Going to Andalucia
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 4,074
Going to Andalucia
Hi, we are on our way to Andalucia, a place I love and have been around several times. The itinerary is as follows and
I shall appreciate Fodorites favorites places to eat, visit, anything special to be done within this itinerary,
2 nights in Parador Jaen
2 nights in Parador Ubeda
1 night in hostal in Cordoba
1 night in hotel in Osuna
1 night in Parador Carmona
5 nights in hotel in Seville
We shall be arriving to Jael by train leaving from Seville to Madrid, and driving for a week. Thank you.
I shall appreciate Fodorites favorites places to eat, visit, anything special to be done within this itinerary,
2 nights in Parador Jaen
2 nights in Parador Ubeda
1 night in hostal in Cordoba
1 night in hotel in Osuna
1 night in Parador Carmona
5 nights in hotel in Seville
We shall be arriving to Jael by train leaving from Seville to Madrid, and driving for a week. Thank you.
#3
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 51
CARMONA
The restaurant in the Casa de Carmona hotel is a nice change from Parador food.
CORDOBA
Casa Pepe : try the eggplant with honey
There
SEVILLA
Taberna de Albardero : upstairs is fancy and more expensive. Downstairs is less formal, but very good as well.
Enjoy!
The restaurant in the Casa de Carmona hotel is a nice change from Parador food.
CORDOBA
Casa Pepe : try the eggplant with honey
There
SEVILLA
Taberna de Albardero : upstairs is fancy and more expensive. Downstairs is less formal, but very good as well.
Enjoy!
#4
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 1,140
Jaen is a working town rather than a tourist town. There's a cathedral & the Arab baths & an Olive Oil shop & not much else other than normal bustling town shops. Not easy to drive around either, with narrow windy one-way streets etc but we did find a Public Parking lot. We found the people very friendly to confused tourists. We ate lunch in the street - take out from a bakery.
The Parador sits on top of mountain ridge & since we didn't want to attempt that road at night (and the twisty route into town), we ate both dinners in the parador's very good restaurant & just staggered back to our room.
Since it was June & broiling when we were there, a good place to siesta was at the parador's pool. The view is incredible.
Buy some olive oil!
Ian
The Parador sits on top of mountain ridge & since we didn't want to attempt that road at night (and the twisty route into town), we ate both dinners in the parador's very good restaurant & just staggered back to our room.
Since it was June & broiling when we were there, a good place to siesta was at the parador's pool. The view is incredible.
Buy some olive oil!
Ian
#5
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 1,140
In Sevilla, try the Bar Estrella for dinner - a short walk from the Cathredral. Very good. Very original. Bring your translation book, because the menus are Spanish & the staff speaks no English - which also makes it an adventure. We arrived at 9 & were the first customers. It was packed by 10 & so they set up tables in the alley. 27 Euro including a bottle of Rioja crianza - the house wine.
A site to see in Sevilla that's often missed is the Casa Pilatos. A villa - 15 minute walk from Cathredral - built in the 1800s & stuffed with stolen Roman busts & great tile work. A little crumbling, but worth the trip. Very few people visit which makes it very pleasant.
Ian
A site to see in Sevilla that's often missed is the Casa Pilatos. A villa - 15 minute walk from Cathredral - built in the 1800s & stuffed with stolen Roman busts & great tile work. A little crumbling, but worth the trip. Very few people visit which makes it very pleasant.
Ian
