Alcazar Review

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Alcázar

  • Address: Alameda Vieja, Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz, 11402
  • Phone: 956/350129

Fodor's Review:

The 12th-century Alcázar was once the residence of the caliph of Seville. Its small, octagonal mosque and baths were built for the Moorish governor's private use. The baths have three sections: the sala fria (cold room), the larger sala templada (warm room), and the sala caliente (hot room), for steam baths. In the midst of it all is the 17th-century Palacio de Villavicencio, built on the site of the original Moorish palace. A camera obscura, a lens-and-mirrors device that projects the outdoors onto a large indoor screen, offers a 360-degree view of Jerez.

  • Cost: EUR 3, EUR 5.40 including camera obscura
  • Open: Mid-Sept.-Apr., daily 10-6; May-mid-Sept., daily 10-8
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