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Publishing: PATRONATO PROVINCIAL DE TURISMO (PROVINCIAL TOURIST BOARD).

Diputación de CÁDIZ (Provincial Council of CÁDIZ)Plaza de Madrid s/n. Estadio Ramón de Carranza. Fondo Sur. Planta 4ª 11011 Cádiz T: 956 807 061 Info@cadizturismo.com www.cadizturismo.com Project: Amparo Ortega Design, layout and artwork: Juan Romero Texts: Amparo Ortega Coordination: Mayca Gómez Collaboration: David Ibañez Printing: Santa Teresa Industrias Gráficas Translation into English: Agencia Lingüística 3. AL3 Legal Dep.: CA 150 – 2014 This guide has received the collaboration of the tourist offices of the province and other entities.

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Dolphins and whales Cross the bay Beaches Water parks Island of Sancti Petri

Botanical Zoo of Jerez Royal School and Stud

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The city of boys and girls

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Red buses Tourist trains Green track On a donkey and on a mule Paths step by step

Multi-adventure Cádiz: Two Seas Riding lessons Golf school Karting

Contacts and addresses of interest .. Pag.36 Internet portals to enjoy the province of Cádiz with children.

Internet portals to enjoy in the water.

Internet portals to learn riding and go horse riding.

Tourist Offices of the province.

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Whales and dolphins have always been there, in the Strait of Gibraltar. Above all, sperm whales can be seen between March and July, orcas in summer and dolphins the whole year because they are resident species in this section of water, which is only 14 Kilometres and connects the south of Europe with the north of Africa.

If you want to watch them, there are several companies in Tarifa offering different types of boats. You will enjoy the morning or afternoon in the middle of the sea, with views over the African continent.

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Cross the Bay of Cádiz Crossing the bay of Cádiz is one of the indispensable appointments.

Catamaran trips are very frequent. A pleasant trip from the capital to El Puerto de Santa Maria or Rota.

Another suggestive proposal is to go into the Bay by albarco.com and sail under the Carranza bridge before going back to the dock.

Looking at Cádiz from the sea, go around its walls and the castle of Santa Catalina until reaching the beach of La Caleta is one of the essential routes. Sailing when the sun sets is one experience that you will never forget.

Catamaran: www.cmtbc.es Boat trips: www.albarco.com

Beaches Small, large, beautiful, quiet, crowded, with or without waves… the province of Cádiz has 80 beaches to choose what to do, apart from having a walk and sunbathing.

There are beaches you should go, even if it is not summer. It is a pleasure to play on the sand and breathe the feeling of freedom that invades us when watching the immensity of the sea. Children are prone to running away and grown-ups to sitting to watch the sight, but it brings a smile to all of us.

There are cliffs, woods, marshlands, lighthouses, salt lakes between the beaches with views over the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.

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Water parks Aqualand Bay of Cádiz, located in El Puerto de Santa Maria is the largest water park in the province, full of toboggans, rapids, backwaters and whirlpools to enjoy the water.

In fact, there are several parks for children to play in facilities just made for them and young people to let their adrenaline out.

Bahía Park Bahía de Algeciras boasts about having the largest Jacuzzi in Andalucía.

In both parks, there are wave pools, restaurants and picnic areas to enjoy the sun in the funniest parks. Facilities such as kamikaze, crazy race or devil tail give us an idea that water and speed are inseparable companions of emotions. www.aqualand.es

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Island of Sancti Petri When summer comes, we should have a boat trip at dusk. Boats departure from the port of Sancti Petri of Chiclana and go into the sea to see how the sun sets in front of the mythical island of Hercules, who separated Europe from Africa.

It is not a common sunset. In the Costa de la Luz the sun becomes an incandescent red ball and sinks slowly in the sea. This is a great opportunity if you like taking pictures. www.albarco.com You can also disembark in the island to go to concerts, shows for children, guided and dramatised tours to know this spot better where mythology places the temple of Hercules.

The best is to contact the tourist offices of Chiclana and San Fernando or www.loggia.es that has been responsible for the custody, access control and tours in the island and the castle of Sancti Petri since 2011.

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The city of Boys an Girls The paradise of zip-lines, toboggans, airbeds, roller skates and tricycles. It is not a common park; it has been designed to spend the whole day. Dimensions are like three football fields. It is the largest park in the province and located in Jerez. Workshops and courses are also offered in the Leisure Centre and Family Support. www.venalaciudad.com.

You will find recreational areas, outdoors children’s parks, ballparks and the pink-colour world for the girls who want to become a princess for one day with centres like Princelandia all over the province, both in towns and villages.

Tourist offices will inform you about their locations.

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Is there anything fresher than hot bread? In El Bosque, there is a water mill where children can learn how to make bread, true bread. A mill where going inside is a pleasure, with its thick walls. An old-fashioned way mill to know how bread was made in the 18th century, from the wheat milling to the dough baking. It is called Molino de Abajo and you can take away the freshly-made bread or it can be taken to your hotel.

