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Free things to do in Andalucia: the Sherry triangle of Cadiz, Jerez, El Puerto de Santa Maria, Sanlucar de Barrameda, Chiclana de la Frontera

El Puerto de Santa Maria - updated opening times here
- Real Plaza de Toros free entry to the bullring
- Basílica Menor Ntra. Sra. de los Milagros (Iglesia Mayor Prioral) Free entry on Saturdays and Sundays, 1 euro other days
Slow travel in Andalucia El Puerto de santa Maria cathedral
- Monasterio de la Victoria Open on Fridays and free
- Museo Municipal - Palacio de Candia free
- Casa Palacio de Aranibar free (where there's the tourist office)
- Castillo de San Marcos - free on the first Tuesday in the month, but you have to book according to the instructions on this page. If not it costs 10 euros

Cádiz
Castillo San Sebastian free entry to the castle (being restored and closed September 2018)
Roman theatre free entry, not much left but interesting interpretation centre and video
Castillo Santa Catalina free entry, interesting to walk around the castle, views over La Caleta, exhibition rooms with art etc
Slow travel in Andalucia Castillo santa Catalina
Parque Genovés, free entry, botanical garden, explanations of some of the most interesting plants
Parque Genoves Cadiz
- Walk all around old Cadiz along the sea walls and promenade, Paseo Marittimo
- Follow the different coloured tourist routes marked in colours on the roads and pavements  and get the free map from the tourist office to know which route you're doing.

Jerez

- Santo Domingo cloisters, free for a stroll around, also hosts exhibitions.
- Mercado de Asbastos is excellent and it's also nice to stroll around the centre.
- Visit the Tabancos for sherry and Flamenco, you can get a route of the Tabancos at the tourist office.
Santo Domingo cloisters
Sanlucar de Barrameda
Museo Manzanilla Barbadillo
The visit to the Museum on the first floor, which is interesting with a good explanation of the Solero method of wine-making, is free. Guided tours and tastings are also available.
- Palacio Municipal
Palacio Municipal Sanlucar de Barrameda
In neomudejar style the 'town hall' can be visited free from the outside together with the gardens behind Jardines históricos del Palacio Orleans-Borbón Mon - Fri from 8.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. After they shut the gates and there are high walls all around so you can't see anything
- Parroquia de Ntra. Sra. de la O, open for mass
- Las Covachas, Gothic style arcade on the road up to Barrio Alto, near Mercado de Abastos
- Mercado de Abastos
- Plaza de Toros is open 10 - 13 and is free, you can just go in and wander around. We watched some young men practising.
- Palacio Ducal de Medina Sidonia, currently a hotel, guided visits cost 5 euros but you can go into the cafeteria and admire/sit in the patio and rooms of antique furniture for the price of a coffee 
Palacio Ducal de Medina Sidonia Sanlucar de Barrameda
Chiclana de la Frontera
- Centro de Interpretacion del Vino y la sal
Very detailed, modern and well set out, with lots of information and even the opportunity to test your nose by sniffing smells in a bottle
- Mercado de Abastos, an excellent and modern air-conditioned market with bars and places to eat round the back.
- Museo de Chiclana - free with lots of different sections dedicated to local history. We just had a quick look but could be useful on a rainy day

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