Must-see attractions in Cádiz Province

  • Miramar

    Tarifa

    This lookout with a tower atop part of the castle walls delivers spectacular views across Tarifa's rooftops and to Africa and 851m Jebel Musa, one of the…

  • Torre del Tajo

    Los Caños de Meca

    Poised above the Atlantic, with a peaceful lookout point, this 16th-century tower is the highlight of the spectacular, 7.2km Sendero del Acantilado, which…

  • Castillo

    Vejer de la Frontera

    Vejer's much-reworked castle, once home of the Duques de Medina Sidonia, dates from the 10th or 11th century. You can wander through the Moorish entrance…

  • Torre Tavira

    Cádiz

    Northwest of Plaza de Topete, the 18th-century Torre Tavira is the highest point in town, opening up dramatic panoramas of Cádiz. It has a camera obscura…

  • Iglesia del Divino Salvador

    Vejer de la Frontera

    Built atop an earlier mosque, this unusual church is 14th-century Mudéjar at the altar end and 16th-century Gothic at the other. In the late afternoon the…

  • Bodegas Sandeman

    Jerez de la Frontera

    Three or four daily tours (no bookings needed) each in English, Spanish and German, and one in French, all including three-sherry tastings; the website…

  • Cabo de Trafalgar

    Los Caños de Meca

    At the western end of Los Caños de Meca, a side road (often half-covered in sand) leads out to an 1860 lighthouse on a low spit of land. This is the…

  • Casa del Mayorazgo

    Vejer de la Frontera

    If the door’s open, pop into this private 18th-century house to find two stunning flower-filled patios (home to 450 potted plants!) and one of just three…

  • Iglesia de San Pedro

    Arcos de la Frontera

    Containing a 16th-century main altarpiece said to be the oldest in Cádiz province, this Gothic-baroque confection contains one of Andalucía's most…

  • Fundación Rafael Alberti

    El Puerto de Santa María

    Two blocks inland from Plaza Alfonso X El Sabio, this foundation has interesting, thoughtfully displayed exhibits on Rafael Alberti (1902–99), one of…

  • Castillo de Santiago

    Sanlúcar de Barrameda

    Surrounded by Barbadillo bodegas, Sanlúcar’s restored 15th-century castle has sprawling views across the Guadalquivir delta from its hexagonal Torre del…

  • Bodegas Lustau

    Jerez de la Frontera

    Book ahead for the excellent-value, English- or Spanish-language tours of the handsome, vine-shaded Lustau bodega, founded in 1896. 'Standard' visits (€18…

  • Museo de la Manzanilla

    Sanlúcar de Barrameda

    Within the old town's Bodegas Barbadillo complex, this 19th-century building houses a fascinating museum tracing the two-century history of Sanlúcar's…

  • Plaza de España

    Vejer de la Frontera

    With its elaborate 20th-century, Seville-tiled fountain and perfectly white town hall, Vejer's palm-studded, cafe-filled Plaza de España is a favourite…

  • Museo Arqueológico

    Southeast Cádiz Province & the Costa de la Luz

    At the town-centre archaeology museum, you can see four well-preserved cryptoporticus and an underground Roman sewer gallery, plus the excavated 1st…

  • Museo Catedralicio

    Cádiz

    A stone’s throw east of Cádiz' cathedral, its museum is housed in the 16th-century Casa de la Contaduría, displaying an excavated medieval street,…

  • Plaza de San Juan de Dios

    Cádiz

    Glammed up for the 200th anniversary of the 1812 constitution, cafe-lined Plaza de San Juan de Dios is dominated by the grand, neoclassical ayuntamiento,…

  • Playa Los Caños de Meca

    Los Caños de Meca

    Los Caños' main beach, ideal for watching skilled kitesurfers at work, is straight in front of Avenida de Trafalgar’s junction with the A2233 to/from…

  • Playa de la Puntilla

    El Puerto de Santa María

    A 1.5km walk southwest of central El Puerto, pine-fringed Playa de la Puntilla is the town's most immediately accessible beach. Buses 1 and 2 (€1.20) run…

  • Playa El Cañuelo

    Southeast Cádiz Province & the Costa de la Luz

    Around 3km west beyond Bolonia's Baelo Claudia, along the CA8202, a 1.5km dirt track leads down to the Faro Camarinal, from where you can access quiet,…

  • Museo del Enganche

    Jerez de la Frontera

    Part of the famous Real Escuela Andaluza del Arte Ecuestre, Jerez' Horse-Carriage Museum includes an 18th-century Binder hunting break.

