post conference tours
Our University of Jaén hosts have arranged for two very interesting post conference tours. The price for each tour is $50 (USD) and includes an afternoon wine and cheese snack. A full lunch will be available at your own expense.
July 8th: The tour will be to the Renaissance cities of Baeza and Úbeda. $50 (USD)
These cities are considered to be classic examples of 16th century Renaissance architecture and the best examples of Renaissance town planning in Spain. These cities lived in great prosperity and competed with each other to build better and purer Renaissance style buildings. The result is a pure classicism that has been compared to Italian Renaissance cities.
In Úbeda, the aristocracy behaved as real Renaissance patrons and imitated Italian families such as the Medici from Firenze, filling Úbeda with sumptuous palaces. By contrast, Baeza had a powerful town council that decided to show its power with beautiful publics works, such as the pósito (public granary), the alhóndiga (corn exchange), the meat market, the prison, etc. The Catholic Church also decided to beautify its more important buildings, like the Church of St. Mary in Úbeda and the Cathedral of Baeza.
This tour will depart for Baeza between 9:00 and 10:00 a.m. with lunch in this city. The tour will then move to Úbeda in the afternoon and return around 6:00 p.m.
July 9th: The tour will be to Lopera and surrounding sites. $50 (USD)
The Jaén region is the olive oil capitol of the world, so it is fitting that the July 9th tour will be of the olive oil processing plant in Lopera. In addition, this tour will also visit a wine cellar, vineyards and Civil War trenches. This tour will depart between 9:00 and 10:00 a.m. and return around 6:00 p.m.
You may sign-up and pay for the tour(s) when you register and pay your conference fees. The deadline to sign up and pay for the tours with your registration will be on June 15, 2007.
After the close of registration you must contact the University of Jaén travel agency Viajes Jabalcuz to see if there is still space available on the tours and to arrange for late payment for the tours. Deadline for tour reservations through Viajes Jabalcuz is June 15th!
VIAJES JABALCUZ
Paraje Las Lagunillas, s/n,
Campus Universitario de Jaén
Tel.: +34.953.28.17.77 - Fax: +34.953.28.15.88
E-mail: unicongresos@viajesjabalcuz.com or jporlan@viajesjabalcuz.com