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Montenmedio Country Club
Southern Andalusia - Spain
Hacking,  Instructions and Golf

NOT AVAILABLE until further notice ..........

Experience luxurious accommodations and quality horses at the Montenmedio Country Club, a 900-acre estate located between the towns of Barbate and Vejer de la Frontera in Cadiz, among centennial cork, pine and wild olive trees - just 3 miles from the Atlantic coast of southern Spain. With its sandy trails and pine forests it is the the perfect terrain for riding excursion to discover the surrounding mountains, the beaches of the Costa del Luz and the horse and bull pastures of famous ranchers. You spend your holiday in luxurious 4-star rooms in the middle of the country estate. Non-riding companions can play golf on the 18-hole course (among the top 7 courses of the region). The center offers a luxurious Clubhouse with first class restaurants and an Olympic size pool. Delicious meals are taken in one of the 3 restaurants. Most of the ingredients are grown on the estate itself.
There is a dressage and jumping arena, 180x120 ft., an extensive cross-country-course with fixed jumps, as well as a loping track surrounding the resort. The estate hosted the World Equestrian Games in 2002 in the disciplines of military and four-drawn carriage. Good Spanish trainers are on staff for instructions at all levels. You can learn disciplines in dressage, jumping and cross country. You choose between English and Spanish tack.
For those that prefer to take relaxing trail rides there are a number of different trails - from the short 2 hour ride to all day rides with picnic lunch (riders should have some prior riding experience). There is even an excursion to the beach available.

PG-MMNR
2004/05 Rates include: Luxury **** accommodations, breakfast and dinner. 
Per person/ day   min 4 days
High Season: $ 185   (€ 145)
Mid Season:  $ 165   (€ 130)
Low Season:  $ 145   (€ 120)
Single room : +$95 / 79 / 60

High: Feb 11 to 28, March, Oct-Nov
Mid:  Feb 1 to 10, April, July-Sept,
Low:  Dec.-Jan.,  May-June

Riding Options
Trail Ride package $ 545 (€ 425)
- up to 18 hours 
Instructions novice to advanced: 
$275  (€ 220) for 6 hours     
$545  (€ 430) for 12 hours
Private lessons add $25 (€ 20) for each hour
Meeting: Montenmedio 
Airport: Jerez/Malaga
Transfer:  best to rent a car
Taxi from Jerez ~ $95
Level:  Any level for instructions;
Intermediate for trail rides
Tack:  Spanish dressage and English
Horses:  Andalusian
(some Pura Raza Española)
 
Note: Also suitable for non-riders. 
Golf Green fees from $41 - we can pre-arrange the times for you. 
Minimum of 3 nights.

Here are examples of the different hacks:
- Ride to the Marismas (marshland) and to the Atlantic coast. Along the way we stop for brunch. In Barbate we reach the ocean and follow the beach for miles until we reach Zahara. Picnic and then we ride around the mountains of Retin to return to Montenmedio around 4 pm.
- Under old oaks we ride across pastures to the mountain chain south of Montenmedio. We enjoy spectacular views on this 6-hour ride.
- Ride to the Laguna de la Janda passing bulls grazing on large pastures.
- Nature park of Barbate. We ride along the Rio Barbate until we reach large pine forests. Great canters on sandy trails with picnic.
- Ride to Cape Trafalgar, the cliffs high above the ocean. On our way there we ride through olive groves and pine forests.
You can go on 3-5 hrs. trail rides daily. Non-riders can come along in the horse carriage.

Riding clinics:
You can also concentrate on riding instructions during your stay. Some of the trainers were educated at the Royal Horse School of Jerez and can teach to a very high Spanish Dressage level. These clinics are very demanding so we recommend for the novice rider an instruction package with 1 session per day and for more advanced riders 2 sessions per day.
Groups are kept small to 2-3 riders, or you can also reserve individual lessions.