In the heat of an Andalusian August is two weekends not to be missed. The Carreras de Caballos (beach horse races) return annually to the Northern Andalusian town on the second and fourth weekends, where Christopher Columbus and Magellan took to the seas to explore the world. Combined with tasting fine local sherry wine in one of the local bodegas (Barbadillo), here is an experience, which largely remains ignored by tourists from outside the region.