45 U S A ( To l l - f r e e ) 1- 877- 381- 2 9 14 E m a i l inf o@the culturalexperience.com Napoleonic remainder of the tour. We will see ample evidence of the city’s connections with Nelson - starting with a visit to the Alameda Gardens to view the scene of Nelson’s raid in July 1797. At the church of Nuestra Senora del Carmen we will see where the officers of the combined Spanish & French fleet heard Mass before putting to sea for Trafalgar and then we climb the city’s Tavira Watchtower from where citizens viewed the battle. We visit the well-preserved Forts of San Sebastian and Santa Catalina near where Villeneuve’s Spanish flagship was subsequently wrecked in the storm after Trafalgar. Bringing all this together, we will visit the city’s Museum of Cortes. Day 5 – Two battles: Barossa & Trafalgar. Today we take a sortie inland driving out over the Sancti Petri River area where several ships were wrecked after Trafalgar and where fighting took place during the subsequent French siege. We spend the rest of the morning visiting the museum and battlefield of Barrosa where British General Graham brilliantly defeated a large French army despite a lack of cooperation from his Spanish allies. In the afternoon we head back to the coast and view the site of the Battle of Trafalgar from an overlooking headland where Tim will recount the story of the battle. Day 6 – Cadiz besieged by France 1810- 1812. Cadiz was strongly fortified against attack from both land and sea and today we will explore the well-preserved defences which allowed it to hold out against the French siege from 1810 to 1812. We look at Fort Matagorda, seized and heroically defended by Scottish troops before being captured by the French and its guns turned on the city. We visit Puerto Real; the defences around Puete Zuazo; the set of forts around the bridge onto the Isla de Leon; look at San Fernando; and walk down to the Urrutia battery. The city was visited by Wellington in 1812 and we will see his headquarters in Calle Vidor. The area is famous for its sherry – so we round the day off with a Sherry tasting ff with a Sherry tasting ff session at the Puerto de Santa Maria. Day 7 – Tarifa and Return. We start our final day with a visit to the pretty town of Vejar en route to Tarifa where we discuss how the French besieged it over the winter of 1811/12. We then travel to Gibraltar for our return flight to the UK GIbRALTAR OPTIONAL EXTENSION: Day 8 Plus – Gibraltar. Although not exclusively applicable to the Napoleonic War period, Gibraltar has a rich British colonial history spanning several centuries – the ambiance of which survives to this day. This tiny outpost of Great Britain is crammed full of fascinating historical sites but is not best- suited to a coach-based conducted tour as all sites are within easy walking distance or taxi ride from our recommended base at the elegant Rock Hotel and there is ample information (all in English) on the sites concerned. If you wish to extend your stay our coach will drop you off at the gates to ff at the gates to ff Gibraltar at about midday on day 7 and our guide will arrange a taxi from there to the Rock hotel. Thereafter you will find it very easy to arrange your own walking itinerary of ‘The Rock’ – for as many days as you wish. The Cultural Experience will make all necessary hotel bookings and flight arrangements back from Gibraltar to the UK. Cadiz Tim Clayton in action