Where to stay in Jerez de la Frontera

Jerez de la Frontera or simply Jerez or Xeres, is a city and municipality in the province of Cádiz in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Located in southwestern Iberia, it lies on the Campiña de Jerez, an inland lowland plain crossed by the Guadalete River, midway between the Atlantic Ocean, the Guadalquivir river and the western reaches of the Subbaetic System.

This area has been settled since prehistory but was thinly populated until the Umayyad Moors arrived in the 8th century AD. They called it Sherish and introduced distillation, which makes possible sherry and spirits. They were supplanted by the Almohads, who built the citadel. The cities of Andalusia were the last parts of Moorish Spain to fall to Christian control and were described as de la Frontera – on the frontier, with Jerez falling in the 1260s.

Getting around

Walk, the main sights are in a compact area. Consorcio de Transportes Bahía de Cádiz operate local buses in this area, including airport buses 050 and 053. A dozen taxi firms ply through town and wait at the railway station. Don't use a car in city centre, the old streets are barely wide enough for a moped. There's a dozen parking lots around city centre, well signposted. There isn't a park-and-ride scheme.

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