The Flamenco Traveler
Western Andalusia. Day 1: Seville.
To say Seville is to say history, beauty, culture, art, grandeur … The capital of Andalusia represents like no other, among other cities of this very special land, the most perfect exponent of one of the most unusual and profound encounters of civilizations, races and cultures. that have been produced throughout the centuries. A whole amalgam fused in the crucible of time, which today allows us to enjoy one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
The Sea and the Mountains. Day 1: Malaga.
They call it “Malaga la Bella” and not without reason.
The city of Malaga is internationally known as the capital of the Costa del Sol, an eminently tourist area, in which the offer of sun and beach has predominated for decades, and still predominates, over any other consideration.
However, the current transformation of this splendid southern city, bathed by the warm waters of the Mediterranean Sea, has also made it the city of museums …
Scents of the South. Day 1: Seville
Seville, the capital of Andalusia, represents like no other, among other cities in this special land, the most perfect exponent of one of the most unusual and profound encounters of civilizations, races and cultures that have occurred throughout the centuries. A whole amalgam fused in the crucible of time, which today allows us to enjoy one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
Flamenco Art had and has its heyday in Seville, being one of the cities that saw …
Guadalquivir. Day 1: Seville.
To say Seville is to say history, beauty, culture, art, grandeur-
The capital of Andalusia represents like no other, among other cities in this very special land, the most perfect example of one of the most unusual and profound encounters of civilizations, races and cultures that have occurred throughout the centuries. A whole amalgam fused in the crucible of time, which today allows us to enjoy one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
Eastern Andalusia. Day 1: Malaga.
They call it “Malaga la Bella” and not without reason.
The city of Malaga is internationally known as the capital of the Costa del Sol, an eminently tourist area, in which the offer of sun and beach has predominated for decades, and still predominates, over any other consideration.
However, the current transformation of this splendid southern city, bathed by the warm waters of the Mediterranean Sea, has also made it …
The Origin. Day 1: Sevilla
The traveler arrives in Seville expectant and curious. The city welcomes you with open arms, showing through streets and avenues the beauty of this city full of history.
It is in Seville where Flamenco, the most emblematic art of Andalusia, found among the popular layers of its society the right environment to establish itself, develop and prosper.
In his first contact, the traveler walks the streets …
Western Andalusia Day 2: Cadiz.
After those first and intense emotions experienced the day before in the city of Seville during the first day of the Route, we moved to the city of Cádiz, another of the fundamental cities in the history of Flamenco Art. The traveler feels inside a host of new sensations. The astonishment at the discovery of a city with three thousand years of history that smells of the sea and breathes the sea from all its corners. Cádiz, “salty clarity”. Passing through the old arch of …
The Sea and the Mountains. Day 2: Axarquia.
La Axarquía is the easternmost region of the province of Malaga and extends from the sea to the interior. The name of the region comes from the Arabic and means east, clear evidence of the almost eight centuries of Arab-Andalusian permanence in Andalusia.
Although from the end of the 15th century the region passed to Christian domination, among its inhabitants, century after century, deep cultural vestiges have been transmitted …
Scents of the South Day 2: Utrera.
The sensations experienced during the flamenco festival the day before remain vibrant in the mind and senses of the traveler. With hardly any transition, the traveler moves to the town of Utrera, a beautiful monumental city, located just 30 kilometers southwest of Seville. Considered one of the essential cradles of gypsy flamenco, some of the greatest figures in the history of flamenco were born there. Utrera welcomes the traveler with all its wealth …
Guadalquivir. Day 2: Puebla del Rio
The traveler has started his particular Flamenco Route for a first day that has left him subtle and passionate sensations.
After a brief visualization of the urban and monumental beauty of Seville and a visit to one of the most beautiful palaces in the city, where you have been able to taste a selection of local gastronomy, the Flamenco Festival with which the evening has ended has you made you feel and live flamenco in all its intensity …
Eastern Andalusia. Day 2: Malaga.
