Cádiz

 
Overview

The Province of Cádiz is in south Spain. Its capital is Cádiz, an ancient port city on a promontory. It’s home to a gold-domed cathedral and more than 100 watchtowers, like the Torre Tavira.

Description

North, Doñana National Park is a major wetland bird habitat. Jerez de la Frontera is known for its Moorish fort, sherry and equestrian school. Bodegas dot the sherry towns of Sanlúcar de Barrameda and El Puerto de Santa María. If you had to pick just one region to attempt to explain Andalucía in its full, complex beauty, it'd probably be Cádiz province. Lying in wait across Spain's southernmost province are craggy mountains, oceans of olive trees, thrillingly sited white towns (Arcos, Vejer, Zahara de la Sierra), fortified sherry, festivals galore, flamenco in its purest incarnation, the font of Andalucian horse culture, and a dreamy blonde-sand coastline, the uncommercial Costa de la Luz, sprinkled with surfer-cool towns like Tarifa.