Casa Bonete is in Medina Sidonia, Southern Spain. It's a beautiful hilltop town with an eventful history.

Medina Sidonia means 'city of our gentlemen', it's in the central Cadiz province, between the hills to the north and the low lying countryside to the south. It retains very much of its original character, the moorish style, with narrow streets, whitewashed exteriors with red tiled roofs, tiled facades and patios. The city has some interesting sights, three Moorish gates. Roman sewers, bridge and roadway. The Church Santa Maria la Coronado, in fine Gothic style and which was built on the foundations of a Mosque. The town hall which is a Baroque 17th century building. Also, the ruins of a castle upon the hill above the town. There is not a large nightlife in the nearby town center, the food and restaurents are fantastic. In nearby Jerez, the horses of the "Baja Andalucнa" have been admired since ancient times. The excellent pastures at the marshes and a good climate allowed to the breeding of these horses. Since the

incorporation to the Castilian crown in 1264, these horses have been an important element in the life of the inhabitants of Jerez. It has also been a source of pride for those inhabitants to keep the monopoly of its breeding. Standing at the frontier with the kingdom of Granada, there were sports and festivals in which the horse was the star. The aim of these events was to prepare them for the frontier fights Los "Monjes Cartujos" were in charge of creating one of the nicest breeds horses. This breed still exists. The descendents of this horse inherited the "Papillo and Verruga" that become a sign wanted by everybody .

The Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art was founded in Jerez in 1.973 on Бlvaro Domecqґs initiative .The intention was to promote the horse breaking, to maintain the prestige of the local horsemanship to the development of new horseme. Its main quarters is in the palace of El Recreo de las Cadenas.

Today there are many horse breeders in the region of Cadiz like Yeguada de Tomбs Osborne, Domecq Romero.

Nowadays the Cartujano horses has maintained 100% of the characteristics which make of them the most pure Spanish breed.

There are also more than forty horse livestocks in the area, a crossbreeding between the Arabic and the Spanish resistant and beautiful horse. These ones have really good aptitudes for saddling and bullfighting.

We are 20 minutes from the Tarifa coast and beautiful beaches. Tarifa is only 30 minutes from Morocco by hovercraft - Offering a fantastic day out!