| If you want to fully explore Seville and the | | | | involves walking uphill but it can be done in a day - |
| surrounding area you really do need your own | | | | although you may feel a bit tired at the end of it. |
| transport .The bus travel is excellent in the city | | | | If you love sherry or horses or flamenco then plan a |
| centre but does get a bit irregular in the outlying | | | | trip to Jerez where you can tour round the sherry |
| areas. | | | | bodegas sampling some of their wares, watch an |
| Really the whole tip of southern Spain is accessible | | | | equestrian ballet at the Royal Andalusian School of |
| from Seville, but there are a number of interesting | | | | Equestrian Art or see some flamenco in the place |
| places to which are well worth visiting along the | | | | where it originated. The daily equestrian show |
| coast and you might like to consider an overnight | | | | features choreography adapted from the training |
| stay as returning to Seville at the end of each day | | | | exercises of classical dressage, with traditional |
| would become a chore if you tried to cover them all | | | | Spanish music and costumes dating back to the 18th |
| as day trips. | | | | century. |
| Granada with its stunning Alhambra Palace and | | | | It's a 103km journey from Seville to Jerez which |
| beautiful Generalife Gardens is a 260km trip from | | | | takes about 1 hour 15 minutes to drive so you can |
| Seville which can be driven in under three hours, | | | | do this trip comfortably in a day. |
| mainly using the A-92 highway. It is one of the last | | | | These three trips are just a sample of where you |
| cities to still maintain the tradition of giving free tapas | | | | can get to from Seville, and other locations include |
| with your food. | | | | Cadiz which is a fishing town and port on a peninsula |
| There is a lot of walking involved if you want to do | | | | offering some great fish restaurants: Santiponce |
| the full tour and most of it is uphill so I would | | | | where you will find some of the most complete |
| certainly recommend an overnight stay if you make | | | | Roman ruins outside of Italy. It is close enough to |
| this trip. You should also book your tickets to get | | | | Seville (just 10km) to do in half a day, but make the |
| into the Alhambra Palace at last a week before you | | | | trip early as the ruins close at about 17:00. |
| are due to go as it is nearly always sold out a few | | | | Utrera is a town of great historical interest just 37km |
| days beforehand and there are only very few tickets | | | | away which will only take you about half an hour to |
| available on the day (which people start queuing at | | | | drive. It is situated to the southeast of Seville, |
| 06:00 for!) | | | | surrounded by olive groves, wheat fields and vast |
| Ronda is a historic town which sits on a plateau high | | | | cattle ranches which are famous for the breeding of |
| above sea level. The town is split in two sections by | | | | fighting bulls. Records show that Utrera dates back |
| the 100 metre Tago Gorge and offers some very | | | | to the 13th century with five chapels dating from the |
| spectacular scenery. It is built astride a deep ravine, | | | | 14th to 18th centuries and 14th century castle. |
| with some impressive bridges joining the two sides. | | | | If you are flying into Seville or Jerez Airports and plan |
| There are no direct bus or rail links to Ronda from | | | | to do some touring while you are in Southern Spain, |
| Seville so your only option is to drive. It will take you | | | | the easiest way to make the transfer to your |
| about two hours on the A376, followed by a short | | | | onward destination and then travel around for the |
| section of the A382, before returning to the A376 | | | | rest of your holiday, is to pre-book a car from one |
| where you will see signs for Ronda. Again this trip | | | | of the many car hire firms based at either airport. |