Costa de la Luz

What Setenil de las Bodegas is really like: white houses built into and under the cliffs of the Trejo gorge, with tapas in the shade of the rock.

What Rota is really like: wide Bay of Cadiz beaches, the Castillo de Luna, ancient stone fish traps and an easy Costa de la Luz base.

What Tarifa is really like: kitesurf beaches, the southern tip of mainland Europe, views of Morocco and a whitewashed old town on the Costa de la Luz.

What Huelva is really like: Columbus history, the Muelle del Tinto, the Odiel marshes and a gateway to the Costa de la Luz beaches.

What La Línea de la Concepción is really like: sandy beaches with Rock-of-Gibraltar views, a walkable border and an easy base for the bay.

What San Fernando is really like: Camposoto beach, salt flats, Carnival roots and easy Cádiz access on the Costa de la Luz.

What Algeciras is really like: the historic Plaza Alta, Getares beach, Strait of Gibraltar views, and ferries to Morocco on the Costa de la Luz.

What Cádiz is really like: Western Europe’s oldest city, a walled seafront old town, La Caleta beach, Torre Tavira views and a world-famous February carnival.

What Sanlúcar de Barrameda is really like — Manzanilla sherry, beach horse races, langostinos at Bajo de Guía and boat trips to Doñana National Park.

What Chiclana de la Frontera is really like — the 8 km Barrosa beach, the Sancti Petri island castle, pine dunes and Novo Sancti Petri golf on the Costa de la Luz.