Visit to Cadiz (Ka-deeth)

The forecast for Seville on Sunday (May 11) was 37 C, so we made plans to jump on a train and head for the coast. We visited Cadiz a city about 125 km south-south west of Seville on Spain's southern Atlantic coast.

San Sabastian Castle

view from from San Sabastian Castle looking towards beech in Cadiz.

The seaside town made its money in the 18th century as a port to and from the new world. Today the money comes from tourist like us and the the thousands that had arrived by cruise ship.

We walked around the old town, built on a peninsula. It still felt like a marine trading town, with the watchtower and castle. 

One of our first destinations was Tavira Tower. It is one of more than 20 towers built in Cadiz in the 17th century for merchants to watch ships come from the new wold. This tower is the only tower accessible to the public. A cool surprise was the 'camera obscura', located in mezzanine of the Tower .

Locals were enjoying the beach and we dipped our toes in the Atlantic. The beach in Cadiz was pack and reminded me of Lions Bay in Vancouver with much warmer water.

When we arrived back in Seville at 9:30 pm the temperature was still 35 degrees. After putting the kids to bed, we stayed up long enough to hear the midnight fireworks closing the April Faire.