What special about Jerez?
Jerez de la Frontera or simply Jerez
is a Spanish city in the province of Cádiz in the autonomous community of Andalusia, in southwestern Spain, located midway between the Atlantic Ocean and the Cádiz Mountains it is a very central place to visit about everything. As of 2015, the city, the largest in the province, had a population of 212,876. It is the fifth largest in Andalusia, and has become the transportation and communications hub of the province, surpassing even Cádiz, the provincial capital, in economic activity. There are also many cattle ranches and horse-breeding operations, as well as a world-renowned wine industry (Xerez).
Jerez, is the 25th largest city in Spain, the 5th in Andalusia and 1st in the Province of Cádiz. It belongs to the Municipal Association of the Bay of Cádiz (Mancomunidad de Municipios Bahía de Cádiz), the 3rd largest Andalusian metropolitan area and the 12th in Spain, with over 650,000 inhabitants.
Jerez is located 12 km (7.46 mi) from the Atlantic Ocean, in the Campiña de Jerez, region appropriate to cultivate the vineyards that produce the famous sherry. Some famous places in to the city are Alcazar of Jerez, Church of San Miguel, Charterhouse of Jerez, the Cathedral of San Salvador.
Jerez is known as the city of flamenco, sherry, horses and motorcycles. In 2013, Jerez was the European Capital of Wine and 2014, it was the world’s first Motorbike Capital.
Weather of Jerez is undoubtably a big asset all the year long, we include you here after a link where you can find all the statistic and possible details about it :
http://www.holiday-weather.com/jerez_de_la_frontera/averages/
But more easily we could sum it up that way :
- December to February nights are cold not because of the very low temperature but more for the humidity that enter your bones. Make sure of the heating system you will have in your apartment ! For instance in ours depending of the apartment, we have in between 3KW to 6KW. Lunch time (1 to 5 pm) you will enjoy a terrace outside with a sweater or a little more and for dinner time you will need more a polar to be comfortable in the street. Rain is usually not such a big issue. We do not have usually entire week of grey sky and rain, just an annoying heavy shower. Bear in mind asking in your apartment if they leave an umbrella !
- March to May / October to November during day time forget your sweater and choose a T-shirt directly, during the night you will still enjoy your sweater. Doing your washing machine in the apartment and tending outside it will cost you an hour and a half to have everything dry.
- June to September you are going to become a specialist for hunting shadow walking in the streets. More seriously, T-shirt will be the only thing you need, you will prefer terrace on the shadow and going out late in the evening. Bear in mind that night remain cool 20/25 degrees that will allow to sleep well. Powerful, noiseless Air condition system is not an option, neither one meter thick wall of your house but everybody do not offer house from the past centuries ! Doing your washing machine in the apartment and tending outside it will cost you 20 minutes to have everything dry.
A couple of things you can keep in mind
- Going to the coast (20 minutes away to Sanlucar de barrameda, Chipiona, El puerto de Santa maria) you will loose 3/5 degrees all the year
- Going to Sevilla (an hour away) or Granada, Cordoba, you will gain 5/10 degrees all the year. Yes! spending daytime with 45 degrees and the night with 30 degrees is difficult. This is mostly for that reason that august is totally off.
Main sights
religious sights
- The Cathedral
- Church of San Miguel (15th century), in Gothic–Baroque style
- Church of San Mateo, in Gothic style, the oldest in the city
- The Charterhouse
- Church of Santiago, dating to the time of Alfonso X of Castile (reigned 1252-1284)
- Church of San Juan de los Caballeros, created after Alfonso X’s conquest of the city in 1264
- Church of San Marcos (13th century)
- Church of San Dionisio (13th century), built around 1457
- Church of San Lucas, built over an old mosque
- Church of San Francisco, containing the grave of Queen Blanca de Borbón (died 1361)
- Church of San Pedro
- Chapel of San Juan de Letrán
- Calvary Chapel
- Chapel of Los Desamparados
- Convent of San José
- Covent of Santa María de Gracia
- Convento of Espíritu Santo
- Hermitage of San Isidro Labrador
- Hermitage of San Telmo
- Church of Santo Domingo
- Church of Los Descalzos
- Convent of Las Reparadoras
- Church of La Victoria
- Hermitage of La Ina
- Basílica del Carmen de Jerez
Palaces and manors
- Casa-palacio de la calle Lealas, número 20
- Casa-palacio de los Ponce de León
- Casa de los Basurto
- Casa Petra de la Riva
- Palace of Marqués de Montana
- Palacio Dávila
- Palacio de Bertemati
- Palacio de Campo Real
- Palacio de Riquelme
- Palacio de los Condes de Montegil
- Palacio de los Condes de Puerto Hermoso
- Palacio de los Morla y Melgarejo
- Palacio de Luna
- Palacio de Mirabal
- Palacio de Villapanés
- Palacio de Villavicencio
- Palacio del Barón de Algar del Campo
- Palacio del Conde de los Andes
- Palacio del Marqués de Villamarta
- Palacio Duque de Abrantes
- Palacio Pemartín
- Palacio San Blas
Museums
- Archaeological Museum
- Bullfighting Museum
- Nativity scene Museum
- Museos de la Atalaya
- Pinacoteca Rivero
- Museo del Traje Andaluz
- Museo de Tecnología Agraria Antonio Cabral
- Museo del Enganche
Other interesting buildings
- Old City Hall of Jerez de la Frontera, built in 1575
- Alcazar of Jereze de la Frontera, a Moorish fortress, dating to the 11th century
- Zoo and Botanical Garden of Jerez.
- Villamarta Theatre
- Gallo Azul, built in 1927
- Walls of Jerez de la Frontera
Main bodegas
- González Byass
- Domecq
- Grupo Estévez
- Grupo Garvey
- Williams & Humbert
- Bodegas de Pilar Plá
- Bodegas Tradición
- Sánchez Romate
- Bodegas Lustau