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Discovering Cádiz

‘From the cathedral and Roman theatre to the fish market and merchants’ watchtowers, the city has a character all of its own’

Looking out across the rolling immensity of the Atlantic ocean, the city of Cádiz, perched on the southwest coast of Spain, is one of the oldest inhabited cities in Europe. Situated at the end of a long sand spit on what was once an island, it has been like a little world unto itself since the Phoenicians first came here some 3,000 years ago.

While Cádiz offers fewer major

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