Spain (Cadiz, Ibiza & Almeria)

Walls of Cadiz, Spain

Market in Cadiz, Spain

Square in Cadiz, Spain

Mojacar, Spain

Teenagers - Spain

Almeria, Spain

Ibiza, Spain

 Cadiz, Ibiza, & Almeria, Spain (5/12-14/2009) - We had three interesting Spanish ports of call on our trans-Atlantic cruise.

First, Cadiz, where the Spanish explorers left Spain to explore (plunder) the New World. Cadiz is a beautiful city with narrow twisted streets lined with beautiful houses opening to lovely plazas. Surrounded by ocean and parks, a day of wandering was delightful.

Picturesque Cadiz, said to be one of the oldest cities in western Europe founded about 3,000 years ago. Columbus departed from Cadiz on two voyages of discovery of the Americas. Cadiz became the wealthiest port in Western Europe from the gold and silver imports. We also took a ferry to Puerto de Santa Maria, an old fishing town.

Then we went to Almeria in southeast Spain. Famous for being the site of the filming of the movie Lawrence of Arabia, Almeria is also the filming site of many US Westerns and other movies staring Clint Eastwood and California's ex-Governor Arnold. 

In Almeria, we visited a hilltop village, Mojacar, before climbing the hill to the beautifully restored Moorish fortress Alcazaba. Wayne got us lost (again?) and Pat led us down a cliff (shortcut!).

Our third Spanish port of call, we visited the party/beach island of Ibiza. Less of a party today and no beach visit because it rained but Ibiza has more nightlife (discos) than anywhere in Europe. We explored the UNESCO designed d’Alt Vila, a beautiful walled castle area with our new friends, David and Anna, who are professional photographers.






Please see our other 3 posts about interesting Spain:

San Sebastian, Spain


Pamplona (Running of the Bulls), Spain

Canary Islands, Cadiz, Malaga, & Valencia, Spain

For free travel tips and cost-saving bargains:
- Like us on our Facebook travel page
- Follow us on Twitter: Follow @wdunlap

Treat yourself and see many more photos (some winners of awards) of our worldwide travel adventures - click on our travel photo file: www.flickr.com/photos/unhooknow/sets.

Contact us to Arrange an inspirational and informational Plan Your Escape® travel presentation for your organization about great travel tips, unique bargain-finding strategies, easy-to-sue trip planning tools, and interesting stories.

From travel TV hosts (Plan Your Escape®), travel columnist for the Huffington Post, and experience travelers (100 countries), our popular 5-star customer rated groundbreaking and comprehensive how-to world travel book (available as paperback or Ebook for $7.96) Plan Your Escape®, Secrets of Traveling the World for Less Than the Cost of Living at Homereveals secrets how you can travel and see more for half the cost for all trips, claim your life, experience more adventure and romance, safely realize your travel dreams with comprehensive planning tools and checklists, travel the world for less than $100/day for a couple, and much more! – for additional information and sign up for free travel tips and bargains, go to www.PlanYourEscapeNow.com

You have read this articleSpain Ibiza Cadiz Almeria with the title Spain (Cadiz, Ibiza & Almeria). You can bookmark this page URL https://tiogatalk.blogspot.com/2009/05/spain-cadiz-ibiza-almeria.html. Thanks!

Write by: AN - Friday, May 22, 2009