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6 Days / 5 Nights
DAY 1:
SEVILLA
- The program starts in Seville.
- Check-in at a charming four star hotel in the Santa Cruz quarter, a labyrinth
of alleys just in the central part of the town.
- You will have this day on your own, to rest or to explore this incredible
city.
- Meet your guide and the rest of the group for the welcome drink offered at the
hotel.
- Overnight in Sevilla
DAY 2:
SEVILLA
- Breakfast
- Morning walking tour of Seville with a local guide to visit its
impressive monumental legacy, crossed by the Guadalquivir, the river along which
the ships coming from the Americas sailed those golden years in which the city
had the monopoly of commerce with the Indies, three centuries ago.
- Lunch will be in a well-known restaurant that offers excellent Sevillian
traditional cookery, an ideal place to taste the Andalusian art of frying with
olive oil.
- Evening and dinner free.
- Overnight in Sevilla
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DAY 3:
SEVILLA - UBEDA - BAEZA - UBEDA
- Breakfast
- Transfer to Ubeda, 16th century Renaissance town in Jaen, a Northern
Andalusian province that produces as much olive oil as Greece . From now on, the
olive-trees will be inseparable companions of your journey.
- Check-in at a cosy hotel, a magnificent old restored Renaissance palace with a
beautiful patio, nowadays a small family hotel.
- Visit to the Olive Oil Museum where you will discover the traditional methods
for obtaining olive oil and, later on, visit to Baeza, a splendid monumental
cluster of palaces, churches and convents of different architectural styles
coexisting in perfect harmony.
- Lunch free in Baeza
- Back to Ubeda, we will have time to walk along its streets full of history,
towers and palaces.
- Dinner will take place at the most recognised restaurant of the region for its
olive oil cooking.
- Overnight in Ubeda
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DAY 4:
UBEDA - CORDOBA
- Breakfast
- Transfer to Cordoba. Important city in Roman times, it would be
centuries later in the hands of the Arabs, who established there the seat of the
Caliphate, and that is the reason why the place enjoys a fascinating Muslim
legacy, being The Mosque a superb exponent of their art.
- Check-in at a beautiful four star hotel, an 18th century building right in the
Jewish quarter and incorporated into the old walls.
- Lunch free.
- Afternoon guided visit to Cordoba
- Dinner will be based on the use of extra virgin olive oil and will take place
at an old tavern and former winery offering tasty traditional Cordoban cuisine.
- Overnight in Cordoba
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DAY 5:
CORDOBA - ZUHEROS - BAENA - CORDOBA
- Breakfast
- Excursion along the so-called Route of the Caliphate, bordering land
full of watch towers, to arrive to Zuheros, a small white mountain village,
perched on a crag , with superb view of the never-ending olive-groves.
- We will continue to Baena, crossing the countryside of Cordova, land of
olive-groves, vineyards, small orchards and smooth downs. This pretty Andalusian
white village gives its name to one of the ninth Spanish olive-oil denominations
of origin for olive oil.
- We will visit an old traditional olive-oil mill ("almazara") there, where we
will taste their different types of oils, main feature of the lunch that will
take place in the very olive-oil mill.
- Back to Cordova
- Farewell dinner in the best restaurant of
Cordova, where you will enjoy its
traditional cookery of strong country
flavors. The restaurant has a wonderful wine
cellar, already used in Roman times, and a
good offer of different types of oils, basic
ingredient of Andalusian cuisine.
- Overnight in Cordoba
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DAY 6:
CORDOBA
- Breakfast
- Independent departure arrangements
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END OF TOUR SERVICES
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Travelling
along the "campiña andaluza" (Andalusian countryside) from Seville to Jaen and
then to Cordova, your rural visits will include The Baena Designation of Origin,
the white mountain village of Zuhero and the Renaissance towns of Ubeda and
Baeza. Your city visits will include the lively atmosphere and cuisines of
Seville and Cordova as well as their impressive monuments, of course.
We had a fabulous time on the Camino de Santiago! Everything worked as
it should have and all contact we had with anyone associated with
EATours was very friendly, very helpful and totally professional. You
can be sure that we will be passing the word. A real pleasure... 
