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Feria de Jerez, also known as Feria del Caballo (literally Horse Fair), is a celebration in the Spanish municipality Jerez de la Frontera, traditionally held in the first or second week of May. It is the most important fair in the Province of Cádiz and is listed as one of the Fiestas of International Tourist Interest of Spain by the Ministry ...
Jerez Airport, 118 km. Málaga Airport, 121 km. Sevilla Airport, 203 km. By Train: San Roque station (nearest station) La Línea is one of the few cities in Spain with a population above 50,000 not to be served by a railway line. A project to complete the San Roque-La Línea railway line was aborted in the 1970s. [34]
Jerez is the original home of the Carthusian sub-strain of the Andalusian horse breed, known as the Caballo cartujano in Spain. In the latter 1400s, the Carthusian monks began breeding horses on lands donated by Álvaro Obertos de Valeto for construction of the Charterhouse of Jerez de la Frontera (la Cartuja de Jerez de la Frontera).
Since 1973, the Feria de Abril takes place at the Real de la Feria, an area of 24 blocks (450,000 m 2) which is located between Los Remedios and Tablada. In 2012 there were 1048 casetas . [ 2 ] The streets of the Real are named after famous bullfighters such as Juan Belmonte and Pascual Márquez.
The Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art (Spanish: Real Escuela Andaluza del Arte Ecuestre) is an institution dedicated to the preservation of the equestrian arts, in the Spanish tradition, based in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. It is one of the "Big Four", the most prestigious classical riding academies in the world. [1]
Jerez Airport is a modern airport with the principal arrival and departure areas on the ground floor. Ryanair introduced regular flights between Jerez Airport and London , which helped to increase passenger numbers at the airport to 1.1 million in 2004.
A feria (fair in English) is an annual local festival in Spain and southern France, characterized by bullfights, bull running in the streets, bodegas (outdoor bars or cellars with festive music) and bandas.
Aerial parade by the Spanish Air Force Patrulla Águila (Eagle Patrol) drawing a Spanish flag with smoke at the Armed Forces Parade.. National Day of Spain is a holiday throughout the entire country, so all central (national) government's and autonomous communities' (provincial) institutions and administration offices are closed on that day, as are banks and stores.