# Sunday in Jerez de los Caballeros: towers and Templars, with a guide

A guided visit to San Miguel, San Bartolomé and the Templar citadel, the Museum of Sacred Art with its Holy Week display, lunch beside Santa María and back along the wall.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/extremadura/jerez-de-los-caballeros/itineraries/towers-and-templars-with-a-guide

## El día
- 09:30 · Salida: 1 h by car (from Badajoz, about 75 km)
- 10:45 · Guided visit to Jerez de los Caballeros (leaves from Plaza de España · €11 · booking and wait for confirmation) · Tour Extremadura, From €11 per person
  - 5 min on foot
- 12:30 · Museum of Sacred Art and Holy Week exhibition (on Sunday, 10:00 to 14:00)
  - 6 min on foot
- 13:15 · Church of Santa María de la Encarnación (the Visigothic inscription of the year 556 · if it is open)
  - 2 min on foot
- 14:00 · Restaurante Santa María (on Plaza de Santa María · €€ · booking) · Restaurante Santa María, €€
  - 3 min on foot
- 16:15 · Circuit of the wall by its gates (from the Puerta de Burgos to the Puerta de la Villa)
  - 5 min on foot
- 17:30 · Vasco Núñez de Balboa House Museum (ask the tourist office for the hours)
- 18:00 · Vuelta (you reach Badajoz around 19:00)

Jerez de los Caballeros is an hour from Badajoz and a little over two from Seville and Huelva, among the dehesa pastures in the south-west of the province. A Sunday here is for climbing up to the Templars' citadel, looking at the four Baroque towers and eating in the shade of the oldest church. The tourist office is closed on Sundays: bring the map and have the guided visit booked.

## The day, hour by hour

9:30 · Set off. From Badajoz it is about 75 km, a little over an hour. From Mérida, an hour and a half; from Seville, Huelva or Cáceres, a little over two hours, so leave earlier. Leave the car outside the upper town.

10:45 · Guided visit. Tour Extremadura leaves from the Plaza de España and takes an hour and a half to cover San Miguel Arcángel, San Bartolomé, the castle, the citadel and the wall. It costs €11, free for under-12s; entry to monuments and churches is extra. Book on 634 686 903 and wait for confirmation.

12:30 · Museum of Sacred Art. In the Palacio de la Vicaría, with the permanent exhibition of Jerez's Holy Week. On Sundays it opens until 14:00.

13:15 · Santa María de la Encarnación. The oldest church, beside the citadel, with the column bearing the Visigothic inscription of the year 556. It is a parish church: if it is closed, you see it from outside.

14:00 · Lunch at Restaurante Santa María. Family-run for more than forty years, in the same square. On Sundays it opens at midday; book on 924 750 429.

16:15 · Back along the wall. From the Puerta de Burgos, with the statue of Hernando de Soto, to the Puerta de la Villa, passing the citadel and the Torre Sangrienta.

17:30 · Casa Museo de Vasco Núñez de Balboa. His birthplace, about 200 m from the Museum of Sacred Art. The tourist office gives the opening hours: call ahead.

18:00 · Head home. You reach Badajoz around seven.

## With children

The citadel, the Torre Sangrienta and the wall are the plan: Templars and towers. The guided visit is free for under-12s. With a pushchair, the cobbled slopes of the upper town are hard going.

## Cómo llegar

### By car
From Badajoz and Zafra, about 75 and 38 km. By the EX-112 or the N-435, depending on where you come from.

## Consejos

### Book the visit on Friday
It does not publish fixed departures and the tourist office is closed on Sundays.

### Combine with Zafra
If you come from Mérida or Seville, Zafra is on the way, forty minutes off.

## Cuándo no ir

Coming on a Wednesday: Restaurante Santa María is closed.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### How much does the day in Jerez de los Caballeros cost?
The guided visit €11 and lunch; the rest can be seen free from the street. Between €30 and €45 per person.

### Is the tourist office open on Sundays?
The town council publishes hours from Tuesday to Saturday. Bring the map and have the visit booked.

### Can you do it with children?
Yes. They like the citadel and the wall, and the guided visit is free for under-12s.

### What happens if it rains?
The Museum of Sacred Art and Balboa's house are indoors; the cobbles are slippery.