  • Mirador

    Arcos de la Frontera

    Arcos' standout lookout point, on Plaza del Cabildo in the heart of the old town, has spectacular views over the Río Guadalete, which is flanked by olive…

  • Playa Fuentebravía

    El Puerto de Santa María

    About 6km northwest of town, beyond the northwestern end of Playa de Santa Catalina, lies busy, gold-tinged Playa Fuentebravía, served by bus 6 from the…

  • Mirador de Abadés

    Arcos de la Frontera

    For more sprawling panoramas of Arcos, the Río Guadalete and the surrounding country, seek out this small viewpoint at the southeastern end of the old…

  • Playa de los Lances

    Tarifa

    This broad snow-white sandy beach stretches for 7km northwest from Tarifa. The low dunes behind it are a paraje natural (protected natural area).

  • Playa Chica

    Tarifa

    On the isthmus leading out to Isla de las Palomas at the southernmost tip of Tarifa town, tiny Playa Chica is more sheltered than other local beaches.

  • Puerta de Jerez

    Tarifa

    Guarding the entrance to the old town, the fortified Mudéjar Puerta de Jerez was built by the Moors and embellished after the Christian conquest.

  • Campo del Sur

    Cádiz

    Flanked by pastel-painted houses, Cádiz' curving malecón is eerily reminiscent of Cuba's Havana, which it's believed to have inspired.

  • Iglesia de San Mateo

    Tarifa

    Wind your way through the narrow streets of the old town to Tarifa's main (mostly 16th-century) church, with a soaring neoclassical facade.

  • Playa de Santa Catalina

    El Puerto de Santa María

    West of Puerto Sherry, 3km-long Playa de Santa Catalina has a few beach bars. It's served by bus 3 from the bullring bus stop.

  • Arco de Belén

    Southeast Cádiz Province & the Costa de la Luz

    One of three still-standing Moorish-era gates that guard the upper old town, dating from the 10th to 13th centuries.

  • Playa de las Cortinas

    Los Caños de Meca

    Nudist beach-goers seek out secluded coves like this one at the eastern end of Los Caños' main beach.

  • Iglesia de San Mateo

    Jerez de la Frontera

    Founded by Alfonso X El Sabio, this 14th- to 16th-century Gothic church is one of Jerez' oldest.

  • Playa del Faro

    Los Caños de Meca

    Popular with nudists, this bleach-blonde beach sits immediately east of the Cabo de Trafalgar.

  • Playa de Zahora

    Los Caños de Meca

    Zahora's broad, blonde beauty of a silky beach spreads northwest from Los Caños de Meca.

  • Plaza Real de Toros

    El Puerto de Santa María

    Four blocks southwest of Plaza de España is El Puerto’s grand Plaza de Toros, built in 1880 with room for 15,000 spectators and still one of Andalucía’s…

  • Palacio de Orleans y Borbón

    Sanlúcar de Barrameda

    At the top of Calle Cuesta de Belén you'll spot this beautiful neo-Mudéjar old-town palace, built as a 19th-century summer home for the aristocratic…

  • Centro de Interpretación de Cetáceos

    Tarifa

    At this portside visitors centre, learn all about striped and bottlenose dolphins, long-finned pilot whales, orcas (killer whales), sperm whales,…

  • Iglesia de la Concepción

    Vejer de la Frontera

    This 16th-century Renaissance church houses Vejer's Museo de Costumbres y Tradiciones, with displays highlighting local history and culture, including a…

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