Round trip bus from Sevilla to Jerez: 11 euros
Tour of bodega + wine tasting + tapas: 16 euros
Overview
This day trip suits all people who enjoy a relaxing excursion to the small and pleasant town of Jerez. Equipped with beautiful weather, palm trees, and quaint plazas filled with tapas bars, this day trip is definitely worth it.
Before the excursion
You can make a reservation for the amount of people in your party. It isn't absolutely necessary to make a reservation, but if you're a planner, you'll probably do it anyway. You can find a list of tours and their descriptions here.
How to get there
Take a bus from the Prado de San Sebastian bus station located accross the Universidad de Sevilla. Ask for a billete a Jerez para IDA y VUELTA (round trip). Also ask "Cual anden" (Which platform?) so you won't get on the wrong bus.
Arriving to Jerez
The bus ride will last about an hour, unless, you have unbelievable traffic like we did, which then can last about two hours. But, hey, it's kind of like driving downtown on a Friday night, right? When you get there, as you walk into the bus station, there should be an information desk on your right. You can ask them where to find the bodega, and they will supply you with a FREE map. It is almost impossible to get lost on the way to the bodega because you'll only one street. It will take you about ten minutes to get to the bodega, and if you're slow or get side tracked very easily, 15-20.
La bodega
Once you get there you can retrieve and pay for your tickets. You can choose to have only wine tasting, without the tapas. But if food is one of your great three loves in life like me, along with shopping and traveling, pay the few extra euros for some jamon iberico, manchego, pan, y and patatas fritas.
My experience
This day excursion was a lot of fun and definitely worth the twenty seven euros. The walking tour wasn't too long and the jamon y queso were VERY delicious. I'm not a very big fan of sherry wine; I thought it tasted more like rubbing alcohol that anything else but the sweet wine was great. I once thought that wine tasting was something only rich people did, like Lisa from the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills; but in Espana it is the complete opposite. As a college student, this excursion will make you feel atleast ten years older, with the thought of red plastic SOLO cups and watered down keg beer feel millions of miles away.
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| The sherry |
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| Salud! |
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| In front of the barrels of wine with mi companera |
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