Two castles in Cadiz, Spain
Back in March this year, I was due to stop by Cadiz in Spain for a day, it was the last stop on my cruise holiday. As always, I looked up Pinmapple to see what places Hivers had been to and found an interesting place that @cuvi had posted about. I dropped a comment on his post and he gave me some recommendations. Job done, how easy was that with Pinmapple!!!
Cadiz
Cadiz is on the south western tip of Spain, and based on my flash four hour visit, I can't really comment on what the city is like. Let's just say I found no negatives during my short time there. The streets and buildings had bags of character, the church was very serene as one would expect. The promenade looked out to the beautiful blue sea reaching upwards to the clear skies, I wish our seaside promenade at home was half as elegant as this. Even the garden benches were so colourful very Med. What could I possibly complain about?
Castillo de Santa Catalina
There were two places I had planned to visit during my short time at Cadiz, and they were both within walking distance from where our cruise ship had docked. The first is Santa Catalina Castle, a 16th century fortress. It's unique in that it's built like a 5 pointed star. You can't see it from the photos as the area is quite large, that's why I've added a photo of the site layout.
There are a series of buildings on site such as the 1693 chapel dedicated to Saint Catherine (Santa Catalina). Some are used for exhibition purposes such as one which had an exhibition about Cadiz's most horrific tragedy in 1947 when an ammunition depot exploded killing 150 people and injuring 10,000.
Visitors are free to walk around the fortress and wander to the upper level to get a better view of the surroundings. From here we can see San Sebastian Castle further along the coast. That would be our next stop.
Castillo de San Sebastián
We left Castillo de Santa Catalina taking one final look back at it. Today it doesn't seem that impressive but back in the 16th century it was deemed essential to fend off the constant invasion from the Dutch and Brits, so it has it's place in Cadiz's history.
Cadiz is actually a very pleasant place for a walk about. The weather was beautiful in March, and we continued walking along the Altantic coast to our next stop. By the way, here's a little trivia for you. Did you know that the 2002 James Bond film Die Another Day was supposed to be Cuba? Since it was not possible to film there, the filming location was actually in Cadiz, and the famous scene where Halle Berry walks in from the sea in her orange bikini was actually filmed here - well not exactly this point in the photo but somewhere along this coastline. 😉
Anyway, back to our next stop Castillo de San Sebastián. This fortress is built on a little island just away from the mainland around the same time as Castillo de San Catalina. In 1860 a walkway was built to connect the island back to the mainland, and today this makes a very nice walk out to the sea. It wasn't awfully busy when we were there as March isn't exactly the busy season yet.
When we got to the end of the walkway, the fortress was closed. That's what Google told us beforehand, but you know sometimes Google doesn't always get things right so we were still half hoping we could get inside. Never mind, it's not that we had lots of time to kill anyway.
Fried seafood lunch
After the walkabout we wandered back into town to look for something to nibble. The thing with cruise holiday is that you get free unlimited food on board. We'd left in the morning after a rather big breakfast, and needed to get back on board late afternoon. So it was pointless to spend too much money on a proper lunch. We stopped by the Central Market as I read it was a popular tourist place, and boy was it busy even at 2pm. One of the stalls sold fried seafood and was particularly busy. We bought a selection of fried sardines, octopus and shrimps, plus a local beer and nibbled away. It was so delicious.
There was another stall that sold fresh sea urchins. These are a delicacy especially in Japanese cuisine. You eat the yellow bits inside. The best ones are very creamy and have a lovely aroma, very delicious, highly recommended if you like sushi. These one didn't look very appetising as the yellow bits were very small. The good large ones can be as big as a finger. I passed on these as it was time to head back on board where I could stuff my self with more food.
Adiós!
Listing the rest of my posts about this cruise holiday here, not because people will read them, but I like to have them all in one place for my own reference.😃
All onboard ready to sail away
The first four days of my cruise holiday
Winning £1000 to complete a whisky hoard
A tram ride to La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
A open air museum in La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Fuerteventura is (nearly) the most boring place
Lanzarote, a nice island in Spain
Walking on the airport runway in UK but not in UK
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Lovely. How bright is Spain! Those colours. I like Cadiz. Close to Jerez with the amazing sherry. My father in law had a place down there for a bit.
Places are always a lot lot nicer when the sun is out. I can imagine your view now vs what's outside my window
This looks like it was an awesome trip! I want to try and get to Spain one day. It just looks like a beautiful country. It sounds like I need to start liking seafood a bit more than I do though! I'm pretty much a fish and chips sort of guy. On a rare occasion I will eat some salmon, but that doesn't happen too often!
I really love seafood, but it's gotta be fresh, anything less it's not worth it.
Excluding the cruise visits which don't really count as it's just a few hours, I been to a a few other Spanish cities for holiday, have thoroughly enjoyed them all.
What a beautiful place to be.
Yes, it was!
I have also been to Cádiz and it is a fantastic city. I loved it
I see you've been pinning your travel posts on Pinmapple already 👍, maybe you can share some Cadiz ones as well!
