Puerta de Jerez

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Tarifa

Tarifa offers a rare insight into a town torn between its economic need to embrace tourism and encourage visitors and its dogged determination to continue as a fishing village with all cultural richness that that entails.

Visitors are welcomed but not fussed over and one has the perfect opportunity to observe Spanish life without any of the frills afforded in more exploited areas.

English is not spoken widely by the native Tarifenians but there are many other European nationalities represented here, first lured to the area for its wind surfing scene as far back as the 70s.

Alameda Park, Tarifa

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Windsurfer Enjoys Tarifa Beaches

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Tarifa offers a variety of restaurants and bars, as well as some excellent cafés and has several discotheques for those who enjoy partying until the early hours.

There are all the facilities you’re likely to require, from banking to Internet as well as travel agencies and three supermarkets. There are several chemists and doctors and dentists in the locality to provide a service for any eventuality.

Leaving the town, you turn left direction Cádiz and begin the journey along the coast that leads to several villages and beach areas that offer unforgettable days out. At less than a 5-minute drive from Tarifa town you come to the area of La Peña, where GREAT ESCAPES is situated.