Beautiful places of Barcelona and Catalonia: SPAIN: BOLONIA BEACH AND TARIFA IN CADIZ

After visiting Arcos de la Frontera and Zahara de los Atunes, our third day began in Playa Bolonia after having driven for 30min. The day was lovely and there we enjoyed the fabulous landscape of this beach. We also visited the remains of Baelo Claudia. In the afternoon we enjoyed the impressive views of Africa from Tarifa.

Day 3 - 05 Oct 2010

Bolonia beach

Virgin look of Bolonia beach in Cádiz near Zahara de los Atunes

Overall view of Bolonia beach, a beautiful landscape of Costa de la Luz in Cádiz

We arrived at 10:30 am and there was nobody on Bolonia beach

It was quite hot on Bolonia beach, so these sheeps looked for a bit of shade

Bolonia beach - Baelo Claudia

Baelo Claudia beside Bolonia beach in Cádiz

Next to Bolonia beach there are the remains of an ancient roman city called Baelo Claudia. It's really worthy visiting it

Amphitheatre in Baelo Claudia near Bolonia beach in Cádiz

Basílica of Baelo Claudia near Bolonia Beach in Cádiz

The Basílica is one of the main attractions of Baelo Claudia

The Basílica with the sea of Bolonia beach in the background. When the wheather conditions are excellent, from here you can see Africa

Another view of the best preserved building of Baelo Claudia

Tarifa

Santa María Square

Colourful fountain on this nice square in Tarifa

White building with arab design next to this lovely square in Tarifa

A closer view of this white building with typical arab windows

We stayed some minutes in this nice square of Tarifa before going to the viewpoint to enjoy the views of Africa

But before leaving, one last picture with the green frogs of the fountain

Views of Africa from Tarifa

From this viewpoint the views of Africa from Tarifa were fantastic

The day was lovely in Tarifa but the weather conditions weren't ideal. However, we could enjoy of fantastic views of Africa

We stayed here for a while enjoying the views of Africa. This view of Africa is enough to visit Tarifa

From this point in Tarifa I had the feeling that Africa was really close

Tarifa beach in Cádiz

Palms are very common in Tarifa. As an example, this boulevard

This street in Tarifa is well known thanks to the shops which sell all kind of products related to windsurf

After enjoying this views of Africa from Tarifa, the following day we drove to Gibraltar, where we discovered fabulous views from the Top of the Rock among the apes.

Besides clicking on the next link, you will find more links to the other Cádiz beautiful villages we visited in this trip: