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Day trip details
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
C. Rastro 12A, 41003 Seville · View on Google Maps
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.
The walk through the historic centre of Cadiz is made with the guide. In Jerez the time is yours to explore the centre at your own pace.
Admission to wineries and to the equestrian show are not included on this day trip. If you would like either of them, we run two other versions of this route that include them.
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.
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.
The day ends with a stop at a beach, so you may want to bring something to sit on.
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the activity. You can cancel from the confirmation email you receive when you book.
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Two cities, sherry country and the Atlantic
The province of Cadiz packs an extraordinary amount into a short stretch of coast: a city that has been inhabited for three thousand years, a town that gave its name to a wine, and an ocean light that photographers keep coming back for. This day trip takes in both cities and ends with the sea.
South through the marshland and the mountains
The road out of Seville crosses the farmland of the old Guadalquivir marshes, with the peaks of the Sierra de Grazalema and the white villages of Andalusia in the distance. It is about an hour and a half to the first stop.
Free time in Jerez de la Frontera
Jerez is a city of horses, flamenco and sherry, and its centre is compact enough to take in on foot. The time here is yours: the cathedral and the palaces around it, the squares, and the unhurried atmosphere of a town that has lived off wine for centuries.
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 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, the most photographed corner of the city.
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. Before the return to Seville there is a last stop at one of the beaches of Cadiz, for the light and the Atlantic air.
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.
Not on this version. This is the base route, with the two city centres and the coast. We also run a version that includes a sherry winery with a tasting, and another that adds the equestrian show in Jerez as well.
No. The equestrian show at the riding school in Jerez belongs to a different version of this day trip, which includes both the show and a winery visit.
Yes. A professional guide accompanies the group all day and leads the walk through the historic centre of Cadiz. In Jerez the time is free, so you explore the centre at your own pace.
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.
A fair amount. Both centres are visited on foot, over cobbled streets, and Cadiz adds a seafront promenade, so comfortable shoes make a real difference.
The stop at the beach is short and meant for the view and the air rather than for swimming. If you want a proper beach day, our Tarifa day trip is built around exactly that.
Yes, and there is a reduced rate for children. It is a long day with a good deal of walking, so it suits children who are used to it, and the beach stop at the end usually helps.
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 Cadiz and Jerez
Practical questions about the two cities themselves, useful background before you travel.
About 125 kilometers by road, roughly an hour and a half of driving. Jerez de la Frontera sits between the two, around 90 kilometers from Seville, which is why the pair of them works comfortably as a single day.
Yes, and they pair better than most. Both historic centres are small and flat, the drive between them is half an hour, and neither is a city where you queue. What one day does not give you is the beaches south of Cadiz or the wineries, which need their own time.
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, and the Roman theatre under the old town is still being excavated.
Three things, and they all started here. Sherry, which takes its English name from Jerez. The Andalusian horse, with a riding school that performs internationally. And flamenco, which has one of its oldest roots in the neighbourhood of Santiago.
Fried fish above all: pescaito frito, done in a light flour coating and eaten with your fingers. Tortillitas de camarones, lacy fritters of tiny shrimp, are the local speciality. Add tuna from the Almadraba nets off the coast, and sherry from up the road to drink with it.
The small beach wedged between two fortresses in the old town, and the most photographed spot in Cadiz. The white pavilion on the sand is a former spa building. It faces west, so it is where the city goes to watch the sun set into the Atlantic.
Spring and early autumn. The Atlantic keeps Cadiz noticeably cooler than inland Andalusia, so even July and August are bearable on the coast, unlike Seville or Cordoba. Winter is mild but windy.
One of the biggest carnivals in Spain, held in February, and quite unlike Rio or Venice: it is built on satirical singing groups called chirigotas that compete with verses mocking politics and daily life. The whole city dresses up and the streets fill for more than a week.
