As you probably already know from the previous entries, the Jerez-born Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, who was part of the expedition to Florida led by Pánfilo Narváez, spent 10 years exploring the northern parts of America. During that decade,…
Author: Carolina
Last year, during my Christmas getaway… I decided to visit the closest part of the strait: San Roque, Jimena de la Frontera, Castellar de la Frontera and Algeciras. In this way, I could cross all of them off my list…
Guiding the groups in the city of Cadiz and its surroundings, quite a few tourists look at the symbolic scallops tiles that marks the way to Santiago de Compostela and ask me how can one do “the camino” from here….
It history… After the definitive conquest of the city of Jerez by the Castilian king Alfonso X the Wise, the monarch had the arduous task of repopulating these frontier lands. For this, he chose the Castilian nobility and brought with…
The origin… In the 15th century, the Spanish monarch Henry IV wanted to visit the city. Unable to stay in the ancient arab fortress as usual due to its serious ruinous state, he ordered the construction of some houses to…
A few hours from the beginning of one of the most important festivals of the city of Jerez de la Frontera, declared international turistic interest festival, I want to tell you a bit about the history of this great event….
One of the things I like most about my jorb the moment when the visitor wants to share the wonders of the place where they come from. Some even draw me a route with what I should not miss, where…
Walking with a colleague and good friend through the streets of Jerez de la Frontera, the walk took us through the neighborhood of “San Mateo”, one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city. Crossing the adjacent square, known as market…
It seems incredible that the first contest stage have passed and we are already in the quarterfinals of the COAC at the Great Falla Theater… Alreadt seen the origin and historical prolegomenas, we will approach more towards the current carnival,…
Whether you’ve been good or bad and whether you believe in them or not, the Three Wise Men are a figment of your imagination. Within the next few paragraphs I’ll show you so, shall we? The Holy Scriptures say… To…