Category: Andalusia
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And finally…..
This, overall, was a most enjoyable holiday. The sights we saw far exceeded my expectations. The quality of the guides was excellent and I have, once again, learned a lot about an area I do not know well. Apart from the first day visiting the Alhambra Palace, the weather was gorgeous, although very hot, which…
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Day 9 – Wednesday, 28/6/23
On the way home. The alarm went off at 5.15 a.m. Truly ungodly, but Colin had managed to get a buffet breakfast organised even at that hour. Rude not to participate, even if it was rather sketchy. The bus departed bang on time at 6.15 a.m. and made good progress, stopping on the way for…
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Day 8 – Tuesday, 27/6/23
Last full day of this journey. Awoke to yet another cloudless blue sky and the promise of another hot day. Our usual rather rushed breakfast, then onto the coach to head for the village of Ronda. We started climbing fairly early on, and the scenery changed dramatically from pan-flat to really quite lumpy. We took…
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Day 7 – Monday, 26/6/23
After breakfast, we set off at around 9 a.m. in the coach towards our final destination on this trip – Jerez. We stopped for a comfort break after around 45 minutes, at which national lottery prizes were on show: We then got into the town of Jerez itself for a sherry tasting. Colin had organised…
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Day 6 – Sunday, 25/6/23
Today was one of those days where one had a choice. Hang around in the hotel, or go in to Sevilla, using Antonio, our driver, as a large taxi service, paying him 4 € a head for the return journey (he was supposed to be having a day off), leaving at 10 a.m. and returning…
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Day 5 – Saturday, 24/6/23
Managed to make it for a quick breakfast before the 10-minute walk to the coach. Temperature a very pleasant 23⁰ or so. Colin informed us that the coach had a flat tyre! That’s a first for me. We therefore had to make a short detour to have this fixed, and we were dropped off at…
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Day 4 – Friday, 23/6/23
Got our timing wrong this morning and, as a result, had to rush breakfast. Too much time in bed drinking lemon and ginger tea….🙄 Still, we managed to make it to the start of the walk round Cordoba without too much loss of dignity. Our guide was a youngish lady named Saray, and after a…
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Day 3 – Thursday, 22/6/23
Not a great start, particularly as the alarm went off around 6.15 a.m. Another party, appearing to consist mainly of Americans, was leaving at the same time, so breakfast was chaotic. Managed to grab something and check out of the hotel, our suitcases having been collected from outside our room. The aforementioned Americans were boarding…
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Day 2 – Wednesday, 21/6/23
First pictures alert! The alarm went off at 7.15 a.m., still early for us, but at least not as horrific as 3.30 a.m. Made it down to a desultory breakfast buffet, with the usual problem of trying to find the butter/milk/marmalade/whatever in a new establishment. We boarded the bus to take us to the Alhambra…
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Day 1 – Tuesday, 20/6/23
The alarm went off at some time known as 3.30 a.m., which is totally foreign to me. We stumbled blearily out of bed and prepared for the arrival of our Saga transport. Sure enough, the doorbell rang at 4.08 a.m. and we were ushered to a minibus, within which were two Saga fellow travellers, Suzanne…