When the wind picks up in Tarifa the southernmost city in continental Europe visitors can easily understand why it is known, even to locals, as the Hawaii of Spain World renowned winds combined with kilometres of empty white sandy beaches bring some of the best wind and kite surfers from around the world, while the tropical relaxed environment beckons to those a little less adventurous who come for the beautiful beaches and hip lifestyle. Expect to see more Reefs board shorts and Quicksilver attire than you ever thought existed in Spain; in fact everything about Tarifa defies all expectations.
San Lucar de Barrameda is situated at the mouth of the River Guadalquivir, which has functioned as a source of influence of many important cultures and civilisations which have left behind them their indelible mark on the area. This privileged situation makes it an ideal starting point to visit the Doñana National Park.
In the popular beach known as the Bajo de guía horse races are held each year in summertime.
San Fernando lies at the very heart of the bay of cadiz and is an ideal location from which to explore not only the other local towns and points of interest around the bay but also a little further a field, including for example the four well-known tourist trails or routes which criss-cross the province of Cadiz: the route of the little white towns, the wine route, the coastal route and the route of the fighting bull.
Chiclana de la Frontera is located about 22kms from the Cadiz capital, most of its township is taken up by the Bay of Cadiz Nature Reserve.
In the historic quarter you can find many interesting monuments, such as the hermitage of Santa Ana, from the 18th century, the church of San Juan Bautista, from the 19th century, and the castle of Sancti Petri, from the 13th century, a former military fortress.
Mojácar is situated at only 15 km. from the motorway A-92, which joins Almería, Sevilla, Granada and Murcia.
The journey to Madrid is in 4 hours.
This attractive tourist resort is full of interesting people, clearly a bohemian environment made up of people who can afford the luxury of dedicating time to themselves.
Garrucha is situated in the East of Almería, was created around a fishing port, where boats fished under the protection of the “Torre de la Garrucha” which was located by the sea, next to the “Alfolí” (Salt store), where today we can find the Town Hall.
The main road access to Conil de la Frontera is the N-340 that connects to the Cadiz-Seville motorway after taking the by-pass where it goes through Puerto Real. Thee are also roads leading to this charming fishing town from the airports in Seville and Jerez de la Frontera.
The Seville airport is located 10 kms to the north east of the city of Sevilla on the N4 motorway. In the Seville airport there are national scheduled flights connected to other Spanish cities, Madrid, Barcelona, Arrecife, Bilbao, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Palma de Mallorca, Santiago de Compostela and Tenerife.
Granada airport is situated in La Vega del Genil, 17 kilometres from the region’s capital city outside the city, mainly handles scheduled flights to Barcelona and Madrid and therefore plays a key role in the socio-economic development of Granada and its area of influence: the Granada province, Jaén and the south-east of the Cordoba province.
Jerez is situated 83 kms south of Seville and 30 kms North East of Cadiz in the agricultural plains south of the Rio Guadalquivir.
Each of the many different cultures that have settled here over the past few centuries have had an enormous influence upon the physical appearance of Jerez and numerous archaeological remains which bear witness to the fact can still be seen, both in the surrounding countryside and within the city itself.