After his first contact with the city of Malaga, its gastronomy and its Flamenco Art, the traveler dedicates the morning to two essential cultural visits. Two places that represent the profound contrast between what this splendid Mediterranean city was and what it is today: its previous history, represented by the Alcazaba, the greatest exponent of its Arab-Andalusian past, and its current modernity, represented by the Picasso museum, the great world genius who was born just …
The Origin. Day 2: Morón
A little less than 70 kilometers from Seville, heading southeast, is Morón de la Frontera, a large town in the Sevillian countryside with an extraordinary flamenco tradition.
Morón has given the world of Flamenco a large number of dancers of extraordinary quality, although perhaps the best known has been the special way of playing the guitar, defended in the 50s and 60s of the last century by an unrepeatable character: the. ..
Western Andalusia Day 3: Cordoba.
At the halfway point of our Route, we move to the city of Córdoba. The ancient Caliphal city offers us abundant and superb vestiges of the passage of the various cultures that populated it throughout the centuries: Romans, Visigoths, Jews, Arabs and Christians.
In Flamenco Art Córdoba also distinguishes itself from other places in Andalusia with its own personality. There have been and are in the city great artists who bear the name of Córdoba as a personal flag …
The Sea and the Mountains. Day 3: Granada.
The traveler moves away from Malaga, flooded by the intense sensations experienced during the previous day in the Axarquía, where he has lived with its artists and with its people.
On this unique flamenco path, the beautiful city of Granada now appears at the foot of the snow-capped peaks of Sierra Nevada.
Already settled in the city of La Alhambra, the walk through the famous gypsy neighborhood of Sacromonte
Scents of the South Day 3: Aracena
About 90 kilometers from Seville, heading northwest, is Aracena, the main town of its region nestled in the Sierra of the same name in the province of Huelva: the Sierra de Aracena and Picos de Aroche.
Although this town and its surroundings deserve a detailed tour, the traveler focuses in this first part of the day on visiting one of the places that have made it famous throughout the world: Le Gruta de las Maravillas.
They couldn’t have given it a better name, since …
Guadalquivir. Day 3: Cordoba.
140 kilometers north of Seville is Córdoba, a thousand-year-old city that has the second largest historic center in Europe, the largest urban space in the world declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco. It is precisely here that a large part of the historical buildings of the city are agglomerated, highlighting the most important and symbolic building, the Mosque of Córdoba, which, together with the Roman Bridge, forms the best-known facet of the city.
Eastern Andalusia. Day 3: Sacromonte.
The traveler moves away from Malaga, flooded by the intense sensations experienced during the previous day in the Mediterranean capital, where he has lived with its history, culture and artists.
On this unique flamenco path, the beautiful city of Granada now appears at the foot of the snow-capped peaks of Sierra Nevada.
Already settled in the city of La Alhambra, the walk through the famous gypsy neighborhood of Sacromonte puts the traveler in contact with the history of its inhabitants …
The Origin. Day 3: Sevilla.
Spending a morning to visit the most traditional urban, monumental and historical beauties of the city of Seville is undoubtedly a magnificent option on this Route.
That is why the traveler walks through the labyrinthine streets of the Barrio de Santa Cruz, the old Jewish quarter, where each crossroads, each corner, each square, bears the mark of anecdotes and mysteries from another time. The set of the Real Alcázar of Seville is the best compendium of the art…
Western Andalusia. Day 4: El Rocio.
With the delicate sensations still latent of what was experienced during the previous day, the traveler now embarks on the path of the South towards the Doñana National Park, one of the most emblematic natural spaces in Europe, located in the south of the provinces of Huelva, Seville and Cádiz.
The visit to Doñana is led by experts who speak about the enormous ecological importance of the most important protected area of our land, where a prodigious fauna coexists …
The Sea and the Mountains. Day 4: Linares.
On this fourth day of the Route, the traveler travels to the El Cotillo bullfighting farm, to experience an exciting day in the field, bullfighting, gastronomy and flamenco.
Near Linares, Jaén province, in the southern area of Sierra Morena, this farm occupies a wide area of land where a large population of fighting bulls live in freedom, belonging to the Cotillo cattle ranch, of Domecq and Jandilla origin.
