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If you come to Tarifa, don’t miss the opportunity to visit these most unique places in the world, so full of charm. You can choose from a wide range of possibilities and proposals.
Almedina Café Tarifa
Stunning villa of 300 m2 on two floors, living – dining room with fireplace, 6 bedrooms, fitted kitchen, 7 bathrooms including toilets, terrace of 100 m2, swimming pool and green area. It also has central heating, south facing, floor, storage…
At the Cultural Centre the following workshops and courses are offered nowadays: at the Council Music Academy, clases on Musical Language, elemental grade (1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4rth year) and Instruments: guitar, piano, sax and clarinet; the Council…
Towering over the Bolonia inlet, the roman city of Baelo Claudia is located and there we can see all defining elements of a typical roman city, all within an unsurpassed natural environment. We recommend that you start your visit at the Visitors…
The Tarifa Promenade runs from the La Caleta beach to Los Lances Natural Park. From the promenade you can see the port of Tarifa, the Las Palomas Island, all the area covering the tourist apartments at Los Lances Beach and, most of all, the River…
Historic-Artistic and delimited by its medieval walls and Arab-medieval layout this monumental set of narrow streets, squares, whitewashed patios, houses topped with tower lookouts, stately homes with coats of arms, neighborhoods such as the Moral…
The Strait’s Scenic Vantage Point is situated near the Tarifa Town Council. The vantage point offers incredible views over the Strait of Gibraltar and the African coast. The distance in between the European and African continents is of a mere 15…
The Bolonia dune, towering over a height of 30+ meters and 200 metres width, is the showcase of the sand dune set to which it belongs. It is in the Bolonia inlet, within the Strait Natural Park, a place which has suffered less from the urban…
Las Palomas Island (‘Pidgeon Island’), otherwise called Tarifa Island, is the farthest rocky foothill structure in Europe prior to the continent submerging in the Strait waters. Its most southern point is nowadays home to a lighthouse located in a…
Baroque and Neoclassic art, XVIII century. At the beginning of the XVI century, and due to demographic growth, the works of the Main Church of Saint Matthrew commenced but because these were delayed in the XVI and XVII centuries wine cellars…
Main church to the town, it was named as such in honour of the Apostle day on which victory was gained over the moors on September 21st. The works started on XVI century with a gothic architectural style. The first Marquis of Tarifa took care of the…
The Algarbes Necropolis is one of the most important archaeological ensembles of the province of Cádiz dating back to the Bronze Age (end of III century B.C.). It has eight artificial caves in the shape of a circular chamber with entryways on…
Patroness Saint to Tarifa, the Virgin of the Light, is the Virgin Mary dedication which has been venerated since XVI century in the Caheruelas Meadow hermitage, situated some 8 kilometres Northwest of the city in the midst of the Natural Cork Oak…
Amongst the beaches that boast white sand of a very fine grain and which are typical of Tarifa, Los Lances beach stands out by way of its size and its beauty and also because it attracts surfers from all around the world. Set in the most southern…
This land and sea natural park, amongst Atlantic and Mediterrenean waters, is home to great natural treasures of particular significance. Characterized by the local harsh weather conditions and ancient civilizations long gone, the park hosts flora…
Los Alcornocales Natural Park covers nearly 170,000 acres and a set of mountain ranges where the biggest cork oak forest in the Iberian Peninsula grows in excellent state of conservation. It is also one of the most important oak cork forests in the…
Arab Art and XIII and XIV centuries’ Gothic Art. Main access door to the Old Quarter, built by the Arabs and to which Christians added a Gothic arcade and that bears a commemorative plaque in honor of the ‘VERY NOBLE, VERY LOYAL AND HEROIC CITY OF…
Caliphate Fortress in the X century and Old Church of Saint Mary. Roman remains, Mudejar Art, XIII and XIV centuries Gothic Art (access by way of Pedro Alfonso Square) National Historic Monument. A great work of defensive engineering built in the…
Neogothic Art, XIX century, bunkers (WWII) and British Small Fort Remains (Independence War, XVIII century) and remains from the Saint Catalina Hill. Built during the second decade of XX century, in the neo-renaissance style. It seems that, in old…
