TRAIL RIDE IN ANDALUSIA : TRAINING & TRAIL RIDE

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Destination

Andalusia

Trip variants

MOROCCO : DISCOVER TRAIL RIDE & MOROCCO

CORSE : INVITATION A LA RANDONNEE EQUESTRE

Thematic

Andalusia Sierra Nevada

Horse training holidays

Best value horse riding holidays

Do you want to enjoy horse riding in the great outdoors in a calm and relaxed way ?
During your horse riding holiday in Andalusia in the Sierra Nevada, you can learn to ride a horse or improve your horse trekking skills. Ideal for families, couples or non-riders accompanying a rider.
You can choose to stay at the Palacio de Oñate in the historic centre of Guadix or at the Hotel El Picón de Jerez in the small mountain town of Jerez del Marquesado. The lessons take place in Lugros, about 15 minutes by car from Guadix. We organise transfers (included in the programme) between the hotel and the horses every morning.

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Itinerary

TRINING & TRAIL RIDE IN ANDALUSIA
INDICATIVE PROGRAM *

This program only includes mornings of horse riding (about 3 hours every morning). We recommend having a car to visit the area in the afternoon and go for lunch and/or dinner in the many typical restaurants!

Day 1 - Sunday: Arrival at the hotel , and accommodation. At 8 p.m., welcome and briefing with the Cabacci Horse Trails team.

Day 2 - Monday: Learn how to groom and saddle your horse. Basics: balance, stopping, turning. Outdoor riding.

Day 3 - Tuesday : Outdoors: balance, turns at a walk, horse control. Go out with the horse to put into practice what you have learned.

Day 4 - Wednesday : Outdoors: more balance exercises, posting trot, horse control. Outing to put into practice what you have learned.

Day 5 - Thursday : Outdoors: posting trot and posting trot trail ride to put your learning into practice.

Day 6 - Friday: Outdoors only. TRail ride inside the Sierra Nevada Natural Park to put into practice everything you have learned and enjoy an incredible ride.

Day 7 -Saturday : End after breakfast. Transfer to the aiport after breakfast.

* Indicative Program which will be subject to change if necessary.

Meeting / Departure

MEETING:
Sunday afternoon directly at your hotel. Or paying transfer from Granada or Malaga airport

DEPARTURE:
Saturday morning after breakfast.

TRANSFERS:
Granada airport return: 200 € / car
Malaga airport return: 480 € / car
Transfers are payable locally.

BUSES:
From Malaga airport (terminal 3) or from Granada bus station, you can take a bus to Almeria
See websites: www.busbud.com, www.alsa.es, www.omio.com.

CAR RENTAL:
In order to visit the region during your free afternoons and to be able to have lunch and/or dinner in typical restaurants (meals not included in the package), we recommend a car rental at very advantageous rates in Spain, from from 30 € per week on the site: www.autoeurope.fr

FLIGHTS:
Flights to Andalusia are not included in our prices because it is generally more interesting to book your flights yourself, a flight package included is generally more expensive with agency commissions. However, we are at your disposal to help you find the best rates or offer you a transport trip included on request: free service.
Note:
The nearest airport is Almeria. Flights are often cheaper to Malaga. From Malaga you can take a bus, we can also give you an estimate for transfers. The best thing is to rent a car (about 2h30 drive). A car allowing you to travel on site, to visit this very beautiful region, and to have lunch and/or dinner in the many very nice local restaurants !

Riding

RIDING LEVEL:
All levels.

RYTHM:
About 3 hours riding every morning

GUIDE & INSTRUCTOR:
Professional licensed local guide. The guide speaks Spanish, French and some English.

horse riding andalusia HORSES:
Mixed Spanish and Arabian horses, well balanced, trail rides professionals.

TACK:
English or trail ride saddles.

Comfort

ACCOMMODATION:
Choice: either at the Palacio de Oñate in the historic centre of Guadix or at the Hotel Picón de Sierra Nevada in the small town of Jerez del Marquesado in the Sierra Nevada Natural Park.
Hotel Palacio de Oñate, Guadix (tarifs actualisés 2024) Palacio de Oñate

Hotel Picon Sierra Nevada - Jerez Del Marquesado - Granada Hotel Picon

MEALS:
Only breakfasts are included. Lunch and dinner: meals are free to enjoy the many restaurants and lively tapas bars in Guadix. Guadix is renowned for the quality of its tapas: among the best in Andalusia! The hotel offers its restaurant with refined and local cuisine.

Rates

Infos tarif

2025 PRICE / PER PERSON:
1150 € / person in 2-3 person bedroom
Single bedroom supplement: 260 €, 360 € (at Easter, July & August)
All year:
Transfers from/to Malaga ot Granada airport : See the "meeting / departure" section.
Booking fees: 15 €

THE PRICE INCLUDES:

Horse and tack rental, guide, assistant, accommodation and breakfasts, our financial bond for your payments by our travel agent guarantee.

THE PRICE DOESN'T INCLUDE:

Individual insurance, lunches and dinners, visits, tips, transfers from/to Granada or Malaga, transports, all that is not indicated in "THE PRICE INCLUDES".