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It is even more delicious if you eat it with chacina (cold cuts) from the Sierra de Cádiz (mountain chain of Cádiz) because the production of blood sausages and spicy sausages (chorizo and salchichón) is part of the culinary heritage of the province, specially of the Sierra. Cheese has always been told as tasting like a kiss. In the province, chesses are accumulating more and more prizes, so knowing how they are made is a good option.

In the Finca (estate) Las Hazuelas in Grazalema www.pringon.com you can participate in a cheese workshop and try the yogurt. The Quesos Artesanos (traditionally crafted cheese) El Bosqueño www. quesoselbosque.com, in the Sierra de Cádiz (mountain chain of Cádiz), has an interpretation centre and cheese tastings and workshops are organized. Everybody in the area knows about payoya goats, native of the Sierra de Cádiz (mountain chain of Cádiz), which are fed with their mothers’ milk and produce a so tasty cheese.

In Rota, www.elbucarito.es, there is a farm and a glazed area from where you can see how cheese is made and if you like, you can become a cheese expert.

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The sweetest Museum The Museum of Honey and Bees of Rancho Cortesano is a sweet and exciting museum, in which you can see how bees work and spend some time being disguised as a beekeeper.

This Museum also shows the importance of bees in the pollination process and in the formation of fruits and seeds. In Rancho Cortesano, there is an ecological garden where mangoes, custard apple tress, pear trees, apple trees, almond trees, orange trees and olive trees are grown. There is also a restaurant and a shop where you can buy jars of multi-flower honey, holm oak honey, eucalyptus honey, orange-flower honey, rosemary honey, delights of honey and meloja, pollen, royal jelly and soaps. www.ranchocortesano.net

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From the top Tavira Tower The Tavira Tower is located at the top of the old town. From there, the panoramic view dominates everything: the sea, the land and the sky as if it was a boat figurehead. Every effort has its compensation because 160 steps have to be climbed to reach the top.

Nobody should leave Cádiz without climbing to the Tavira Tower. It is one of the towers in the city used to control the boats coming to the coast. There are still two hundred towers but this one is the most emblematic.

Inside we can find the dark chamber, a curious gadget from where we can see what is happening in real time, what pedestrians are doing outside the Tower and we can see the rooftops of Cádiz. It is like being an authorized spy. www.torretavira.com

Chipiona Lighthouse It is 72 metres high and it is the highest lighthouse in Spain and one of the ten highest lighthouses in the world. You need to climb 322 steps to reach its balcony. But it is not only large, but also beautiful and peculiar because of its spiral staircase.

It is aero-maritime because its light beam reaches the same distance both in horizontal and vertical and is used to guide ships and airplanes, reaching eighty miles.

The tourist office of Chipiona Town Hall organizes guided tours to this guardian of the mouth of the river Guadalquivir, which from its highest point wonderful views from Doñana to the Bay of Cádiz are offered, through Sanlúcar de Barrameda and Chipiona, with its Monasterio (Monastery) de Regla, fishing corrals and the beaches of Costa (Coast) Ballena.

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It was started to be built in 1863 because sailors who usually sailed along the Guadalquivir river, required a lighthouse for them to be guided along the mouth of the longest river in AndalucĂ­a, a complicated area where ships usually ran aground.

Today’s modern navigation systems will never substitute the lighthouse legend or the illusion children have when counting the flashes that shine every ten seconds in Chipiona. www.turismochipiona.es

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Red buses The red bus route starts in the port of Cádiz and there are twelve stops for tourists to visit the Genovés park, Mina square, San Francisco, San Antonio, Mercado de Abastos (food market), the cathedral, San Juan de Dios square or España square.

It is said that it is a city tailored to people, not large not small, therefore the best is to have a walk and discover new places in the historic old town, Paseo Marítimo (seafront promenade) or its beaches.

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On the red convertible bus, people fee like closing their eyes and feel the breeze on their faces. There are many places to visit in Cádiz; it is the capital of the province and the oldest capital city in Western Europe. The trip takes 1 hour and you are told how Cádiz was founded by the Phoenicians around 3,000 years ago. There are many small beautiful squares and elegant buildings so it is worthwhile getting off the bus, having a walk and back to the bus again.

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Tourist trains Arcos, Chiclana, El Puerto de Santa Maria, Olvera, SanlĂşcar de Barrameda, Sotogrande in San Roque, Tarifa and Vejer are provided with a tourist train to comfortably know their most interesting spots.

Some of these towns offer this tourist train the whole year, others only in summer or during their main festivities and celebrations.

Information about routes in each town is provided by the tourist offices.

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Green Track (Sierra de Cádiz) The Green Track runs along an old 36- Km railway route with 30 tunnels, four viaducts and five of train stations.

A very attractive route for hiking, cycling, watching the vultures’ nests or contemplating so emblematic trees like the “Chaparro de la Vega”, a 700 year-old holm oak which is more than 13 metres high and declared a natural monument of Andalucía.

The Green Track also offers restaurants and accommodation in old stations or in peculiar places such as train wagon-shaped apartments. www.fundacionviaverdedelasierra.com

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On a donkey or on a mule Early in the morning or at dusk, www.senderos-sierra-plata.es you are guided along the paths of the Strait and the Alcornocales natural parks on calm mules. Facinas and Zahara de los Atunes are the starting points for this so relaxing mule riding among ferns and with the best views over the landscapes of the south of the province.

