Cadiz province - Provincia di Cadice

Cadiz province
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Province of Cadiz is a territory ofAndalusia.

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Territories and tourist destinations

Urban centers

  • Cadiz (Cádiz) - Provincial capital, Cadiz is famous for its carnival celebrations.
  • Algeciras - An industrial and passenger port connected by a frequent ferry service to Tangier is Ceuta.
  • Arcos de la Frontera - Town with an important artistic heritage located on the foothills of the Sierra de Grazalema and famous for its viewpoints such as Peña de Arcos.
  • El Puerto de Santa María - Port 10 km north of Cadiz from where Christopher Columbus set sail for his second voyage to the Americas.
  • Jerez de la Frontera - City with a remarkable artistic heritage famous for its vineyards from which the homonymous fortified wine is obtained.
  • The Línea de la Concepción - the town on the border line with Gibraltar, overseas territory of the UK.
  • Olvera - Town on the Vía Verde de la Sierra, a tourist itinerary that can be traveled by bike that uses a disused railway track that winds its way through mountain landscapes dominated by centuries-old olive trees.

Costa de la Luz

  • Barbate - A fishing port surrounded by beautiful beaches.
  • Chipiona - a town surrounded by vast golden beaches such as the Playa de Montijo-Niño de oro 3.6 km long and the Playa de las Tres piedras-La Ballena 2.5 km
  • Sanlúcar de Barrameda - Historic port on the West Indies route and today a popular seaside resort on the mouth of the Guadalquivir whose lower course marks, for a stretch, the border with the province of Huelva. Christopher Columbus left Sanlúcar in 1498 for his third voyage to the Americas and in 1519 Magellan for the first voyage of circumnavigation of the Earth completed by his second Juan Sebastián Elcano.
  • Tarifa - A center appreciated by surfers for the strong winds that blow there. In its territory is the Punta de Tarifa, the extreme southern point of the Iberian Peninsula facing the coasts of Morocco.
  • Vejer de la Frontera - Picturesque village of white houses on the rocky top of a hill a short distance from the coast.

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