A historian’s delight, Cadiz is perhaps, the oldest city in Spain as well as in southwestern Europe. According to history, this city is more than 3,000 years old. Few know that the Romans occupied this city prior to defeat at the hands of the Visigoths. This city was also an important trading center for the [...]
Cadiz’ cuisine is heavily influenced by the famous wines which are produced in the province and is largely based on the wide range of fish and shellfish which are caught along its coast: gilthead bream, red-banded bream, sea bass, dab, blacktail bream, prawns, lobsters, bocas, dye murex, and the celebrated king prawns from San Incar.
The port city of Cadiz in the Andalucia region of Spain is an ancient wonder. It is among the oldest inhabited cities in Europe, with roots stretching back to Phoenician sailors over 3,000 years ago. Modern visitors will find dozens of things to do here encompassing the years from then to now.
The festive calendar of Cadiz has numerous events but there are three which are of particular importance and have been declared Fiestas of International Tourist Interest: the Carnival of Cadiz, the Jerez Equestrian Fair, and the horse races on the beach at Sanlucar de Barrameda.
A place straight out of a film, with an impressive cast list to match: from the world of politics (Franklin D. Roosevelt stayed here) to literature (Ernest Hemingway was also a guest) to the silver screen (also among its illustrious visitors were Orson Welles and Ava Gardner). In short, some buildings are simply made to [...]
Jerez de la Frontera, the world-renowned town, holds an annual grape harvest where the new grape juice is celebrated as the renewal of the economic, cultural and social life of the town. Date from 11-09-2012 To 16-09-2012.
XXVII edition of the Iberoamerican Theater Festival of Cadiz or FIT de Cadiz has been held annually since 1986 and has received numerous awards for its work in Spain and Latin America, highlighting the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts 2003.
The 44th edition of this documentary film festival in Cadiz. In September 2012 Alcances transforms the city of Cadiz into the meeting point for this genre. The Atlantic Film Festival, was first held in 1968 in the city of Cadiz.
The “City of Cadiz” International Folk Festival is held in the second week of July. It lasts six days and features concerts by six foreign groups and four Spanish ones.
Cadiz, to the south of Huelva province shares the same stretch of coastline, the Costa de la Luz (Coast of Light), an Atlantic coastline, with long stretches of uncrowded pristine sand. Windsurfers and para-surfers will have heard of Tarifa, the most southern point of the Cadiz region, which as you would expect is renown for [...]
Even with six centuries of history behind it, it is still like new. The Carnival of Cadiz is coming, where the city becomes a stage and its people the stars. Just like almost every year, it will take place on February 16-26. The neighbourhoods of the historic centre, especially La Viña, will account for most [...]
