Andalucia Day 22 Back to Cadiz

After a quiet morning we are back on the catamaran to Cadiz.

The afternoon October sun is still surprisingly strong and the light is intense in the perfectly clear sky. We walk along the seafront in front of the newer part of the city to get a good view of the old part and have a look at the beaches but quickly retreat to the blissful shade of the narrow streets of the historical centre.

Cadiz invites walking, every corner offers historical buildings, interesting shops and so many bars, cafés and restaurants that it's difficult to resist the temptation to stop and partake. We settle on Granier, a chain of bakeries/cake shops, for hot chocolate and a pastry, well, 3 pastries because they were 3 for €1.60.

A statue showing women, not so common, in this case the tobacco factory workers

The old cathedral is open so we go in, it's free, a pleasant building with unadorned columns of local sandstone. We give the main cathedral a miss because it costs 7 euros. Our budget doesn't run to all the potential entry fees in every destination, and there is so much to see anyway.

Another free attraction is the Roman theatre, not a lot remains but there is an interesting video about theatre in Roman times. The English version is pretty bad. As often, I wonder why even important institutions, Junta Andalucía in this case, don't get a native speaker to check the translations.

The afternoon is turning into evening and the fierce sun is becoming pleasantly warming.

We walk along the seafront to watch the sunset, and then wander back through the darkening streets to get the catamaran back to El Puerto.

Without realising it we have walked nearly as many kilometres as the previous day.

Kilometres by car: 0

Kilometres on foot: 18

Cadiz Day 1