Port Hopping In Andalucía

Port Hopping In Andalucía

By Tarifa Travel Comment Closed
Guide For Sailiors Robin Knox-Johnston the first man to sail all alone around the world non-stop once said that having a boat was the ultimate freedom. For us on the Costas of Southern Spain the big question is where to go. The best parts about cruising the Costas is that we have two parts to it the Med and the Atlantic It is nice to start inside the Med in June and work your way outside to the cooler air and water for the hot months of July and August. Let us start in the East:Almerimar is a huge and under-populated marina 100 Nautical miles east of Marbella. For a motor yacht this is some 5 hours away, while for a sailing yacht it is some 15 hours sailing. While the main marina of Almerimar does not have a lot to offer nearby Almeria has a yacht club basin from where you can explore Almeria. The nearby marinas of Agridulce and Las Roquettas offer alternative places to spend a night. Coming...
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Tarifa And Surroundings

Tarifa And Surroundings

By Tarifa Travel Comment Closed
Tarifa was first mentioned (under another name) in the writings of Plinius. Excavations and cavedrawings in the immediate surroundings of the town are witnesses of long past cultures, where as the more recent history is to some extent reflected in the architecture of buildings that still exist today. Here, the past and the future merge to form the present. And this is how the visitor should try to experience Tarifa. If you walk through the old town centre without prejudices or definite expectations, you will discover much hidden beauty. Beautiful corners to take pictures, flamenco music, flower-laden windows, peacefulness. And then, only a few streets further on, just the opposite: Crowded lively cafes, restaurants, tapas bars with happy people, expressing their joy of life. In the surroundings of the town you will find a generous and at the same time somehow unapproachable type of nature. The Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea offer ideal conditions for whale watching, scuba diving, kitesurfing, the...
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The People Of Tarifa

The People Of Tarifa

By Tarifa Travel Comment Closed
There´s a certain madness, a touch of wildness, that links the diverse bunch of foreigners who have chosen to make Tarifa their home. On the one hand there´s the wind and kite surfing crowd, young, fit and enterprising, whose shops and associated businesses now fill the streets. They are the pioneers; the ones who came, saw, but never quite conquered the soul of the local people who still cling on to their centuries-old traditions with fierce pride. It is, after all that the first windsurf shop was opened by a foreigner in 1985. Until then, Tarifa was an undiscovered, inward-looking backwater with a reduced fishing industry. Now the knock-on effect of that first breath of new life has spread throughout the town giving it an identity and diversity hitherto unimagined. Then there are the artist, the escapists, the nature lovers, the hippies and the spiritual navigators who are drawn here by some indefinable magnetic force. With them have come healing centers, yoga...
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