The company www.losburrosdejuanino.com can also take you along the historic old town of Vejer, along the Tres Avemarías venue, visiting the Molino de Viento (wind mill) or along the paths of the Breña and Marismas de Barbate natural parks.

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Paths step by step There is a lot to walk in the province of Cádiz. There are more than 300 paths but here the easiest and most interesting ones that can be strolled with the family are shown. Continue and discover what you will find in each of the six natural parks in the province.

Alcornocales natural park From this place, the African coast can be seen and it is known as “the virgin forest of the Iberian Peninsula”. Its microclimate, which is very similar to the tropical areas, has favoured the proliferation of lush and almost impenetrable vegetation.

The narrow and deep river valleys –known as small tubes (canutos) – provide the same humidity that species in the Tertiary Age lived in. Then, hiking along the small tubes (canutos) is like embarking into new adventures.

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Deers, roe deers, otters and meloncillos (a kind of mongoose) find refuge in this park, which is considered as the best preserved forest in Europe and extends along the province from north to south, bordering to the north with the Grazalema park and to the south with the Strait.

More familiar paths:

Alcalá de los Gazules:

Garganta de Puerto Oscuro La laguna (lake) del Moral Ruta de los Molinos Cañada Real de los Ratones

Algeciras:

Río (river) de la Miel Río (river) Guadalmesí

Benalup-Casas Viejas: La Teja

Castellar de La Frontera: La Calzada Dehesa Boyal

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Arroyo (stream) de San Carlos del Tiradero

Los Barrios:

Valdeinfierno El Palancar (dam) de Charco Redondo)

Jimena de La Frontera: Río (river) Hozgarganta

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Griffon vultures and eagle owls are usually in the park. Storks, booted eagles, falcons and numerous species meet in this so exceptional environment for ornithologists.

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Bay of Cádiz natural park Marshlands,beaches, estuaries and pine forests form this park where you can see estuaries and salt marshes, one of the main industries of the Bay in the 19th century, when there were more than one hundred salt marshes.

In front of the coast, you can see the Sancti Petri island, where Ancient Times character such as Hannibal or the Roman emperor Julius Caesar stayed.

There, there was the Phoenician sanctuary consecrated to Melkart, deity worshiped by the sailor who reached these coasts 3,000 years ago from the other side of the Mediterranean sea.

More familiar paths: San Fernando:

Path Punta del Boquerón.

Path Tres Amigos-Río Arillo Puerto Real:

Path Salina La Esperanza Chiclana:

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The Breña and Marismas de Barbate natural park Here the sea and the forest merge, pine forests with the guiddiness of cliffs and the inlets of Caños de Meca.

White wagtails, canasteras and other birds fly around the hollows of these cliffs, which are more than one hundred metres high and flow into the Atlantic Ocean producing drink-water springs next to the sea shore.

On the mountain: Barbate pine forest. The lighthouse and the Cape of Trafalgar are very near, the place where Commander Nelson died in 1805. Trafalgar Square is in the centre of London, whose name is taken from here and Commander Nelson is remembered today with this monumental square. Meanwhile, calmness continues in the park, despite the battles.

More familiar paths:

Barbate Path Path Path Path

de la Torre del Tajo Jarillo-Torre de Meca Caños-Torre de Meca las Quebradas

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Go into Doñana It is tricky, sailing or driving a 4 wheel-drive vehicle instead of walking!.

From Sanlúcar de Barrameda you can cross the river Guadalquivir on board the Real Fernando vessel to go into the Doñana national park, a boat that pays tribute to the first steamboat built in Spain covering the river line Cádiz- Sanlúcar-Sevilla.

The Real Fernando docks at different places of the park “Entorno de Doñana” until reaching the huts of the village la Plancha, inside the national park.

The “Entorno de Doñana” natural park extends along the banks of the river Guadalquivir in the province of Cádiz and it is a protection belt for the Doñana National Park, placed on the other side of the river. www.visitasdonana.com o

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You can also cross the large river of Andalucía – Arabians called Guadalquivir – on a typical riverboat and go all over the park on an all terrain vehicle with a guide, who will tell us why this so beautiful ecosystem is unique.

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During the trip: breeze, fresh air, salt marshes, marshlands, wild boars, flamingos, grey herons… Do not forget your binoculars! The vessel is docked at Bajo de Guía, in front of the centre “Fábrica de Hielo (ice factory)”, which offers a very interesting exhibition of the richness of Doñana.

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Strait natural park Placed between two seas and two continents. It is a marine terrestrial covering mountains,beaches and sea beds located between Tarifa and Algeciras.

Imperial eagles, whales and dolphins near the archaeological site of Baelo Claudia, the town that better represents the Roman urbanism in the Iberian Peninsula.

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Around thirty rock art caves and large sand dunes on the beaches of Bolonia and Punta Paloma, give an idea of the exceptional views and paths.

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Duna de Bolonia (dune) Lighthouse Camarinal Los Lances

Sierra (mountains) de Grazalema natural park It is the rainiest place in the peninsula having and annual average of 2,000 litres per square metre, which gives us an idea about its rich vegetation and the park landscapes. Among them, highlights the “pinsapar� the fir forest that survived the glaciations.

