciones industriales con varios siglos de historia, sino que hay magníficos jardines...y sobre todo el silencio y el frescor de las bodegas con su ancestral sistema de crianza en solera, exclusivo del Marco de Jerez: andanas con 3 o 4 alturas, que facilitan un continuo trasiego del vino más joven hacia las botas más viejas, que están debajo, para que el resultado sea siempre un caldo homogéneo y no se distingan las añadas. |
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Surroundings
El Puerto de Santa Maria and Rota are magnificent beaches cities to join historic areas attractive and full of life.
Inland, and within 30 minutes drive, include Lebrija and Jerez de la Frontera, both monumental cities and a sharp smell of the Andalusian countryside.
Cross the river to visit the Coto de Doñana is a highly recommended tour
Trace the Guadalquivir to Seville is a full day trip: the journey, of great beauty, runs slowly over 5 hours, so that is probably a good idea to spend the rest of the day to visit Sevilla and return a day Next, take a bus or line at dusk.
History & Legends
Sanlúcar has been a strategic location for more than 2,000 years, being the gateway to the Guadalquivir (and before it took the form of a river, the entrance to the Romans Lacus Licustino when Doñana was flooded). So it is a monumental city, whose past survives in particular churches, houses and palaces of the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries when America was added traffic even more important.During the Reconquest was not a bastion particularly disputed, but is one of the major cities of late medieval and Renaissance Andalusian because it was the venue where he settled the house of Medina Sidonia, one of the bastions of power of the Kings of Castile . They built a palace at the height of his power, which was growing and renewing itself over the centuries in a harmonious blend of styles. From his extensive dominion controlled Sanlúcar (which arrived in Algeciras), whose economic foundations were the livestock, wine, fishing traps, and of course the war and piracy in the north of Africa. These two activities have left no trace in Sanlúcar, but were essential to the successful conquest of America by the warlike vassals of the kings of Castile.
Sanlúcar and America
Sanlúcar played an important role in trade with America, as gateway to the Guadalquivir, which were sailing the galleons in the sixteenth and seventeenth century landed at the port of Seville gold, silver and other riches American and embarking on all sorts Sevilla manufacturing to the emerging colonial society.
The Bacon of Heaven and the wineries of Sanlúcar
There are many places in Spain that claim uo creating cakes flagship of the national cuisine, bacon from heaven. Sanlúcar also provides a justification: to breed Manzanilla, in historical times the egg white only allowed to clarify musts. As this is the main activity "industrial" Sanlúcar, it took huge quantities of chicken eggs and about all the tips ... that ably were reused by the local convents.
ormed by edimentos brings each winter the Guadalquivir)
Useful advice
Tapas
| Balbino Plaza del Cabildo. The tapas bar most valued by themselves Sanlúcar, with a good kitchen and a good house manzanilla produced by a family winery in Sanlúcar. |
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The Arquillo One of the best pubs for eating fish, always fresh, and accompanied with a manzanilla excellent minority, perhaps we can find only in Sanlúcar: Ebb, the historic winery Gaspar Florido. Homemade stews. Good price.. |  |
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| Barbiana, Plaza del Cabildo. A classic with all the flavor of tradition, specializing in dressing (dressing potatoes are a scandal) and seasonal seafood. |  |
Casa Juanito Iberian products for both lunch and breakfast (the traveler visiting Andalusia must prove at least a toast with olive oil and prosciutto, and this is a great site.) Next to the Market Square. |  |
Restaurants
| Casa Bigote Bajo de Guía,10 Tlf 956 362 696 |
A classic home with all the flavor of tradition, specializing in seafood stews, fish and seasonal seafood in the area (flounder, shrimp heartburn and sandy bottoms of Sanlúcar, shrimp or clams Huelva-that is, the edge opposite) or rock fish and offshore of the Strait (trap tuna ...) |
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Casa Secundino Bajo de Guía, s/nº Tlf 956 366 884 |
Another classic, less famous but with products like the well-known category Whiskers. Also specializing in fish and shellfish in the area (flounder, shrimp heartburn and sandy bottoms of Sanlucar de Huelva prawns or clams, that is, from the opposite bank) or rock fish and offshore area of Conil and the Strait (sea bass or sea bass, snapper, urtas ,...). |  |
Coffee & Drinks
| La Ibense Pza del Cabildo |
The Ibense is more than a café, is an institution in Sanlúcar both the cafeteria as the industry that these descendants of Valencia set up after the war and that make this one of the leading producers of ice creams. Too bad they are no longer able to be consumed fresh from the nearby Patisserie Pozo on the terrace. |
| Pastelería Pozo C/ Ancha, 14 |
A landmark for the sweet pastry own Sanlúcar, Tocino de Cielo (Bacon of Heaven). The bakery has always been known sanluqueña, proof of this: the biscuits of Charity (cake, egg yolk and merengue), croissants, artisan and piononos ... all the flavors of pure ingredients. Good prices |
Parking
See Map of Races
1 .- Zona del Castillo, which requires walking downhill but always
2 .- Paseo Marítimo
3 .- Barrio Alto
4 .- Lower Town along the Paseo de la Feria
Travelling with children
| The Town Hall Square is ideal for children: there is little traffic, pedestrian streets, and many families enjoying the guardians of the tapas bars and cafes. Sanlúcar beaches are ideal for children by the near absence of waves, being defended by an estuary opposite bank (Doñana) and a natural breakwater and submerged (the bar, formed by the edimentos that each winter brings Guadalquivir) It is strongly recommended to enjoy the beach during the morning, at dusk, take place alongside any of the "places" where kids place bets on which horse will go first to draw the line in the sand with his feet to his post ... and make your bets! |
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| Cruzar el río para visitar el Coto de Doñana es una más que recomendable excursión con niños, así como una visita a la Lonja de Bonanza, donde podrán ver marrajos (tiburones) y otros grandes peces así como la flota pesquera. |
Hotels
For its qualitiy and prices, and great location, these are the most desirable hotels. Accessed by clicking on their logos to their best deals.| NH has 1 establishment in Jerez with great facilities, as usual, and you often make promotional offers. NH is a guarantee of comfort and function rooms, plus a highly professional service. |
