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To see current prices for each rate (adults, children, students and infants), select your preferred date in the booking calendar. The price shown in the calendar is always the final price.
Check the available days and times directly in the booking calendar: it updates in real time according to the season.
There are three pick-up points in central Seville. The one you choose is also where the day ends.
C. Trajano 6, Casco Antiguo, 41001 Seville · View on Google Maps
C. Zaragoza 1, Casco Antiguo, 41001 Seville · View on Google Maps
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Not every pick-up point is available on every date: the booking calendar shows which ones you can choose and the exact time. We recommend arriving with time to spare.
A professional guide for the day and round-trip transport from Seville.
Entry to a sherry winery in Jerez de la Frontera, with a short tasting of its wines.
A guided tour of the city of Cadiz.
The equestrian show in Jerez is not included on this version. We run a third version of this route that adds it.
Food and drink are not included. There is a break with free time for lunch.
The order of the visits may change depending on the group or the time of year.
Comfortable footwear. Both centres are visited on foot, over cobbled streets and seafront promenades.
The tasting is small and comes with the winery visit, but it is still wine before lunch. Have something to eat beforehand if you would rather not drink on an empty stomach.
Bring some water and a snack for the road. In summer add sun protection and a hat; the Atlantic wind means a light layer is useful even then.
There is a break with free time for lunch. You can eat at a local bar or restaurant, on which your guide can make recommendations, or bring your own picnic.
Wine cellars are kept cool and dim all year round, so a light layer is worth having even in August.
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the activity. You can cancel from the confirmation email you receive when you book.
Ways to visit
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Everything on this page describes the shared day trip. The same visit is also sold in other formats, each with its own group size, languages and price, and every one of them is booked right here.
Shared day trip
From €105per adult
- GroupRegular group
- LanguagesEN / ES / FR / IT, chosen when you book
The full day exactly as this page describes it, in a regular group, with transport from Seville, the sherry bodega in Jerez and the guided walk in Cadiz.
Check datesPrivate group
From €545per group
- GroupYour party only
- LanguagesEN / ES / FR / IT, chosen when you book
The same day for your party alone, priced per group rather than per person. You can keep the meeting point in the centre or ask for pick-up at your accommodation.
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Where sherry comes from, and the city the Phoenicians built
Sherry is made in one small corner of the world and nowhere else, and Jerez de la Frontera sits at the centre of it. This day trip goes into one of its cellars, then carries on to the coast and the oldest city in Western Europe.
The road down to sherry country
The drive south from Seville crosses the farmland of the old Guadalquivir marshes, with the Sierra de Grazalema on the horizon. The chalky white soil that starts to appear near Jerez is albariza, and it is the reason the wine exists at all: it holds winter rain through the summer and feeds vines that would otherwise burn.
Inside a sherry cellar
The visit goes into one of the wineries of Jerez, through the tall, shaded naves where the casks are stacked in rows. You will see how the solera system works, with wine moved between tiers so that every bottle carries a little of what came before it, and there is a tasting of several styles before the group moves on.
A walk through Cadiz with the guide
Cadiz sits on a spit of land almost surrounded by water, which is why it feels like nowhere else in Andalusia. The guided walk takes in the Plaza de San Juan de Dios, the cathedral with its golden dome, the old fishermen’s quarter of La Vina and the beach of La Caleta.
Lunch, and the ocean before heading back
There is a break with free time to eat in one of the bars of the old town, where the fried fish and the seafood tapas are the reason people come, and where a glass of the same wine you tasted in the morning costs very little. Before the return there is a last stop at one of the beaches of Cadiz.
Important: the order and format of the route may vary depending on the time of year, the weather, road conditions and each town’s local holidays. Your guide will organize the day in whatever way works best for the group.
Your questions answered
Frequently asked questions
Around ten hours. The exact departure time for your date appears in the booking calendar.
Yes. Entry to a sherry winery in Jerez is included, along with a short tasting of its wines. Which cellar the group visits can vary with the date and the season.
A small tasting of several styles, poured to try rather than to drink at length. It is an introduction to how sherry works, not a long sitting.
No. The equestrian show at the riding school in Jerez belongs to a third version of this day trip, which includes both the show and the winery.
You are welcome on the visit all the same. The cellar tour is worth seeing on its own, and nobody is expected to drink.
No. There is a break with free time for lunch in Cadiz, at a local bar or restaurant, on which your guide can make recommendations, or you can bring your own picnic.
Spanish, English, French and Italian. You choose when you book. Usually the guide runs the day in one language, although it is sometimes run in two at once, with the guide alternating between them.
From central Seville. There are three pick-up points and the booking calendar shows which ones are available on your date. The pick-up point is also the drop-off point.
Yes, round trip. You travel in a comfortable, air-conditioned vehicle, van, minibus or coach, depending on how many travelers have booked for that date. Some have a toilet on board; if yours does not, you can ask your guide to stop at a service area.
It depends on the bookings for each date, and groups are usually small. In high season the group is split into two or more subgroups: as a rule, groups are no larger than 30 people. If you would rather not share the vehicle with anyone, you can book it as a private group.
A fair amount. Cadiz is visited entirely on foot over cobbled streets and a seafront promenade, and the winery is walked through as well, so comfortable shoes make a real difference.
Yes, and there is a reduced rate for children. Children come into the cellar with the group but of course do not take part in the tasting. It is a long day with a good deal of walking.
We would not recommend it. The visits are made entirely on foot and much of the route is over uneven, cobbled ground.
Yes. Cancellation is free up to 24 hours before the activity.
Planning your visit to Jerez and Cadiz
Practical questions about sherry and the two cities, useful background before you travel.
A fortified white wine, made mostly from the Palomino grape, that can only be called sherry if it comes from a small triangle of land between Jerez de la Frontera, Sanlucar de Barrameda and El Puerto de Santa Maria. The English word sherry is simply an old rendering of the name Jerez.
Seven are recognized. Fino and manzanilla are pale and bone dry, aged under a living veil of yeast. Amontillado and oloroso are darker and aged with air, so they are nuttier and stronger. Palo cortado sits between the two. Cream is sweetened, and Pedro Ximenez is almost black and tastes of raisins.
A way of ageing wine by fractional blending. Casks are stacked in tiers, wine is drawn only from the oldest row, and each row is topped up from the one above. Nothing is ever emptied, so a glass poured today contains a trace of wine laid down decades ago.
Three things happen to coincide here. The soil is albariza, a chalky white earth that stores winter rain. The Atlantic brings humidity inland on the poniente wind. And that damp air lets flor, a native film of yeast, grow on the surface of the wine and protect it from the air while it ages.
About 90 kilometers, roughly an hour by road. Cadiz is a further 35 kilometers south, which is why the two of them fit comfortably into one day.
It has the strongest claim in Western Europe. Phoenicians from Tyre founded it as Gadir, meaning enclosure, traditionally dated to 1104 BC, and it has been lived in ever since. Rome knew it as Gades.
Locally, almost everything. Fino and manzanilla are drunk chilled with fried fish, olives and jamon, which is exactly what the bars of Cadiz serve. Oloroso goes with cheese and cured meat, and Pedro Ximenez is poured over ice cream.
Spring and autumn. May brings the Feria del Caballo, the horse fair, and September the grape harvest festival, both of which fill the city. July and August are very hot inland, although Cadiz on the coast stays noticeably cooler.