It was declared as a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1975 and Zone of Special Protection for Birds by the EU.

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More familiar paths: You can find additional information about paths in the province at:

From Benaocaz or Ubrique: La Calzada Romana Benaocaz: Ojo del Moro

Paths and Lookouts of the Natural Spaces of the province:

From Benaocaz or Grazalema: Llanos del Berral

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Grazalema: El Tesorillo Arroyo del Descansadero

300 paths around the province of Cรกdiz: http://goo.gl/df4lbS

Villaluenga del Rosario: Llanos del Republicano

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If visited early in the morning, just when opening, you can see how ostriches love each other.

Flamingos will come to greet you. You can also meet the Iberian lynx, the most mythical feline, face to face. You will soon realise that you are in an oasis in the centre of Jerez.

In spring, plum trees, orange trees, the love tree,bougainvilleas, blue jasmines are in full bloom. The best is to wander around and be surprised.

More than 1,200 animals of 225 representative species of the five continents live in this reserve.

The Botanical Zoo takes part in around thirty programs for preserving the wild life and guaranteeing the environment of those species in their natural habitat.

For ADENA WWF it is one of the best in Spain, which is visited by 200,000 persons every year. It has earned a well-deserved reputation because of its research work. But it is also funny and beautiful because there are more than 400 botanical species in its gardens and this is the reason why it has been declared an Asset of Cultural Interest. www.zoobotanicojerez.com

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Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art The show starts on Tuesdays and Thursdays (some Saturdays, too) at noon. Horses of the Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art of Jerez dance. This school trains riders, selects horses, preserves the prestige of riding and is an ambassador of Spain because it of its tours to other countries. Take the opportunity to see them if you are in Cรกdiz.

Apart from the show, you can visit the stables, hardness room and the Carriage Museum.

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The Recreo de las Cadenas is of special interest, a beautiful building projected by Charles Garnier, who was the architect of the Paris Opera and the Casino of Monte Carlo.The Royal School is also a good starting point to know the city.

On the outskirts of Jerez, it is very interesting to visit the Stud of the Cartuja-Hierro del Bocado, an institution that houses the most important worldwide reserve of Cartuja lineage horses. It has been in charge of this responsibility since the Middle Age, when the monks of la Cartuja constituted a stud that soon became one of the most famous and valued.

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There are also highly-specialized campsites, like the ones organized

by Tecs, to learn English with a great range of formats and in different and interesting places in the province: w w w. t e c s . e s / t e c s / c a m p a m e n t o s

El Puerto de Santa Maria:

Go Camp (6 to 9 years old) Family Camp (10-17 years old)

Hi!, Can I help you?

School farms and Campsites Knowing the rural world and discovering the Nature together with other children is one of the most rewarding experiences in the childhood.

If the visit to the farm becomes a one-week stay we are going camping!: the first moments of fear, new friends, tears when saying goodbye.

The unforgettable summer, with plays and laughter, when they learnt to live alone.

In the province of Cádiz there are genuine and legendary farm schools such as Buenavista of Arcos de la Frontera. w w w. g r a n j a e s c u e l a . n e t .

Chiclana:

Sport Camp Novo Sancti Petri (8-18 years old) Parents´ Camp Novo Sancti Petri (children and adults)

Jerez:

Day Camp (7-12 years old)

Benaocaz-Sierra de Cádiz: Magic Village (10-13 years old)

Grazalema:

Little Village (13-17 years old)

San Roque:

Star Camp Sotogrande (13-18 years old) There are also theme campsites where to learn horse riding or surfing the waves or even mixed experiences like school farms to learn English:

Alcalá de los Gazules: www.haciendabarriche.com

Los Barrios www.granjaescuelabilingue.com

Tarifa:

Horse riding campsite: www.girasol-adventure.com

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Nature classroom and workshops There are many Nature rooms and places for workshops where schools take part, but many of them are open at weekends and holidays for receiving the families, doing sports and learning by playing.

www.ornipark.com is in Algeciras, an environmental education centre to know the world of birds and their habitats. It is located in an emblematic place: the natural park of the Strait, one of the main places in the world for the bird migration. www.lahuertadelnovo.blogspot.com is in Chiclana, with its wood-fired oven, greenhouse, ecological garden, farm and recycling workshops and restaurants for parents to eat calmly while children are playing! www.salinasdechiclana.com varies its offer every month, always having salt marshes and estuaries as their source of inspiration: harvesting, routes along the tide mills, guided visits to the salt museum or canoeing in the estuaries.

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Do you dare to walk in the forest one night at full moon?

It is a proposal by Montemedio Arte Contemporáneo (NMAC). It is in Vejer de la Frontera, where we can find a park of contemporary art sculptures in a beautiful Mediterranean forest.

NMAC Educa organizes this type of so original visits and many workshops of art and environment for the families:

In El Puerto de Santa María you can find the main access to the natural park Marismas de Los Toruños and natural spot of La Algaida, which provide guided tours by train, kayak, bicycle as well as weekly programs to enjoy the natural environment. www.parquedelabahia.es Natural parks also offer many activities to enjoy the Nature with the family through its visitors’ centres placed in:

www.nmaceduca.org www.fundacionnmac.org.

