Social Events

Seville is a tourist destination with a multitude of events and places waiting for you to visit. These include the city itself, theatres, museums, shops and many other treasures. In addition within easy travelling distance there are other interesting cities such as Granada and Cordoba and beautiful beaches.
We invite you to enjoy Seville, a vibrant and colourful city, universally famous for its fascinating history and important monuments. After all, it is the city of Carmen, Don Juan and Figaro.

Banquet
Visit to Cordoba City
Visit Italica and Carmona
Visit Jerez De La Frontera
Flamenco show with dinner

Welcome reception at the alcazar

Banquet


Hacienda Ochoa is an old country house recently restored in the style which is typical of Seville and converted for the organization of social events. It has an Andalusian courtyard and gardens.
A typical Andalusian dinner will be served including several Sherry wines (served by hostesses dressed in traditional costumes), a wide selection of tapas and excellent local dishes.
A performance will be given by a group of singers and dancers from Seville.
People can look around, go on the pituresque, decorated carriages and dance in a warm and charming atmosphere.
http://www.ochoacatering.com


Visit to Cordoba City

15:30h Depart to Cordoba
17:00h Arrive at our destination
17:30h Begin the visit with a panoramic view of the city

Visiting the world-famous Mezquita, the Moorish mosque.
This is the third-biggest in the world with an extension of 23.000 square meters, the most beautiful and original building of all Spain.
This mosque combined Roman, Gothic, Byzantine, Syrian and Persian elements.
We will continue the visit around the Mosque, seeing buildings such as the Archiepiscopal Palace. Inside this Palace, there are rests of the palace dating from the Goths.
The Alcazar de los Reyes Cristianos, was the Palace of the Christian Kings, built in 1328 by Alfonso XI. You will also visit the Jewish quarter, going back to the time of the Romans and Goths.
Here you can find also one of the few synagogues existing today in Spain, this one built in 1315.
To conclude our trip we will visit The Ruins of Medina-Azahara, (8 km outside Cordoba). In 936 Caliph Abdul Rahman decided he needed a new residential town, and would built Medina Azahara, at that time the largest town in all the region.
On top of a hill there was the palace, Alcazar Califal, below the administrative district with parks and gardens, while the actual town was located in the flat land.
But this colossal work existed for only 74 years - then it was conquered and destroyed by the Bereberes. Medina-Azahara was all but forgotten, until archaeologists started to excavate it in 1910.
19:00h Return to Seville
20:30h Arrival at the hotels


Visit Italica and Carmona

15:30h Depart to Italica
16:00h Arrive to Italica
Today, Italica is called Santiponce, located only nine kilometers to the northeast of Seville. Here lies the oldest ruines in all of the Iberian Peninsula. The Italica zone was built at the end of the third century when the second punic war ended. Escipion divided the land of Betis Valley between his men where small building were erected for his veterans (vicus civium romanorum). Escripion called this area Italica as a rememberence of the first colonists.

The visit will guide you through the remains of the theatre, the ruines adjacent to Santiponce, and of course splendid ampitheatre.

17:00h We depart to Carmona
17:30h Arrive to Carmona. Carmona located only 30 km from Seville, is an excellent historical visiting area. You are able to enjoy the views of Carmona and the Sevillian Vega before you arrive at the door of the Alcazar.
19:00h Return to Seville
19:40h Arrive at Hotels

Visit Jerez De La Frontera

Each of the many different cultures that have settled here over the past few centuries have had an enormous influence upon the physical appearance of Jerez and numerous archaeological remains which bear witness to the fact can still be seen, both in the surrounding countryside and within the city itself. Archaeological remains from the Phoenician Xera, the strongly Roman Ceret, and the important Muslim Sherish, merge with the beauty of the later Christian buildings to offer a wide range of architectural styles and distinctive edifices which all combine to give Jerez a truly individual urban physiognomy of great beauty.
Travellers, visitors and tourists will find Jerez a very attractive place to visit and one which is quite easy to get to know, thanks to its size, though it is the fifth largest Andalusian city in terms of number of inhabitants, a place where you can go for a quiet stroll through the many pedestrian areas within the old part of the historic city centre. Sight-seing tours provide an excellent way to see the whole city.

ROYAL ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF EQUESTRIAN ART Equestrian Show How the Andalusian Horses Dance: The equestrian show entitled How the Andalusian Horses Dance is one of the best equestrian shows in the world, and a major tourist attraction in Jerez. The show is a fully fledged equestrian ballet with doma vaquera, classical dressage and traditional Spanish music.
Within this section we have prepared atour through the world of the Royal School, including all its facilities; the building housing the school itself, the Palace Recreo de las Cadenas, today converted into a luxurious conference centre; the arena, the stables ...

BODEGAS
Gonzalez Byass
Founded back in 1835 by a partnership between Spanish Manuel Maria Gonzalez Angel and his British agent Robert Blake Byass, Gonzalez Byass is one of the classic bodegas of the sherry triangle (Jerez de la Frontera, Sanlucar de Barrameda and El Puerto de Santa Maria). The sherries produced at Gonzalez Byass include Finos, Manzanillas, Olorosos, Amontillados, and Pedro Ximenez styles. The flagship sherry though is one single brand, Tio Pepe (Uncle Joe). Tio Pepe has singlehandedly change the way people perceive sherry.

Flamenco show with dinner

Evening dinner on Wednesday after the excursions.
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