INSURANCE (if you don’t already have one):
We offer to Europe Union citizens (only) Chapka insurances:
Cap Security: full insurance with cancellation. Cap Cancellation: cancellation only.
See prices & information

FLIGHTS:
Flights are not included because it is more interesting to book directly your ticket: a transport package included is generally more expensive with agency commissions. However, we are at your disposal to help you find the best prices or to offer you a flight included package on request (free service).

Dates

Other dates may be available for this product, contact us if you cannot find the desired date.

Dates	From	Contact
16/02/2025 - 22/02/2025	1150€	Information request
16/03/2025 - 22/03/2025	1150€	Information request
20/04/2025 - 26/04/2025	1150€	Information request
18/05/2025 - 24/05/2025	1150€	Information request
15/06/2025 - 21/06/2025	1150€	Information request
27/07/2025 - 02/08/2025	1150€	Information request
24/08/2025 - 30/08/2025	1150€	Information request
28/09/2025 - 04/10/2025	1150€	Information request
26/10/2025 - 01/11/2025	1150€	Information request
23/11/2025 - 29/11/2025	1150€	Information request
28/12/2025 - 03/01/2026	1150€	Information request

Booking

How to book

By booking with Cap Rando, you get the benefit of the French travel agency law, one of the strictest in the world: an unlimited financial guarantee for all your payments !

BOOKING PROCEDURE:

1. CHECK THE AVAILABILITY, PRICE, DISCOUNT:
Check the availability and price (depending on the type of accommodation and after possible discounts) by contacting us through the availability & quote request form or by phone +33 (0)483431321, whatsapp +33(0)609520324, or e-mail: contact@horsebackridingvacations.eu
If you already have received the confirmation of the availability and the price, you can proceed directly to your booking:

2. BOOKING:
Fill out the online registration form: https://www.horsebackridingvacations.eu/form/booking-form
If you are registering and paying for several riders, you can add riders on the form.
If you have difficulty with the online form or if you prefer:
- Download the Excel file for 1 rider
- Download the Open Office file for 1 rider
- Download the Excel file for 2 riders
- Download the Open Office for 2 riders
To be completed, saved on your computer, and sent by email as an attachment.
Your personal information (birth date, height, weight, riding level & experience, health information, etc.) are contractuals. The facility / guide / instructor may exclude on site and without compensation, any person whose information is different from the information provided on the registration form, and/or who does not correspond to the conditions of participation.

3. INSURANCES:
Cap Rando is covered for its professional civil liability: GENERALI contract n ° AL974010.
To register on a Cap Rando holiday, you must be covered by an individual liability insurance covering your activity, individual accident, assistance, repatriation, and possibly cancellation (strongly recommended not to lose your payment in case of cancellation for a reason covered by a cancellation insurance).
We offer to Europe Union, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway residents (only) to subscribe the "Cap Security" insurance from Chapka Insurance. This covers you for cancellation, interruption of stay, individual accident, assistance 24h / 24h, repatriation, medical expenses abroad, luggage insurance, civil liability. You can also only subscribe a "Cap Cancellation" cancellation insurance if you have insurance covering other risks.
See all information about our cancellation policy and Chapka insurance offer.
For other country citizens: if you pay by credit card, depending on your card, you may be fully covered: check your contract.
The US citizens can subscribe directly an insurance for instance on: https://www.axatravelinsurance.com/

4. PAYMENT:
- For a stay starting at more than 60 days: It is requested at registration: 50% of the price of the stay, the payment of the insurance possibly subscribed, the transport possibly requested, the booking fees. The balance is to be paid 60 days before the start date of the stay.
- For a stay starting at less than 60 days: Full payment is requested upon registration.
- For a stay starting at less than 21 days: Full payment by credit card is requested upon registration.
- If these are the last places available: Payment by credit card is requested upon registration.
You can pay:
- By credit card on our secure payment website: You will be directed to the payment link after completing the online booking form.
- By bank transfer: Our bank information will be sent to you after reception of your booking form.
For a quick processing and to secure your registration, receipt of your confirmation file within 24-48 hours: choose a payment by credit card. In addition: payment by credit card can allow you to benefit from its possible insurance.
Please note: your reservation will only be confirmed after receipt of your payment.
Your payments are guaranted by our GROUPAMA travel agent bond.
If you book a trip through Cap Rando, you have the guarantee not to loose any payment.
The French law is the strongest and requires all French travel agencies to have an unlimited financial guarantee for their customers in case of financial failure.

5. CONFIRMATION:
You will receive a confirmation file and contract with the invoice and all useful information within 24-48 hours after reception of your registration form and payment.

6. TRANSPORTS:
Before booking your transport: we advise you to wait for the receipt of the confirmation file and check that your transports feet with the meeting/separation times of the offered transfers. We recommend booking refundable transports.

7. CANCELATION POLICY:
Please note: Any stay may be canceled if there are insufficient bookings to ensure the stay up to 20 days before the date of a stay of more than 6 days, 7 days for a stay of 2 to 5 days. In this case, you may be offered a replacement stay or a departure with a supplement, if these proposals do not suit you: a full refund (unless you have accepted a possible supplement upon registration), excluding booking fees and possible non-refundable transport, is guaranteed without compensation.
See the cencellation policy: cancelation conditions.

8. SALE CONDITIONS:
You can consult the sale conditions: see the conditions.

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