Jerez & Cadiz Winery with Tasting & Opt Horse Show from Seville

I cannot recommend this trip or this tour company because it was incredibly disorganized from start to finish. We were given incorrect times made to walk very long distances and throughout the day not told clear instructions on what to expect at what times and where to be. I felt that I could have made much better use of the day going solo than with this tour.

The horse show was wonderful and we enjoyed the sherry testing too. However the trip itself left a lot to be desired. We disliked how disorganized the tour company Viator contracts with that provided the tours . We were told to meet at 8 a.m. By the time the bus picked us up and then took us to another place to get on another bus and wait for a couple who were lost or late, we didn’t even begin the drive to Jerez until after 10:30. The means were got up at 6:30 to leave by 7:30 to meet a bus that did not leave in time. Secondly the guide was rude and condescending. We are all in our 70’s and were most of the other patrons. There were 4 young people on board but my experience shows me that the majority of patrons are retired and older persons. The guide side very fast and had a strong accent and was hard to understand even when we could hear him. He walked very fast. One of our party walks with a cane. There was another person who also used a cane. E we talked to him 4 times and asked that he set a pace where everyone could keep up and he did not listen nor attempt to accommodate, and even in Cadez asked the other group of 4 to leave the group and meet up later. That is not what we paid for. We believe that the disorganization and late start pushed him to push though the tour to meet his timeline. If it were not for the young woman who was his co-guide and stayed with us so we didn’t get lost, we would have been left behind. He did not even acknowledge the driver who did a great job. So bottom line the co-guide and the driver received tips but the guide did not. As a side note, the previous day we did the Rhonda and White towns tour. Our guide Driss, took my sister under his wing and walked with her at a slower pace so we could keep up. No one complained that we weren’t walking too fast. These tours are hilly with narrow streets and mostly bricks or cobbled streets. If he would be that conscientious then others can too. Subsequently, she ended up not going on the Cordoba tour because of it.

We loved the Sherry tasting experience in Jerez. We learned a lot about the sherry production process and really enjoyed tasting the different sherries. In Cadiz we enjoyed the free time walking around the city and having lunch near the fish market. Our tour guide Petra gave us lots of information about the history of both cities and points of interest along the way. Great day trip!