{"id":95785401,"date":"2010-11-15T14:17:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-15T14:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/five-day-trips-from-seville-spain\/"},"modified":"2014-09-12T18:43:54","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T18:43:54","slug":"five-day-trips-from-seville-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/five-day-trips-from-seville-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Day Trips from Seville, Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nThe mellow winter is the perfect time to see Seville, but
\ndon’t spend all your time in the city – there’s plenty to do if you leave town.\n<\/p>\n

Cordoba<\/strong>: A mere 45 minutes away from Seville on the high speed AVE
\ntrain, Cordoba’s main draw is its Mezquita – dating back to the eighth century,
\nit was formerly the third largest mosque in the world and now a cathedral. The
\nMoorish architecture – huge, red and white striped arches in the praying hall –
\nis some of the best Islamic art in the western world. There are plenty of other
\nthings to see too, including Roman remains, an Alcazar (Moorish fortress), and
\narchitecture along the Guadalquivir river.
\nJerez de la Frontera<\/strong>: Jerez is only an hour’s drive south of Seville and if you’re
\ninto booze, you’ll love it – it’s the hub of Spain’s sherry industry. Don’t be
\npatronizing, either – good sherry here is a totally different beast to what
\nyou’re used to, and it’s well worth going for a tasting in one of the many
\nbodegas to get converted. Drink aside, 
\n<\/span>it’s also a beautiful, typically Andalusian town with winding streets,
\nGothic churches and even an 11th<\/sup> century Alcazar.
\nCadiz<\/strong>: On the coast below Jerez, pretty Cadiz is a laid back
\nfishing town set on a peninsula jutting off the mainland. Its history goes way
\nback – it’s actually the oldest continually inhabited town in Spain, founded in
\n1104BC by the Phoenicians, and you’ll find ancient city walls, a Roman
\namphitheater and a host of architectural styles since then (including modern
\npylons which turn functionality into an art form. And once you’ve had enough of
\nculture, hit the beach.
\nTarifa<\/strong>: The southernmost point of Spain, which faces Morocco, is
\nknown for its great surfing, and with its long sandy beaches, it’s also a great
\nplace to try kitesurfing, too. There are plenty of schools offering
\ninstructions along the beachside, so either sign up or hook yourself up with
\nsome equipment and go for it yourself. There’s a lively nightlife scene, too,
\nif you decide to stay overnight.
\nGibraltar<\/strong>: Only two and a half hours away from Seville, you can’t miss
\nthis outpost of Little Britain. The British Overseas Territory lies on a
\npeninsula hanging off the southern tip of Spain (just east from Tarifa) has the
\narchitecture you’d associate with Andalusia (a Moorish castle, a cathedral
\nbuilt over a mosque) but UK postboxes, signs in English and British police
\nofficers. Then, of course, there are the famous monkeys of the Rock of
\nGibraltar, which have become so tame that they’ll approach you, climb on you
\nand even steal your belongings.    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The mellow winter is the perfect time to see Seville, but don’t spend all your time in the city – there’s plenty to do if you leave town. Cordoba: A mere 45 minutes away from Seville on the high speed AVE train, Cordoba’s main draw is its Mezquita – dating back to the eighth century, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95785401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interests"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95785401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95785401"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95785401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97169635,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95785401\/revisions\/97169635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95785401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95785401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95785401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}