Castillo de las Almadrabas

Southeast Cádiz Province & the Costa de la Luz


Zahara's compact old core is centred on the ruined Castillo de las Almadrabas, where Atlantic bluefin tuna caught through the Phoenician-origin almadraba method was once processed. Nowadays it sometimes hosts summer film nights under the stars.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Southeast Cádiz Province & the Costa de la Luz attractions

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4.01 MILES

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2. Baelo Claudia

5.26 MILES

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3. Torre del Tajo

7.67 MILES

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5. Playa de las Cortinas

9.18 MILES

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6. Punta Paloma

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7. Playa Los Caños de Meca

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8. Estatua de la Cobijada

10.37 MILES

Just below the castle is a lookout guarded by this statue of a woman dressed in Vejer's cloak-like, all-black traditional dress, the cobijada, which…

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