Costa de la Luz Map

This is the only coast in this collection that is not Mediterranean. The Costa de la Luz faces the Atlantic, from the Portuguese border round to the Strait of Gibraltar, and everything follows from that: bigger surf, stronger wind, wider beaches, cooler water and far fewer high-rise blocks. Tarifa at the southern tip is the windsurfing capital of Europe for the same reason.

What is plotted on the Costa de la Luz map

The map carries 17 places on this coast: 7 historic sites, 3 beaches, 2 natural parks, 2 museums, 2 towns, 1 viewpoint. They span roughly 143 km in a straight line, from Doñana National Park in the north to Tarifa in the south.

The Costa de la Luz coast, north to south

Every marker on the map, in the order you would meet it driving south. The distance is a straight line from the place above it.

Place	Type	From previous
Doñana National Park Doñana National Park is a natural reserve of marshes, shallow streams and sand dunes in the delta where the Guadalquivir	Natural park	—
Chipiona Lighthouse Chipiona Lighthouse is an active 19th-century lighthouse on Punta del Perro in Chipiona, about 6 kilometres southwest of the Guadalquivir	Viewpoint	36 km
Museo Arqueológico de Jerez The Museo Arqueológico Municipal de Jerez de la Frontera occupies an 18th-century building on the Plaza del Mercado and opened	Museum	27 km
Jerez de la Frontera Cathedral The Cathedral of the Holy Saviour, seat of the Diocese of Asidonia-Jerez, was built in the 17th century in a	Historic site	0 km
Alcázar of Jerez de la Frontera The Alcázar of Jerez de la Frontera is a former Moorish alcázar whose first fortress was probably built in the	Historic site	0 km
Doña Blanca Doña Blanca is a 200-hectare archaeological site in El Puerto de Santa María, a tell containing walls, dwellings, a Punic	Historic site	6 km
Castle of San Marcos The Castle of San Marcos, also called Castillo de Alfonso X El Sabio, is a medieval castle in El Puerto	Historic site	7 km
Museum of Cádiz The Museum of Cádiz was founded in 1970 from the merger of the Provincial Museum of Fine Arts with the	Museum	9 km
La Caleta La Caleta is a beach in the historical centre of Cádiz, a natural harbour used historically by Phoenicians, Carthaginians and	Beach	1 km
Cádiz Cathedral The Cathedral of the Holy Cross over the Waters in Cádiz, seat of the Diocese of Cádiz y Ceuta, was	Historic site	1 km
Bahía de Cádiz Natural Park Bahía de Cádiz Natural Park is a 10,522-hectare natural park established in 1989 at the mouth of the Guadalete river,	Natural park	13 km
Castle of Sancti Petri The Castle of Sancti Petri is a 13th-century Moorish-style stronghold on the little island of Sancti Petri, once one of	Historic site	11 km
Playa de la Barrosa Playa de la Barrosa is a six-kilometre-long beach in Chiclana de la Frontera, separated from the Playa de Sancti Petri	Beach	4 km
Vejer de la Frontera A white town on a ridge about 190 metres above the Atlantic plain, its Moorish street plan protected as a	Town	23 km
Baelo Claudia A Roman town founded on fish sauce in the late 2nd century BC, with its forum, theatre, basilica and garum	Historic site	25 km
Playa de Bolonia A white-sand Atlantic bay backed by a live dune over 30 metres high, protected since 2001, with Roman ruins at	Beach	1 km
Tarifa Mainland Europe’s southernmost town, where the Strait of Gibraltar narrows to 14.2 km and the Levante wind made a kitesurfing	Town	16 km

By what you are looking for

Historic site (7): Jerez de la Frontera Cathedral, Alcázar of Jerez de la Frontera, Doña Blanca, Castle of San Marcos, Cádiz Cathedral, Castle of Sancti Petri, Baelo Claudia

Beach (3): La Caleta, Playa de la Barrosa, Playa de Bolonia

Natural park (2): Doñana National Park, Bahía de Cádiz Natural Park

Museum (2): Museo Arqueológico de Jerez, Museum of Cádiz

Town (2): Vejer de la Frontera, Tarifa

Viewpoint (1): Chipiona Lighthouse

How to read the map

Each marker is coloured by place type, so a glance tells you whether a point is a beach, a town or a natural park. Clicking a marker opens its name, type and a link to the full page. The checkbox bar above the map filters by type: untick everything except beaches to see only the coastline, or leave only historic sites to plan a day inland. Markers cluster when zoomed out, so a number in a circle means several places sit close together — zoom in and the cluster splits.

For the coast written up as a single read, see the Costa de la Luz guide or the region page.

How to use this map

The map is scoped to this coast: the pins are the destinations on it, not the whole of Spain. The filters above narrow it further — show only beaches, or only coves, viewpoints, castles, museums or natural parks.

Town guides on this coast

For the coast in words, see the full guide, or the region page for its destinations by area. Every Spanish coast is on the main CostaMap map.

Every place we have mapped on the Costa de la Luz

65 towns, beaches, coves and landmarks, kept up to date automatically.