Cadiz

Cadiz, capital city of the province of the same name stands on a 10.58 km peninsula and has a population of approximately 157 thousand inhabitants. It is almost surrounded by water except for a narrow strip of land which connects the city to another island, San Fernando. Until the construction of the Carranza Bridge in 1969, this was the only land nexus to the rest of Europe. Cadiz is strategically placed between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The province enjoys 138 kilometres of white sandy beaches, dunes and transparent waters, while the capital has three beaches which joined make up almost ten kilometres. It always been a city I have loved ...  Read the complete review

The old lady sits in a deck chair on the pavement outside the building that houses her apartment. She shouts across to the waiters who are setting up tables outside the restaurants that line the street. One of them fetches her a glass of wine. A few people are sitting outside on of the bars at the end of the street. One of them is a young woman sipping a glass of chilled sherry; she is looking forward to eating later if only she can choose which enticing restaurant to stop at and what to pick from the extensive choice of delicacies from the sea. The city is Cadiz, situated on the southern tip on Spain and reputedly the oldest city in the western Europe. It is ...  Read the complete review