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Semana Santa 2009

Easter week is known in Southern Spain as Semana Santa (Holy Week). Everyone should experience the Semana Santa processions of Andalucia at least once in their life – and there is truly nothing like this anywhere else in the world. Not changed by the modern world, these spectacular processions involve all the local people with a show of religious and community devotion that hasn’t changed for hundreds of years.

With Camino Holidays you can visit the towns and cities of Andalucia most famous for their Semana Santa celebrations, Jerez de la Frontera and Sevilla. Not only will you be able to enjoy an unusual Spring Break, but you can also use the processions as a backdrop to unique activity holiday.

Camino Holidays – New Photographic Holidays in Andalucia

Camino Holidays are delighted to announce that their new Photography Holidays will be tutored by award winning photographer Simon Brown.

Simon has worked as a professional photographer in Andalucia for 14 years. His work ranges from landscapes for tourist boards to interiors for local hotels and restaurants. He has won five different awards for his images, the most recent being 2005 when the Regional Council awarded him first prize for a shot of Cape Trafalgar. He has tutored photography holidays for 6 years.

This area is known as "La Costa de la Luz" (the coast of light) because of the clarity and intensity of light. Photography here gives clients the opportunity to learn new skills and capture amazing images.
Study observation, composition and exposure techniques.
Learn to work with many types of lights, colours during day and night.
Capture unique images of this area - the mountains, beaches, colourful and exciting local festivals, ancient buildings and fascinating people.
Learn to download and edit your photographs
Holidays include daily feedback and assessment sessions with Simon
Photography holidays can be based in either Jerez or Vejer and you will have the opportunity to take photographs all over the region.

We have a set of photographs which we can send you, taken by Simon Brown in this area which illustrate not only his work, but the type of work our holidays will cover.

For a fantastic start to these holidays we are offering a photography holiday during the amazing Feria del Caballo (early May) in Jerez de la Frontera.

Feria del Caballo Photography Holiday (Sunday 10 – Thursday 14 May)
The legendary horse fair of Jerez, the Feria del Caballo takes place in May. This week long party has countless dancers, horses, riders and carriages parading in amazing costumes. At night the Feria becomes a fairyland of lights and you can be there to photograph it all. Holiday includes day and night photography sessions at the Feria and around some of the loveliest spots in Jerez and the surrounding villages and beaches.

The Feria del Caballo Photography Holiday is priced at £749 for someone staying in a single hotel room and £655 per person for 2 people sharing a twin or double hotel room. Non photography friends or partners are most welcome. This holiday includes breakfast every day in a high quality boutique hotel in the heart of the oldest quarter of Jerez, all transport (including airport transfers from Malaga, Sevilla or Jerez airports) welcome and farewell meals and up to 18 hours of photography tuition. Itinerary available now.

Camino Holidays - Bespoke breaks for the dates you want!

Camino Holidays run bespoke holidays in the beautiful Spanish region of South West Andalucia around a range of fantastic activities. For groups of all sizes from one person to twenty (and everything in between) we create holidays all year round tailored to suit client’s budgets and needs and you choose the dates that suit you perfectly.

We also organize holidays during particularly interesting festivals and events in the area. These are a great way of joining a small group of people who share your interests, but with these holidays of course (unlike our normal holidays) you can't choose any dates that you like. Details of this type of holidays can be found on the News and Updates page of our website.

Our holidays are suitable for all ages and we welcome single people and single parent families. Our local representatives and tutors are highly experienced and qualified and will help you to get the most out of your holiday.

We also organize corporate events holidays, hen and stag weekends and special occasion breaks such as honeymoons, anniversaries, weddings and also re-affirmation of vows!

As we are a bespoke company you set your holiday budget and tell us how much you want to spend, but a typical 5 day/4 night break with Camino Holidays will cost around £599 per person (2 people sharing a twin/double room). The price includes accommodation in lovely boutique hotels, some meals, all transport (including airport transfers), excursions, classes, treatments.

All transport (including airport transfers to and from Malaga, Sevilla or Jerez airports) can be included in the price of your holiday.
This means that you don’t have to drive at all during your holiday (unless you want to). Our experienced local representatives know all the local roads making your holiday transport convenient and stress free.
If you are interested in being chauffeured in a special type of car (convertible or luxury car) we can organise this if you book it from us in advance.ses and treatments.

We do not supply flights, but are happy to offer flight advice.

Mother’s Day Gift Holidays

Mothers are very precious, so this year why not treat your mother to something very special? Camino Holidays are offering a range of special Mother’s Day Gift Holidays this year.

We have a range of short break holidays in the sun of South West Andalucia (Spain). All are for 3 days/ 2 nights – so you can treat your mother to a few precious days of spoiling, fun and relaxation.

Staying in either Jerez de la Frontera or Vejer de la Frontera, both on the lovely Costa de la Luz, you can choose between the following types of holiday:

Spanish Cookery Holiday
Golf Holiday
Relaxing Treatment Holiday
Flamenco Dance Holiday
Horse Riding Holiday

As we are a bespoke (tailor made) holiday company you can contact us and tell us which type of holiday your Mother would like and how much you’d like to spend.

We’ll create the perfect Gift Holiday for her……………………

All holidays include:
Airport transfer from Malaga, Jerez or Seville and chauffeured transport in a luxury car for the entire holiday
2 night’s stay in a luxury boutique hotel in either Jerez or Vejer
Meals (breakfast and a welcome and farewell meal)
All classes, treatments, excursions etc included in her holiday

As an extra gift for Mother’s Day, we’ll take 15% off whatever the price of her holiday is! We’ll also send you a Holiday Gift Certificate for you to give her on Mother’s Day.

Please note that all Mother’s Day Gift Holidays must be taken in the period March to end of July or October to end of December 2009 (low season). We do not supply flights, but are happy to advise on airports and flight availability.

Camino Holidays have a Blog!

Welcome to the very first Camino Holidays blog.

My name is Rosi Reed and Camino Holidays is my company. Most of my work is taken up with developing the company, which can mean all kinds of different things - so no day is like another (no such thing as a boring day in the office here)!

If you've got this far in our blog you'll know what Camino Holidays do.....what we're all about etc, so I'm not going to talk about that here.

When I'm developing the company it means that I'm doing things like creating our lovely new Blog and our page on Facebook. I also come up with new ideas for holidays, new themes for holidays and new ways of publicising the company and raising our profile.

I spend lots of time helping our clients to create their perfect holidays - which is frankly the best bit of this job, apart from getting all the lovely emails and letters after the holidays, which is very ego-balming, although actually they hardly ever mention me as the people our clients really remember and want to "big up" are our lovely representatives, drivers and tutors out in Spain.

Highlights we're working on at the moment are our Mother's Day Gift Holidays, International Flamenco Guitar Competition Holiday (with Flamenco Guitar Classes) and our Photography Holiday at the Feria del Caballo. More news on all of these to follow......