Alvaro Domecq, Jerez
Alvaro Domecq offers a good, solid winery tour at a fair price.
Alvaro Domecq offers a good, solid winery tour at a fair price.
Le Poeme is perfectly located on a quiet stretch of the street next to the Central Market of Cadiz. With indoor and outdoor seating, it’s a great place to either enjoy the sun or take a break from the wind. This is the second mid-morning breakfast I’ve had here, and both have excelled. Today I…
We’ve passed El Garaje (the Garage) many times in our walks around Jerez. Opposite the Souk (Zoco), it’s always busy on Saturdays – power-ballads and rock hits from the 80s and 90s blasting. What’s less known is that during the week, their menu del dia comes in at just €6 for a starter, main, bread…
The Gorila cerveceria, or beer bar, is another popular option on Plaza Plateros. They serve a wide variety of cold cuts and cheeses, plus play up the German beer connection with sausages and pickled gherkins. Most people are here for the beers though. The Gorila has a wide variety by Spanish standards: several German and…
Although these attractions are advertised together, only one is still running — and it’s worth a visit.
Calle Larga is the main shopping street in Jerez de la Frontera: fashion, telecoms, opticians, pharmacies, and tobacconists – they’re here. What seems to be missing is a place to sit with a cold beer while your partner is trying on clothes; or a place for a snack and coffee while you recharge for the…
Jerez is rightly famous for its prestigious Sherry wine, and one place that ought to be famous is the tabanco on Plaza Plateros. It takes its wine seriously, but without pretension – and with a huge local following. A tabanco is a traditional wine shop, with the booze poured from wooden barrels right into your…
All bars in Jerez are quiet before 10… Many don’t kick off until after 12, but I’m at Damajuana – known for its Flamenco – early on a Tuesday for the weekly English-language meetup. It’s huge doors open off a narrow cobbled street into an anteroom with three bars off it. A glass of oloroso…
If you’re looking for something to do in Jerez that has nothing to do with wine, Zoobotánico Jerez is a good choice.
Although nothing flash, and sometimes a little worn, Café Vegas has some of the best-value eating in Jerez, if you’re in the quantity for price, and nothing fancy, frame of mind.
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