If you like to watch chameleons, you should visit Chipiona. There, the Centre of interpretation of Nature and coast “El Camaleón” is, where the association Alvirina (652894768 and 656630 146) meets groups and individuals.

In summer, chameleons can be seen near the centre.

Alcalá de los Gazules and Algeciras for knowing the natural park of Los Alcornocales.

San Fernando to enjoy the park of the Bay of Cádiz.

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Barbate to go into the natural parks la Breña and Marismas del Barbate El Bosque welcomes the park of the Sierra (mountains) de Grazalema Sanlúcar de Barrameda as an introductory centre of the natural park of Doñana.

Tarifa as an information point of the natural park of the Strait. www.ventanadelvisitante.com

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As if it was a trip of Jules Verne, the Palacio del Tiempo (Time Palace) is in the centre of Jerez, a stroll among watches, gemstones, special effects and a master watchmaker who surprises everybody with his appearance as a wise man of the 18th century.

The Palacio Del Tiempo (Time Palace) is placed in an old palace of the La Atalaya centre and it has a collection of more than 300 operating watches, Bohemian and Baccarat crystals, noble woods, nacre and ivory in a fantasy environment where you can enjoy one of the most famous chimes like the Big Ben chimes.

Machines for measuring the time from France, England, Italy, Switzerland, Austria and Germany, most prominent among which are those curious models like a canyon-shaped sun watch, a bobbing time-measuring boat or a clown playing with dice cups.

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You cannot leave Cádiz without meeting Aunt Norica, the naughty Batillo and the doctor Reticurcio Clarines¡. The oldest pieces of the puppet tradition of Cádiz are in the Museum of Cádiz.

The visit to the Museum is a good excuse to know one of the archaeological jewels of the province: the Phoenician sarcophagus found in the city, the only ones in Spain and ones of the few in the world.

There is also an important discovery, added to the beauty and historic value of the pieces: Don (Mister) Pelayo Quintero was the director of the Museum for many years and he was convinced that there should be a woman’s sarcophagi in the city. It appeared in 1980 under his house. He was a great researcher, he died in 1946.

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A tale about castles There are more than fifty castles, bastions, towers and walls in the province of Cádiz. From there you can see but you cannot be seen to send out smoke signals. To play pirates, minstrels or invaders.

They were built to protect the territory against invaders form the North –overland- and from all the fronts that Cádiz has in the sea: 260 Km of coast. Placed between two continents and to seas, Cádiz is a whim of nature. This singularity and the determination of all peoples to own this land, have configured this legacy. Many of them can be visited and they are an icon for the towns they are in.

Further information can be found in the tourist offices.

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Ro You should visit Carteia in San Roque, where a pool that looks valid for today will catch your attention. Of Phoenician origin, it became the first Latin colony out of the Italic land.

In El Puerto de Santa Maria, the archaeological site DoĂąa Blanca and the Sierra (mountains) de CĂĄdiz also have the Archaeological Route of the Pueblos Blancos (White Villages).

There are also several history-interpretation centres provided with audiovisual resources which are very striking for children.

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The archaeological site of Baelo Claudia is one of the main spots in the province because of its archaeological wealth and the beauty of the beach of Bolonia (Tarifa), where it is.

More than one hundred persons visit it every year, mainly in summer when concerts, classical theatre performances and dramatised tours take place. This Roman city, which was founded in the 2nd century B.C. next to the cove of Bolonia, started its decline with the tsunami that was supposed to devastate the city in the 2nd century A.C.

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Multi-adventure In the province of Cádiz there are spectacular places where to enjoy at the open air and there are active-tourism offices which organize theme tours and work in many natural spaces of the province.

To play Tarzan, you should go to Conil and tour trees with www.entreramasaventura. com.

Suspension bridges, Tibetan bridges and more than fifty plays distributed in five tours, which increase in height and difficulty.

In Algar, at the banks of the Guadalcacín swamp, you can find www.tajodelaguila.com, an extraordinary place to relax and enjoy the best of the Nature: boat rides, watching the stars, accommodation in huts, going fishing, tracking, canoeing, and taking the best pictures. www.girasol-adventure.com in Tarifa has a specific section for “Fun and Kids” offering family sports activities like football or volleyball or other type of activities like the circus school.

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AlcalĂĄ de los Gazules www.haciendabarriche.com

Arcos de la Frontera www.carriles.es

Barbate

www.naturexplorer.com

El Puerto de Sta. MarĂ­a www.cotoisleta.com

Jerez de la Frontera www.genatur.com

Prado del Rey www.sierraviva.es

San Roque

www.andaluciaactivities.com www.laalcaidesa.es

Vejer de la Frontera

www.culturesportadventures.com

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Cádiz: Two Seas In a province with 260 kilometres of coastline and placed between two seas, water sports have a main role in all the beaches and in inland waters, too!

