Vejer de la Frontera
Built atop an earlier mosque, this unusual church is 14th-century Mud茅jar at the altar end and 16th-century Gothic at the other. In the late afternoon the sun shines surreally through its stained-glass windows, projecting multicoloured light above the altar.
It's only open during hours of worship.
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One of 础苍诲补濒耻肠铆补's most fabulous beaches, Punta Paloma, 10km northwest of Tarifa, is famous for its huge blond sand dune. At its far western end, you can鈥
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Sprawling between 7km and 10km northwest of Tarifa, to the great white dune at Punta Paloma, Valdevaqueros is one of Tarifa's most popular kitesurfing鈥
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C谩diz' beautiful yellow-domed cathedral is an impressively proportioned baroque-neoclassical construction, best appreciated from seafront Campo del Sur in鈥
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Admittedly a little dusty, the Museo de C谩diz is the province's top museum. Stars of the ground-floor archaeology section are two Phoenician marble鈥
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The ruined town of Baelo Claudia is one of 础苍诲补濒耻肠铆补's most important Roman archaeological sites. These majestic beachside ruins 鈥 with views across to鈥
Parque Natural de la Bre帽a y Marismas del Barbate
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This 50-sq-km coastal park protects important marshes, cliffs and pine forest from Costa del Sol鈥搕ype development. Its main entry point is a 7.2km (two鈥
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Creator of the legendary black-bull logo still exhibited on life-size billboards all over Spain (now without the name), Osborne is El Puerto's best-known鈥
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About 7km northwest of Los Ca帽os, lovely, long El Palmar beach has 础苍诲补濒耻肠铆补's best board-surfing waves from about October to May. In summer it's busy鈥
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Housed in a 17th- to 18th-century mansion, Vejer's museum has a small, impressive history and archaeology collection, running from the area's early鈥
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This 16th-century Renaissance church houses Vejer's Museo de Costumbres y Tradiciones, with displays highlighting local history and culture, including a鈥
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Vejer's much-reworked castle, once home of the Duques de Medina Sidonia, dates from the 10th or 11th century. You can wander through the Moorish entrance鈥
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If the door鈥檚 open, pop into this private 18th-century house to find two stunning flower-filled patios (home to 450 potted plants!) and one of just three鈥
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With its elaborate 20th-century, Seville-tiled fountain and perfectly white town hall, Vejer's palm-studded, cafe-filled Plaza de Espa帽a is a favourite鈥
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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鈥
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Enclosing the 40,000-sq-metre old town, Vejer鈥檚 imposing 15th-century walls are particularly visible between the Arco de la Puerta Cerrada (of 11th- or鈥
8. Parque Natural de la Bre帽a y Marismas del Barbate
5.16 MILES
This 50-sq-km coastal park protects important marshes, cliffs and pine forest from Costa del Sol鈥搕ype development. Its main entry point is a 7.2km (two鈥