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Barbate
Barbate, as this endearing site from a local hotel says self-effacingly,
"is not a very beautiful town, but it is better than many
on the coast. There is no mass tourism, no buildings over
three stories high and hardly any foreigners apart from a
few hippies." As well as being a likeable working tunny-fishing
port, it is a convenient base for reaching local beaches and
other natural attractions.
Barbate
Natural Park - from Andalucia.com
For tourists, this park is most relevant as a diving centre,
though it is attractive to non-divers as well.
Cadiz
The word "Cadiz" evokes images of ships, pirates and swashbuckling
in general. It is a fascinating city, not especially beautiful,
but deeply impressive. Impeccable information from Andalucia.com.
Cadizturismo.com
The website of the diputación provincial, the office
of the central government in the province, is being redeveloped
and is Spanish-only for the moment.
Chipiona
- chipiona.net
Chipiona is a rather scruffy but charming town in the north-west
of Cadiz, with strong connections to the sherry-wine industry.
The design and contents of this site are both superb, though
it does drift into Spanish as you get further away from the
front page.
Conil
de la Frontera
Conil de la Frontera is a former fishing village which has
become a popular, low-rise resort. It has good beaches and
the streets still have a village feel to them. This used to
be a not-very-good, Spanish-only municipal site, with some
nice photographs, and is now a not-very-good municipal site
with a tiny corner in English and the same photographs.
Huelva
The Spanish-only site of the provincial government.
Matalascañas
- from Altur
Matalascañas is adjacent to Doñana National Park in Huelva
and is accordingly popular with nature-lovers and naturists.
Be warned that it is slightly elitist and accommodation prices
can be high.
Nudist
Beaches in Cadiz
This page is also available in English, but the links to the
photos and maps only work on this Spanish version.
Nudist
Beaches in Huelva
This page is available in English, but the links to the photos
and plans only work on the Spanish version.
El
Puerto de Santa María
For tourist information, select "turismo." El Puerto de Santa
María is a very old port and part of the sherry producing
area as well as having an important fishing fleet. It is now
an attractive, lively resort, if a bit shabby in parts. This
website is much the same.
El
Puerto de Santa María - from Freelance Spain
A nice, too-short article from one of our favourite websites.
El
Rompido - from El Pais
Of El Rompido, TourSpain,
the website of the Spanish Tourist Board, says, "...the line
of sand dunes extends for more than 10km... It is the most
beautiful place on the Huelva Coast, with its white houses,
its boat pier and scenes of boats fishing the ria and launches
sailing towards El Puntal (The Headland)." We will not try
to improve on that.
El
Rompido, Cartaya
Spanish-only page for the muncipality of Cartaya, where the
gorgeous fishing village of El Rompido is to be found. Click
'Guía Fotográfica' for some photos; you have
to click 'SIGUIENTE' to see the next.
San
Fernando
San Fernando is a bustling port and business centre, by no
means dependent on tourism, though you could do worse than
stop a while. This is its surprisingly entertaining but Spanish-only
municipal website.
San
Fernando - Freelance Spain
Spain and Portugal includes this excellent article especially
because it informs us that the Jim Morrison of flamenco, the
late, seminal singer Camaron de la Isla, took his sobriquet
from the nickname by which San Fernando is generally known.
Sanlúcar
de Barrameda - from Altur.com
In the north of the province of Cadiz, Sanlúcar de Barrameda,
as this page informs you, is famous for its horse races, held
on the beach. It is an attractive place, with a nineteenth-century
feel to it.
Tarifa
- Tarifa.net
Although it has a long, interesting history, Tarifa's attractiveness
to visitors nowadays is mainly as a windsurfing centre. Its
location, jutting out into the Straits of Gibraltar (it is
the southernmost city in Europe), means it is constantly windswept
while temperatures remain moderate. This site is excellent,
covering lodgings, sports, nightlife and, of course, windsurfing.
Tarifa
- Windtarifa.com
A slicker portal than the one above, but less reliable (it
tends to bounce back into Spanish). There is little to choose
between them in terms of quality and content (excellent in
both cases and on both counts).
Vejer
de la Frontera
Vejer de la Frontera is a beautiful hilltop town, built by
the Arabs and still preserving the Arab feel after seven centuries.
A little set back from the sea for a purely beach holiday,
but otherwise strategically situated. Apart from the occasionally
wobbly English, this site is near impeccable - well designed,
pleasant to look at, user-friendly and with lots of content.
Vejer
de la Frontera
Slicker and not as likeable as the municipal website, but
almost, and even more informative.
Zahara
de los Atunes
From this fishing village and others along the Costa de la
Luz, tuna are fished with the traditional almadrabas.
It is a small, attractive, authentic place, in constant danger
of becoming fashionable for its great beach and lack of high-rise
development. This Spanish-only website has great content and
lousy design.
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