There are nautical schools, companies and clubs to start water sports from 3 years old, depending on the type of sport and activity: Surf, wind, kite and paddle surf, becoming a helmsperson and sailing on small boats or catamarans, practising canoeing or kayak.

Cádiz Dos Mares (Two Seas), formerly known as Estación Náutica de la Bahía de Cádiz (Nautical Station of the Bay of Cádiz), is an association composed of hotels, restaurants, refreshment stalls, clubs, schools, marinas and marine businesses which offer courses and activities in the Bay of Cádiz and even complementary leisure activities in Jerez. www.cadizdosmares.com.

Also noteworthy is the www.asociacionsolosurf.com in Cádiz, a therapeutic centre that develops activities for children over 2 years old with special education needs and disabled persons.

Learning, fun and equal opportunities for everybody in the water.

The coast of Cádiz is also one of the most beautiful underwater landscapes in Europe due to the water transparency, the impressive biodiversity of its flora and fauna and the large quantity of shipwrecks.

It is known that Phoenicians wanted to be divers.

Then and now, the sea offers dazzling visibility conditions reaching up to thirty metres in depth.

More information on page 36 “Addresses of interest”

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Riding lessons and going horse riding The province is a reference and an opportunity to learn horse riding or going on riding routes from three years old.

Many festivals, shows and sports competitions celebrated in this province, would not be understood without the participation of horses, linked to this land since the Tartessian culture.

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Golf schools There are 22 golf courses in the province and some of them are provided with schools to teach this sport to children.

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Jack Nicklaus Academy del Iberostar wwwclubgolfnovosanctipetri. com

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www.academiasherrygolf.com

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www.villanuevagolf.com

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Contacts and Addresses of Interest Internet portals to enjoy the province of Cรกdiz with children The portal for families with children: www.conlospeques.com

History and Culture of the province of Cรกdiz in terms of comic: www.elsurderomero.com

The site of the family: www.pacopeco.es

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Internet portals to enjoy in the water

Internet portals to learn riding and go horse riding

ALGAR:

www.tajodelaguila.com www.sierraviva.es

ALGAR:

www.tajodelaguila.com

CÁDIZ: www.flotasnipecadiz.com

ARCOS:

www.centrohipicolasnieves.com

CHICLANA:

BARBATE:

www.escueladevelazaida.com www.novojet.net www.oasissurfshop.com w w w. w h y - n o t - f l y. c o m www.sanctipetrikayak.com www.waterbugs.es

www.fantasiaadventureholidays.com www.clubhipicolamimbre.es CHICLANA:

www.hipicalapatina.com www.royalhipica.com

CONIL:

CONIL:

w w w. e s c u e l a d e s u r f - c o n i l . c o m www.oceanaddicts.es w w w. s u r f s c h o o l c o n i l . c o m www.suroestekayakvela.com w w w. t o t a l k i t e s u r f . c o m w w w. t r a f a l g a r s u r f . c o m w w w. w a t e r m a n s c h o o l . c o m

www.picaderopacheco.com www.picaderofuentedelgallo.es JEREZ:

www.alcantaraecuestre.com y www.centroecuestre2002.es PRADO DEL REY:

LOS BARRIOS:

www.andalucia-a-caballo.com

www.surfcentertarifa.com

SANLÚCAR DE BARRAMEDA:

SANLÚCAR DE BARRAMEDA:

www.danat.es www.eslorapiraguismo.com

www.clubecuestrelaarboleda.com www.carrerassanlucar.es

SAN ROQUE: Club Marítimo Sotogrande:

SAN ROQUE: Fundación Santa María Polo Club, Centro de Hipoterapia y Centro Hípico solidario: www.fundacionsantamariapolo.org

www.rcms.es www.laalcaidesa.es TARIFA:

TARIFA:

www.buceotarifa.com www.divingtarifa.com www.kamasurfer.com www.aostarifa.com www.kitetarifa.info www.kiteconcepttarifa.com www.wavehole-tarifa.es

www.aventuraecuestre.com in hotel

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www.hipicatarifa.com in hotel Hurricane www.girasol-adventure.com VEJER:

www.clubhipicolamimbre.es www.equusequitacion.com

VEJER:

www.aframe.de www.9piesescueladesur.com www.surfelpalmar.com

ZAHARA DE LOS ATUNES:

www.senderos-sierra-plata.es

ZAHARA DE LA SIERRA:

www.sierraviva.es

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Tourist offices of the province

CHICLANA DE LA FRONTERA Calle La Plaza 3. CP: 11130 T: 956 535 969 turismo@chiclana.es www.turismochiclana.com

PATRONATO PROVINCIAL DE TURISMO DE CÁDIZ Plaza de Madrid s/n. Estadio Ramón de Carranza. Fondo Sur. 4ª planta.

