SPAIN: CADIZ AND PUERTO DE SANTAMARIA

After visiting Vejer de la Frontera and Caños de Meca, we went to Cádiz. This city reminds the dangers of the past. The old city is still protected by a well preserved wall and two castles. Besides this medieval charm, I also liked the Malecón (seafront or jetty), the views of the castles from La Caleta beach and Cathedral Square.

Our hotel was in El Puerto de Santamaría, so to come back to our hotel we took the boat "El Vaporcito del Puerto", which is a ship which let you go easily from El Puerto de Santamaría to Cádiz

Castle of San Sebastián in Cádiz

In Cádiz we visited the following places:

• Cádiz Spain Square
• Cádiz city Wall
• Alameda Park
• Turtle's Fountain
• Genovés Park
• Santa Catalina Castle
• Castle of San Sebastián
• La Caleta
• Cádiz Malecón
• Cádiz Cathedral
• Tavira Tower
• Cádiz City Hall

DAY 6 - 08 OCT 2010

Cádiz Spain Square

Plaza de España in Cádiz

Cádiz city Wall

Cádiz city walls are really well preserved

Alameda Park in Cádiz

One of the beautiful parks in Cádiz is Alameda Park

Turtle's Fountain

Turtle's Fountain in Cádiz

Genovés Park

Flower in Genovés Park in Cádiz

Santa Catalina Castle

Inside Santa Catalina castle in Cádiz

San Sebastián Castle

View of San Sebastian castle and the Cádiz lighthouse from Santa Catalina castle

This cobbled street leads to San Sebastian castle, one of the more interesting buildings in Cádiz

La Caleta Cádiz beach

La Caleta Beach in Cádiz

Cádiz Malecón

Cádiz Malecón with the cathedral in the background

Cádiz Cathedral

Cádiz Cathedral 

A nice building in Cádiz Cathedral Square

Tavira tower

Tavira tower in Cádiz

Cádiz City Hall

City Hall of Cádiz

"El Vaporcito" del Puerto

"El Vaporcito del Puerto" is a ship which let you go easily from El Puerto de Santamaría to Cádiz

Sailing in the afternoon between Cádiz and el Puerto de Santamaría

El Puerto de Santamaria

Arriving at El Puerto de Santamaría we enjoy this image of the marina

Arriving at our destination

Palms along a promenade in El Puerto de Santamaría

A nice park near El Puerto de Santa Maria City Hall


Sculpture of Rafael Alberti, an important spanish poet born in El Puerto de Santa Maria

Castle of El Puerto de Santamaría

The courtyard of our hotel, La Casa del Regidor, was quite nice

After visiting Cádiz, the last stop of our trip was Sevilla, which you can discover in the next post.

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

• Córdoba (Mosque + Jewish quarter)
• Arcos de la Frontera (White Village)
• Zahara de los Atunes
• Playa Bolonia and Baelo Claudia
• Tarifa
• Gibraltar
• Vejer de la Frontera (White Village)
• Caños de Meca (Wild Beach)
• Cádiz
• El Puerto de Santamaría
• Sevilla

Finally, other beautiful places you can visit in Spain are:

- Catalonia

• Costa Brava in Catalonia
• Barcelona
• Girona

- Basque Country

• Bilbo - Bilbao
• Getaria, Zarautz and Hondarribia in San Sebastián

- Cantabria

• Cantabria
• Santander, Comillas and Santillana del Mar in Cantabria

- Granada

• La Alhambra, Albaicín and Sacromonte in Granada

- Toledo, Madrid, El Escorial and Segovia

• Toledo, Segovia, Monasterio del Escorial near Madrid

- Mallorca, Ibiza and Formentera

• Sóller, Port de Sóller, Deià and Valldemossa in Mallorca
• Palma de Mallorca

• Beaches and Las Dalias Market in Ibiza
• Ses Illetes beach in Formentera

- Galicia

• Santiago de Compostela in Galicia
• Costa da Morte
• Baiona, Islas Cíes and more Beaches in Galicia
• Tui and Camino de Santiago Portugués

- Zaragoza, La Rioja and Navarra

• Monasterio de Piedra near Zaragoza (Tapeo in Zaragoza)
• Haro in La Rioja
• Laguardia in La Rioja Alavesa
• Camino de Santiago Francés
• Estella and Los Arcos in Navarra
• Tarazona, Veruela Monastery and Sanctuary of Borja

- Alicante

• Alicante, Elche and Isla de Tabarca