Food destinations within easy reach of Seville, worth the early start.
Food destinations within easy reach of Seville. worth the train, the rental car or the early start.
Famous for: Sherry triangle bodega tastings, fino and manzanilla pours, the Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art
Jerez de la Frontera is the heart of the sherry triangle and an easy hour-and-fifteen-minute train south of Seville, with Tio Pepe (since 1835).
Famous for: Manzanilla sherry from Bodegas Barbadillo since 1821, langostinos de Sanlucar and the river-mouth Atlantic seafood
Sanlucar de Barrameda at the mouth of the Guadalquivir is the manzanilla capital of Spain since 1821, with Bodegas Barbadillo's cathedral-like cellars.
Famous for: Salmorejo cordobes (thicker than gazpacho), flamenquin pork roll, Bodegas Mezquita Andalusian tavern
Cordoba is 40 minutes north of Seville by AVE, with the Mosque-Cathedral as the Islamic-Christian architectural anchor and salmorejo cordobes (a thicker.
Famous for: Jamon iberico de bellota from Jabugo, the highest-rated Iberico ham in Spain, dehesa oak-forest tours
Aracena in the Sierra north of Huelva is the closest entry point to the Jabugo dehesa, where the world's most expensive Iberico ham is cured for four years.
Famous for: Carmona village restaurants, parador lunch, Roman necropolis and Sevillian dehesa setting
Carmona is a hilltop village 40 minutes east of Seville with a parador for lunch in a restored 14th-century Moorish palace and a Roman necropolis.
Famous for: Atlantic fried fish, atun rojo de almadraba (May trap-fished tuna), Mercado Central seafood counters
Cadiz is the Atlantic port 90 minutes south of Seville with the Mercado Central seafood counters, the May atun rojo de almadraba trap-fishing season.