Since the Feria del Caballo, Jerez’s annual horse fair, is filling the fairground with purebred equestrian and human specimens as I write this (till Saturday 11 May), now is the perfect moment to hark back to my visit a few months…
The Taste of Andalucia 2017 – new flavours and textures
Another odd-yeared September, another highly enjoyable few days spent sampling the latest gastronomic innovations from around Andalucia – and meeting the minds behind them. The biannual food exhibition, Andalucia Sabor, held its sixth edition in Seville last month, with as…
Feria 2017 – the big fashion stories: yellow, lace, shoulders and sleeves
The Feria de Abril is the annual spring fair in Seville, where women and men dance together, ride horses, drink sherry, and often meet their future husband or wife. It is a spectacle not to be missed, if you…
Feria de Jerez: Ladies’ Day
Andalucia has a (richly-deserved) reputation for a being a region of Spain that loves a fiesta. From April onwards, at any one time, several towns and cities around southern Spain are filled with people throwing up their arms and dancing in…