CP: 11011 T: 956 807 061 Info@cadizturismo.com www.cadizturismo.com

CHIPIONA Calle Castillo 5. CP: 11550 T: 956 922 331 turismo@aytochipiona.es www.turismochipiona.es CONIL DE LA FRONTERA Calle Carretera 1. CP: 11140 T: 956 440 501 / 956 440 222 turismo@conil.org www.turismo.conil.org

ALGECIRAS Avenida Villanueva s/n. CP: 11207 T: 956 581 413 turismoalgeciras@gmail.com www.ayto-algeciras.es

EL BOSQUE Plaza de toros, 11. CP: 11670 T: 956 727 019 elbosqueturismo@ andaluciajunta.es

ARCOS DE LA FRONTERA. Calle Cuesta de Belén 5. CP: 11630 T: 956 702 264 turismo@arcosdelafrontera.es www.turismoarcos.es BARBATE Avenida Río Barbate 23. CP: 11160 T: 956 063 613 turismo@barbate.es www.barbate.es

EL PUERTO DE SANTA MARÍA Plaza Alfonso X El Sabio 9. CP: 11500 T: 956 483 714 / 956 483 715 turismo@elpuertodesantamaria.es www.turismoelpuerto.com

BENALUP - CASAS VIEJAS Calle Paterna 4. CP: 11190 T: 956 417 733 oficinaturismo@benalupcasasviejas. es

ESPERA Calle Los toros s/n. CP: 11648 T: 956 720 432 turismoespera@gmail.com www.webespera.es

BORNOS Plaza Alcalde José González 2. CP: 11640 T: 956 728 264 turismobornos@hotmail.com www.bornos.es

GRAZALEMA Centro de Información Turística Plaza Asomadero 3. CP: 11610 T: 956 132 052 www.centrodeinformaciongrazalema. info

CÁDIZ Centro de recepción de turistas del Ayuntamiento.

Paseo de Canalejas s/n. CP: 11006 T: 956 241 001 info.turismo@cadiz.es www.cadiz.es

JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA Jerevisión. Recepción e información turística.

Calle Armas 17. CP 11401 T: 956 169 920 y 609 579 294 info@jerevision.com www.jerevision.com

CÁDIZ Avenida Ramón de Carranza s/n.

CP: 11006 T: 956 203 191 otcadiz@andalucia.org www.andalucia.org

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JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA Aeropuerto de Jerez. Carretera N-IV km.628,5 T: 956 186 808 oficina.aeropuerto@cadizturismo.com www.cadizturismo.com JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA Plaza del Arenal s/n. CP: 11403 TLF: 956 338 874 / 956 341 711 turismo2@aytojerez.es www.turismojerez.com

CP:

LOS BARRIOS Paseo de la Constitución 15. CP: 11370 T: 956 582 504 informacionturistica@ayto-losbarrios.es www.losbarrios.es MEDINA SIDONIA Calle San Juan s/n. CP : 11170 T: 956 412 404 oficinadeturismodemedinasidonia@hotmail.es www.medinasidonia.com OLVERA Plaza de la Iglesia s/n. CP: 11690 T: 956 120 816 y 665 940 087 info@turismolvera.es www.turismolvera.es PRADO DEL REY Calle Fuente s/n. CP: 11660 T: 956 724 436 turismo.pradodelrey@dipucadiz.es www.pradodelrey.org PUERTO REAL Plaza Rafael Alberti 4. CP: 11510 T: 856 213 362 oficina.turismo@puertoreal.es www.turismo.puertoreal.es

SAN FERNANDO Calle Real 26. CP: 11100 T: 956 944 226 / 956 944 227 turismo@aytosanfernando.org www.turismosanfernando.org SAN ROQUE Calle Rubín de Celis s/n. CP: 11360 TLF: 956 694 005 turismo@sanroque.es www.sanroque.es/turismo

LA LÍNEA DE LA CONCEPCIÓN Avenida del Ejército s/n. CP: 11300 T: 956 784 137 / 956 784 135 otlinea@andalucia.org www.andalucia.org LA LÍNEA DE LA CONCEPCIÓN Avenida Príncipe de Asturias s/n.

11300 TLF: 956 171 998 turismo@lalinea.es www.turismocg.com

ROTA Castillo de Luna. Calle Cuna 2. CP: 11520 T: 956 841 352 / 956 846 345 turismo@aytorota.es www.turismorota.com

SANLÚCAR DE BARRAMEDA Calle Calzada Duquesa Isabel s/n. CP: 11540 T: 956 366 110 sanlucarturismo@gmail.com www.sanlucardebarrameda.es SETENIL DE LAS BODEGAS Calle Villa 2. CP: 11692 TLF: 956 134 261 y 659 546 626 turismo@setenil.com www.setenil.com TARIFA Paseo de la Alameda s/n. CP: 11380 T: 956 680 993 / 956 680 676 turismo@aytotarifa.com www.aytotarifa.com/Turismo UBRIQUE Calle Moreno de Mora 19 A. CP: 11600 T: 956 464 900 turismodeubrique@hotmail.com www.ayuntamientoubrique.es VEJER DE LA FRONTERA Avenida de los Remedios 2. CP: 11150 T: 956 451 736 info@turismovejer.es www.turismovejer.es VILLAMARTÍN Plaza Ayuntamiento 10. CP: 11650 TLF: 956 733 555 culturavillamartin@gmail.com www.villamartin.es

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Activities by towns ALCALÁ DE LOS GAZULES - 6 , 13 , 15 , 16 , 28.

ALCALÁ DEL VALLE - 6 , 13 , 15 , 16 , 21 , 31.

