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No minimum number of attendeesNo minimum number of attendees is required for the tour
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Free booking and cancellationFree payment tour, no set price, booking and cancellation are free
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I am a teacher and Official Tourism Guide (nº GT/06338 of the Tourism Registry of the Junta de Andalucía); Doctor in Art and Humanities, with the thesis "Jerez and al-Andalus. From the origins to the Almohad era, territory, population and intellectual life", qualified with outstanding "cum laude"; Master's Degree in Historical-Archaeological Heritage; and a degree in Semitic and Hispanic Philology from the University of Granada, where I also studied Aramaic, History of the Jews in the Middle Ages and Sephardic Language and Literature. Do you know of a better guide to delve into the Muslim and Jewish past of Jerez de la Frontera?
Jerez is known worldwide for its wines, horses and flamenco, a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage.
However, our city also has another historical-artistic heritage that is less known, but just as important , part of which I invite you to discover. on a private and personalized tour, with a maximum of five people per visit: The great Andalusian medina from the 8th to the 13th centuries , with winding and narrow streets among which its more than twenty mosques were located, and which was repopulated by Christians and a hundred Jewish families from 1267.
Thus, we will begin the tour by accessing the old Muslim city through the space occupied by one of the main gates of the medina: the Gate of Seville, in front of the monumental cloister of the Santo Domingo convent , with remains that could belong to the Andalusian period of Sherry. From there, we will enter the beautiful and, in some cases, mysterious alleys that lead to the Jewish quarter and the six neighborhoods of the old town, San Marcos, San Juan, San Lucas, San Mateo, San Salvador and San Dionisio.
Our tour will end in the Plaza del Arenal , a space that housed a huge maqbara or cemetery from the Andalusian era that is still preserved, and which we will reach through the space occupied by the old Puerta del Real, of which we will also appreciate some of its vestiges. still standing.
I'll wait for you!
We will meet on Alameda Cristina, on the boulevard between palm trees in front of the door of the Jerez Centro hotel (Meliá), next to the fountain at the horse carriage and taxi stop.
Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end of the tour the amount that he or she considers appropriate (these usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).
