Costa de la Luz

What Ayamonte is really like: a Guadiana border town facing Portugal, whitewashed streets, Isla Canela beaches and a ferry to the Algarve.

What Chipiona is really like: Spain’s tallest lighthouse, the long Playa de Regla, the Regla sanctuary and Moscatel wine on the Costa de la Luz.

What Barbate is really like: an Atlantic tuna port, cliff-top trails in La Brena natural park and long golden beaches on the Costa de la Luz.

What Conil de la Frontera is really like: a white old town, Atlantic beaches, quiet coves and almadraba tuna on the Costa de la Luz.

What Lepe is really like: a Huelva strawberry town on the Costa de la Luz, with La Antilla and Islantilla beaches and the Río Piedras estuary nearby.

What Puerto Real is really like: a royal-founded town on the Bay of Cádiz, ringed by natural-park marshes and salt pans, minutes from Cádiz city.

Municipality of about 34,900 in the Campo de Gibraltar: hilltop old town, Sotogrande marina and golf, Roman Carteia, and La Línea and Gibraltar a few km away.

What Arcos de la Frontera is really like: a clifftop white town above the Guadalete, with a cliff-edge square, great churches and Jerez nearby.

Small Huelva town where Columbus’s ships sailed on 3 August 1492: La Rábida, the Muelle de las Carabelas and San Jorge. No town beach; Mazagón is nearby.

What Vejer de la Frontera is really like: a walled white town on a hill above the Costa de la Luz, near the wild beaches of El Palmar and Zahara.