Flamenco, guitar music, history and nature — small international group — East Andalusia
Cordoba Guitar Festival
Flamenco, guitar music, history and nature — small international group — East Andalusia
A major international festival, with a large component of Flamenco (guitar, song and dance), as well as classical guitar, jazz and other genres. Córdoba has produced a number of the best contemporary flamenco guitarists, such as Paco Peña, Alberto Lucena, Vicente Amigo, El Merengue, Patrocinio hijo, José Manuel Villatoro, Antonio Contiñez...
We expect to see two or three flamenco performances, and more concerts such as Spanish classical guitar or Arabo-andalusian music, as well as a 'dancing horses' evening. Córdoba and its surroundings form the backdrop to this festival, with three days in the city, former capital of Roman Baetica and of Moorish al-Andalus, and three excursions into the province of Córdoba, with two new short walks, suitable for the summer, in the forests and dehesas of the Sierra Morena.
IMPORTANT: we must receive bookings for this programme by 20 April 2012.
ONE WEEK Activities: 5 evening spectacles; in the daytime: an in-depth look at Córdoba city including some recently-opened sites, two walks of about 2 hours in the Sierra Morena, a visit to Madinat al-Zahra and the ermitas, a bodega at Montilla, an excursion to El Carpio and Montoro in the Guadalquivir valley. Group 10 maximum.
HALF BOARD [lunches and 3 tapas dinners included; breakfasts and 4 dinners not included] in a small hotel (twin rooms with bathrooms) with a patio and terrace bar-restaurant, in an ideal situation in the old city centre, near the new archaeological museum but well away from the main tourist areas.
PRICE 975 euros per person; single room supplement 155 euros.
DATES (Tuesday-Tuesday)
2012 3-10 July.
RENDEZVOUS & DISPERSAL Málaga (airport, station or city centre). Choose a flight arriving before 15.00 and departing after 12.30.
Location of this programme:
DAY-TO-DAY
TUESDAY: Afternoon transfer to Córdoba. Welcome tapas.
WEDNESDAY: The city's main monuments: the unique Mosque-Cathedral, synagogue, Caliphal baths, Alcázar, San Bartolomé; the popular patios of the San Basilio quarter. The house-museum of the famous modernist painter Julio Romero de Torres.
THURSDAY: Pretty walk of Trassierra, in the hills near the town. The ruins of Madinat al-Zahra, city-palace of the Caliphs, with a virtual representation of Caliphal protocol.
FRIDAY: The late Roman Imperial palace, the most important remains of what was a Roman capital city. El Carpio Mudéjar tower and Montoro, perched above the river.
SATURDAY: Exploration of the hidden corners of the old city: Almodóvar and Portillo gates, San Juan minaret, the Tendillas, Corredera and Potro squares, patio de las Campanas, the Ribera [riverside]. Afternoon visit to the new archaeological museum.
SUNDAY: Nature ramble in the Sierra de Hornachuelos Natural Park, with lunch at a terrace overlooking the Bembézar reservoir. Las Ermitas: 13 tiny hermitages in the Sierra Morena foothills, with an admirable view of Córdoba and its surroundings.
MONDAY: Visit to Montilla, the centre of Montilla-Moriles wine production, with a bodega, an artesanal barrel-maker and the Casa del Inca.
TUESDAY: Transfer to Málaga.
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