Museo Palacio del Tiempo-Museos de la Atalaya — Attraction in Jerez

I can highly recommend a visit to The Palace of Time museum in Jerez, it's a hidden gem. Although a short walking distance out of the centre no one will be disappointed in taking the guided tour for €6. Locals pay €3. The guided tours operate about every hour, my guide at 11.30am was with me alone but the lady taking me around could not have been nicer. Perfect spoken English, very enthusiastic and fantastic knowledge of the history of the museum history, exhibits and horology in general. It was difficult to believe that some of the clocks were from the 18th (and earlier) century but were still working. As I was alone with the guide just being in the main downstairs area with the sound of the clocks ticking away was amazing. Then at 12.00 noon many of the clocks with chimes rang out...what a sound. The free standing clock as you enter the museum (see photo) was originally from the clock tower in Jerez and was lovingly restored...a tremendous piece. I particularly liked the French sundial clock cannon in my photo. A small amount of gun-powder can be placed in the cannon and the sun's rays focused so that at noon the cannon fires! Tremendous. I also purchased the souvenir guide (sadly only available in Spanish) but for €9 it documents the exhibits. I took many photos of individual clocks as they were being described as each piece is so unique. There is also a collection of walking sticks to see but it was the clocks and pocket watch collection that made my day. Highy...

WOW! What a happy accident. We were strolling, taking our TIME meandering the streets of Jerez and saw the word palace and said were here lets do it. What we found was a private tour of a clock museum where we could take our TIME and wander through the museum with our hostess. The guide had no one else in the palace to attend to so we had undivided attention and received information that most would have missed. This was the best TIME we had in Jerez. What a wonderful museum that more people should take the...

Great find just outside the old town walls. Previously a palacio which now houses a large collection of clocks, ranging from ornate French ones where art is more important than the clock face, to English mantel clocks, some long case clocks, pocket watches and some other more novel designs. What we especially liked was that the majority were in working condition and the times were set so that they all chimed in succession, making the sounds on the hour quite enthralling. For 3 euro entry fee we were...