I came looking for the beautiful photos and not only found that but some movie trivia too. This is win-win in my book. 007 must have had a great time here while trying to catch all the baddies and I see you did too.
Thanks for the trip. I snuck some of that delicious looking seafood, I hope you don't mind !LOL
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Nibbles are best shared!! Preferably with a beer which I don't think I have any to share on Hive🙃
Hi Pauline, that is so cool you connected with someone using pineapple! Love it! Looks like a nice stop.
It was just about right for a few hours stop Sara. Everything was within walking distance so there was no worry about missing the bus or train to return to the port
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I was in Cadiz some years back and reading your post brought back beautiful memories! Thanks for sharing your trip at this charming Spanish city @livinguktaiwan :)
You're welcome @marilandia. It's always interesting to read other people's post about a place and see how they see it compared to ourselves
So cool to see Cádiz 😊👋🏻 Looks like you walked past Plaza de España… or at least close to it. When I see that building. I lived there for a year. Right in the old centre… at the plaza. Such stunning views.
Your photos capture Cádiz so well. Stunning buildings and perfect places you visited.
Beautiful to see it again. We had a great time there, just to bad we had lock downs at that time and couldn’t go far. 😎
Have a wonderful week further @livinguktaiwan
I have no idea where I went Jackie! I just followed Google directions and wandered aimlessly around the city, and overall it was a very nice few hours. Glad I could take you back for a virtual tour
Luckily it isn’t that big the old city 😁😊
It was great to see it again. It’s a cute city for many reasons. 😎
Have a wonderful Thursday and happy HPUD 💪🏻🐝
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It looks stunning there ! And I really like the way you use Pinmapple to figure out great places to see - as simple as it sounds, I never thought of using it that way (but I will now !!!).
Great pics !!!
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I always go to Pinmapple for ideas when I go away as many reviews are written by locals. When are I go up to Scotland again, no guesses who's profile I'll be looking!!!
Funny enough I've actually never thought of checking Pinmapple and looking for places to visit. I would simply just try to remember when I'm already in the place... like an idiot. 🤣 Thanks for the idea :P
That coast looks great! I would love to stay there at the seawall/pier and just enjoy the seawaves and the wind, probably minus the heat. Cruises scares me LOL, not only the amount of time spent in sea but also the fact that you have a few hours in a place and you'd have to come back at a certain period of time. What if you are left by the ship? That would be scary🤣 Of course you wouldn't be that irresponsible but just the feeling that you have to "rush" all the time is just not for me.
Nice to see you enjoyed it tho! :D
Cruises aren't my cup of tea either but my sisters love them. Having only a few hours in each place is really not ideal. If you need to catch a bus or train to another town cuz, you catch an earlier return bus or train to make sure you get back to port in time. Then you catch the bus/train before that one in case there are delays or you miss that one, so all in all you make so many allowances that you're only left with fraction of the time 😄
This cruise was back in March when we were just coming out from lockdown and my sister found a very good deal. I figured it would be less hassle and an easy way to gradually ease back into travels. Hopefully will be back doing proper travels next year.
the place looks awesome! is that a cruise ship in the first picture?
mmm I've never had sea urchin yet but they said it really tastes delicious
Hi!! I love your post! I’ve never been in Cádiz and I didn’t know it has such a wonderful beach. Castillo de San Sebastián and Castillo de Santa Catalina are also beautiful. Thanks a lot for sharing this amazing destiny!!
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I am planning to go to Seville, I have to see on the map if anyone has already been there! nice photos
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There's a nice selection of pins on Seville on Pinampple, I haven't got round to post mine yet, got so much content I haven't posted!
Cádiz is an awesome city and I know it well, I used to work in Puerto Real which is another seatown in Cádiz. So friendly people, and gorgeous architecture:)
Should have asked you for tips as well had I known! Luckily it's not like I had days to spend there with nothing to do, so my short trip was well spent. Another time maybe.
Yes when you don't have much time then there is no point going further afield.
An unorganised, dishevelled work! needs improvement!
Paulina, you make very good use of your time, two castles and a good meal, how wonderful.
I didn't know hedgehog could be eaten 🤦🏽♀️ how much culture and travel I am missing, I need them . 🤣
Those are sea urchins, not hedgehog!!! 😁
Yes, I understood which animal it was, hahahah only that the translator is the same. 😁
If only you would have a drone for that star shape! I would have loved to see it from up high but not as high as the satellite images of course 😁
The fact about the Bond Movie, is there a sign or something? How did you learn?!
I can't remember how I found out... probably when I was looking for things to do in Cadiz before I went there. Things you find out on internet nowadays!!
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I really want to sail anything else to the scenic spots as you share
I'm fascinated by historical sites around the world. This essay made me learn more about the province of Cádiz. I found 37 posts for the province of Cádiz on @Pinmapple, 9 of which belong to @Cuvi, also found your Gibraltar post. I'll read that later because I need to go through the more systematic articles first on es.wikipedia.org Provincia de Cádiz.
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I am glad that you had such a good time and that you liked the city and its typical fish. All the best @livinguktaiwan.