A Flamenco Guitar 101 was high on my list of things to do in Jerez. With experiential travel and in particular learning things being one of the guiding themes of our grand tour, lessons in flamenco guitar in Jerez, the heartbeat of flamenco music and dance in Southern Spain was essential. Sometimes we find it … Read more
A couple of roving gypsy guitarists performing in a little bar in Malaga are responsible for igniting Sebastian Lapostol’s passion for flamenco. For many years he split his time between Jerez and Fez, Morocco, where he owned a guesthouse in the medina, but he’s now permanently based in Jerez with his friendly cat, Lailo. We … Read more
Jerez is fondly known as the home of flamenco – Jerez-based flamenco guitarist Sebastian Lapostol calls it “the true heartbeat of flamenco” – and while some aficionados say that flamenco here lacks the sophistication of flamenco in Seville or Madrid, it is exactly this, Jerez’s festive and fun form of flamenco called la buleria that … Read more
The only woman among the 17 professional horse riders at La Real Escuela Andaluza del Arte Ecuestre, the Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art, in Jerez, considered to be the world’s best riding school of its kind, Belen Bautista is “gifted” according to colleague Javier. “She makes something so difficult look so easy,” he says, … Read more
Jerez gets few tourists wandering its wonderful pedestrian streets compared to its Andalucian neighbours of Seville, Granada and Cordoba. When they do come they’re either on a day trip to sip sherry at the bodegas and watch the pretty horses prance at the Real Escuela Andaluza del Arte Ecuestre, or they’re flamenco fans here for … Read more