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- Six nights at our farm Finca
el Moro - full board
- Lovely daily
rides in the heart of rural Andalucia with
our own andaluz crossbreds
horses
- Return to the farm and your comfortable
cottage every afternoon
- The collected canter of the andaluz
horse makes the long days in the saddle a pleasure
- For a fitting end to the week we
suggest a night in the atmospheric city of Seville
and supply a list of recommended hotels on request.
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as a result of many our “Journey” guests asking
for a week when they could return and stay at Finca el
Moro to enjoy the comfort and beauty, the quality of the
farm- fresh food, our small spring-fed pool, the profusion
of wildflowers and orchids on the farm and still have
a wonderful ride each day. It is a lovely week, very relaxing
and with charming rides. |
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Sunday - Collection
from Seville and Dinner at Finca el Moro
Monday
- 4 hrs riding. A few moments to accustom you to the
vaquero tack and to feel happy with you horse and then off……….
cantering across the sierra to the lovely village of Valdelarco
with its pantiled roofs tumbling down the hillside for lunch.
Return home up the river valley to Finca
el Moro with time to relax before Dinner.
Tuesday
- 4 hours riding. On broad wide forested paths to Castaño,
the highest village of the sierra with wonderful views to
the Templar castle of Cortegana and west across the sierra
to Portugal. A bar-stop in the village square and then to
canter home through the chestnut groves, carpeted with wild
flowers in spring and a host of wild mushrooms in the autumn,
with sweeping views south. Back to the Finca for a late lunch
and for what remains of the afternoon at your leisure.
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Wednesday
- 5 hours riding. Up and over the northern
face of the sierra through corridors of aromatic cistus and
lavender with plunging views across the Sierra Morena –
the scene of many a skirmish between Moor and Templar - and
down into the flower - filled Huelva river valley for a picnic
lunch and the chance of a refreshing dip. Then return home
through the pretty village of Cortelazor and perhaps on the
way to find a bar for a coffee-stop.
 Thursday
- 3 hours riding. Either simply spend the morning relaxing
at the Finca, bird-watching we have an impressive list of
over 65 spp spotted here, sunbathing, or a dip in the pool,
or to our pretty market town of Aracena by car – 10
kms away. A chance to shop (spanish leather boots, bags, saddlery,
ceramics, wines, serrano hams and sausages) or visit the spectacular
limestone caves, climb up to the Templar church and castle
on the hill above , or simply watch it all from the pavement
cafés. Lunch at the Finca and then in the late afternoon
we ride to the village of Fuenteheridos to take an aperitif
in the square on horseback before returning to the Finca for
dinner.
Friday -
5 hours riding. Leave on quiet forested paths
and then across the sierra to the southern side to the charming
village of Linares surrounded by orange orchards
and pomegranate trees, a drink in the village bullring and
onto Alájar for lunch at the C16th shrine of Our lady
the Queen of the Angels. Finally back home over the ridge
and home to Finca el Moro.
Saturday
- Leave after breakfast for the evocative city of Seville.
The narrow streets of the old Arab quarter perfumed with orange
blossom and the walls covered in jasmine tangles. A chance
to buy wonderful ceramics, to stroll the streets lined with
palm trees or just sit and watch it all from the pavement
cafés. Leave Seville in your own time and we suggest
if you don't already know it that you stay overnight, we have
a list of recommended hotels we are happy to supply. |
Price:
€uro 1200 per person,(approx £825, U$ 1520) based
on 2 people sharing a room with full board and accommodation.
This includes collection and return to Seville.Services of
a groom, a picnic or tapas lunch each day. It does not include
travel to Seville or insurance
*There has to be a single supplement of €100.
Flight Information:
There are direct flights to Seville from Gatwick, Stansted,
Liverpool and Dublin. Flights to Malaga and then the frequent
bus or train to Seville. Daily flights to Madrid or Barcelona
from a variety of airports worldwide and then an internal
flight to Seville or the high speed train from Madrid to Seville,(sevice
every 2 hr). is another very convenient way to get here. |
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