ALGAR - 6 , 15 , 16, 30 , 31 , 33 , 34.

ALGECIRAS - 3 ,4, 6 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 23.

ALGODONALES - 6 , 13 , 15 , 28 .

ARCOS DE LA FRONTERA - 6 . 12 , 16, 20 . , 21 , 22 ,27, 37.

BARBATE - 3 , 6 , 13 , 14 ,15 ,17, 30, 35 , 39 .

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BENAOCAZ - 6 , 15 , 21 , 22 , 28, 46.

BORNOS - 6 , 27 , 28 , 32 , 34.

CÁDIZ - 2 , 3 , 6 , 9 , 11 , 13 , 17, 25 ,26,27,28, 32 , 34, 35 , 36 , 39 , 40.

CASTELLAR DE LA FRONTERA - 6 , 13 , 15 , 16 , 27 , 28.

CHICLANA DE LA FRONTERA- 3 , 5 , 6 , 12 , 15 , 17 , 21 , 22 ,34, 37 , 39, 40, 43.

CHIPIONA-- 3 6 ,10 , 17 , 23, 27.

CONIL DE LA FRONTERA 3 , 6 , 15 , 29 , 35 , 36 , 38 , 39 , 40.

EL BOSQUE 6 , 7 , 13 , 15 , 16, 21. 46.

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6 , 13 , 15 , 16 , 28 ,46.

PUERTO SERRANO -

6 , 13 , 15 , 22 , 28.

ROTA - 2, 3 , 6 , 17 , 21 , 27 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 39 , 40 .

SAN FERNANDO - 3 , 5 , 6 , 13 , 15 , 17, 27, 32 , 33 , 34 35 , 36 , 39 , 40.

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SANLÚCAR DE BARRAMEDA - 3 , 6 , 12 , 17 , 18 , 27, 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40.

SAN ROQUE - 6 , 12 , 13 , 15 , 21 , 22 ,28, 37.

SETENIL - 6 , 13 , 15 , 16 , 21 , 27 TARIFA - 1 , 3 , 6 , 12 ,13, 15, 28, 16, 27 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 39 , 40 , 41, 44. 45 TREBUJENA - 6 , 13 , 15, 19.

TORRE ALHáQUIME -

6 , 13 , 15 , 27.

UBRIQUE - 6 , 13 , 15 , 16 , 28 , 38 ,46.

VEJER DE LA FRONTERA- 3 ,6 , 12 , 13 , 14 ,15,17, , 22 , 27 , 28 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37.

VILLALUENGA -

6 , 13 , 15 , 21 , 28 , 46.

VILLAMARTIN -

6 13 , 15 , 22 , 27 , 28.

ZAHARA DE LA SIERRA -

6 , 13 , 15 , 16 ,

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ESPERA - 6 , 13, 15 , 27 , 28.

GRAZALEMA - 6 , 13 , 15 , 16 , 22 , 46 .

JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA - 6 , 8 , 11 , 16, 19 , 20 , 22 , 24 37 , 42 . 43.

JIMENA DE LA FRONTERA - 6 , 13 , 15 ,16, 27 , 28 , 30 .

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PATERNA - 6 , 13 , 15 , 21 , 28.

PRADO DEL REY PUERTO REAL -

6 , 13 , 15 , 16 , 28 ,46.

3 , 6 , 13 , 15 , 17 , 37.

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Juan Romero Burgos Juan Romero, who is the author of the illustrations in this publication, is a specialist in describing Cádiz in his own way. A funny, amusing and fantastic way of painting the province, describing it through his colours.

His feelings for this small place in Andalucía have been titled “El Sur de Romero (the South of Romero)”. A multi-colour destination that is well worth visiting on the Internet and says a lot about him: an extraordinary self-taught artist who still sees his land with the curiosity of children. Immense, fresh and friendly.

This is the way Juan sees the province, despite the time and distance, Romero was born in Barbate (Cádiz) in 1964, but he soon moved to Barcelona with his parents. There, he became interested in the magic of illustrations and in the 80´s, with the comics boom, he started to paint cartoons in the Rambles of Barcelona.

He left Catalonia and went back home and found his promised land. He expressed all he had dreamed in a blog www.elsurderomero. com. He is its creative director and the house brand but he is also involved in many other projects. Among them, this “Cádiz with the family” for children of all ages, even grandparents, to know the province better and enjoy it.

Among his works, it is worth mentioning “Isla Peques (Children Island)”, the children’s section of the tourist portal of San Fernando www.turismosanfernando.org. He has also made book covers “Güichis Ultramarinos y Otras historias cotidianas de la Isla (Güichis Ultramarine and other everyday stories of the Island)” and “El Cinematógrafo (The Cinematograph)”.

In 2011 he was awarded the first prize of the poster contest of the Carnival of Barbate and Conil de la Frontera.

Currently, he is working on a comic about a picador, a varilarguero of the Isla de León (Lion Island), who works as a garrochista in Jerez in 1808. He continues, with his unlimited imagination, creating historic and everyday characters and even bringing stones to life, because nature and patrimony have another sense from his view: the world, according to Romero.

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