Spanish Villa?

[midlifecrisis]

I'm off to the MotoGP in Jerez next month (after the Portuguese race the week before!) and am looking at booking a hotel in the Jerez del a Frontera area. I was wondering if anyone has a villa/house in the hills/shed available in the area? And willing to put us up (for a few scheckels obviously!)
We'll go to Seville for a few nights beforehand but it would be from the Thursday night 28th to the Sunday Morning (1st May)...or possibly Monday 25th to the Sunday if they are near to both.

Failing the above, any travel advice for either the Algarve, Seville or Jerez areas? What to see or eat, where to avoid etc

 

[whereskeith]

sorry can’t help villa wise.
seville is a great city I really like it, some great places to eat, if it’s still open la brunilda tapa is good but you can’t book and queues start early .
IMO avoid the hotel Alfonso it looks nice from the outside but is old inside, the Eme catedral is nice but busy , trendy and noisy. I would recommend the roof terrace bar early evening overlooking the cathedral though, especially with a nice chilled cava.
Hotel palacio de Villpanes is very nice but a 10 minute walk to town
Lunch is good in the restaurants around the main food market.

The hotel in the tio pepe bodega is nice and in the centre of jerez which makes things easy at night, Jerez is much smaller and quieter than Seville.

 

[cheshiremaserati]

I recommend booking.com and airbnb. You'll easily sort out where to stay with either site

 

[DaveT]

Love Seville.

A couple of places we have stayed which are pretty central:

Hotel Las Casas de la Juderia: Hotel in Seville | Official Web (lascasasdelajuderiasevilla.com)
Quirky but really nice with lots of eating places nearby.

Hotel Doña María in Seville, Official Website (hdmaria.com)
Lovely. Bang in the centre with a nice rooftop bar and views.

Enjoy your trip.

 

[midlifecrisis]

Just waiting to get into the Real Alcazar. So a few lines on the score in Orange Jam City.
The Real Alcazar is still a functioning Royal Palace. Built on the site of the previous governors, The Moors, who built it on the site of the Roman Castle.
You have to queue up to buy a ticket and nominate an hour's slot to visit. I pitched up at 11am and the earliest slot was 14:00, so in that time I had time to get a 16:00 slot for the cathedral opposite, lunch and some serious people watching. After this I'll walk over to Plaza d'Espania.

Fact of the Day:
Some say the name España comes from the Phoenician word for rabbit. Others say that it could mean edge, as it was the edge of the world in those days.