Scents of the South Day 4: Jerez.
Jerez is a city of Art, wine, horses, bulls and one of the fundamental cradles of Flamenco. In Jerez, Flamenco arises spontaneously through streets, corners and squares, in the most natural way.
On this fourth day of the Route, the traveler travels to Jerez to live another intense Art experience.
The first stop is at the Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art where, after the guided tour of its facilities, the traveler attends the …
Guadalquivir. Day 4: Jerez
The incomparable monumentality of the city of Córdoba and its Mosque, the walk through the labyrinthine streets of its old Jewish quarter, its exquisite gastronomy and the deep feeling of the Flamenco Festival lived during the previous day, have left the traveler with an intense flavor of art, quality and authenticity.
The road now leads south, to the city of Jerez, about 90 kilometers from Seville.
The traveler takes a walk through the streets of this historic …
Eastern Andalusia. Day 4: Baeza.
Few lands in the world offer as much diversity and contrasts as Andalusia. Good proof of this is the encounter with the historic Renaissance city of Baeza, in the province of Jaén.
As if floating in a vast ocean of olive trees, the so-called Andalusian Florence stands tall with its sober architecture carved in stone.
The traveler delights to stroll in amazement among the monumental complexes of this Baeza, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
The Origin. Day 4: Huelva.
A hundred kilometers south of Seville, next to the Atlantic Ocean, is La Rábida and its famous Franciscan monastery. It was there that Christopher Columbus, the traveler of travelers, retired to prepare the adventure that would lead him to the discovery of America. In that enclave of the province of Huelva, known as “Los Places Colombinos”, which includes the …
Western Andalusia Day 5: Lebrija.
Our Western Route comes to an end.
We have considered that one of the best epilogues is to approach the city of Lebrija, a town located in the lower Guadalquivir south of Seville.
Its foundation is attributed to the Phoenicians, or even the Tartessos, more than two thousand seven hundred years ago. Throughout history it has been a Roman, Visigothic, Arab and Christian population, so that among its streets there are evidences of the passage of different cultures …
The Sea and the Mountains. Day 5: Alhambra and Generalife.
The traveler returns to the city of Granada, ready to visit one of the most beautiful and impressive architectural jewels on the planet. After having walked two days before through the Sacromonte neighborhood, from which the magnificent construction of the Alhambra palace can be seen perfectly, it is not possible to leave the city without entering the magical palatial rooms and those sumptuous laden gardens …
Scents of the South Day 5: Camarón.
The traveler enters the fifth day of his Flamenco Route, after having lived four exciting days of Art.
Through the streets of San Fernando, breathing aromas of sea and salt, the traveler walks through today’s modern city, or through the alleys of the modest neighborhood known as “Las Callecitas”, imagining a child, thin, nervous and blond shrimp, running around those corners on the way to the forge where his father worked.
Jose Monge Cruz …
Guadalquivir. Day 5: Seville.
It is possible that the traveler, after these four intense days, feels the need to have a deeper contact with the great city of Seville.
On this fifth day, the traveler begins the day by attending a dance Master Class by the Farruco family, a privilege available to very few fans.
Next, the traveler walks through Seville, taking a guided tour that will help him to know and admire some of …
Eastern Andalusia. Day 5: Almeria.
Almería is located in the extreme southeast of Andalusia, on the edge of the Mediterranean Sea. Although it is known that in the territory it occupies today there have been human settlements since prehistoric times, its foundation as a port city dates back to the Andalusian splendor of the Caliphate of Córdoba in the 10th century.
The traveler walks in amazement through the monumental complex of the Alcazaba, which for a thousand years has risen on the hill of San Cristóbal dominating the sea.
The Origin. Day 5: Triana.
The last day of this Route is dedicated to Triana, the neighborhood of Seville on the banks of the Guadalquivir that was one of the essential cradles of Flamenco Art.
Although before entering the streets of the old neighborhood, the traveler attends a dance Master Class, in charge of the Farruco family, an exciting privilege available to very few Flamenco fans.
