{"id":4801,"date":"2019-05-10T10:48:35","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T17:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelblog.lewington.ca\/wordpress\/?p=4801"},"modified":"2019-05-11T13:51:47","modified_gmt":"2019-05-11T20:51:47","slug":"cadiz-a-walk-on-the-promenade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/travelblog.lewington.ca\/wordpress\/cadiz-a-walk-on-the-promenade\/","title":{"rendered":"Cadiz \u2013 A Walk on the Promenade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We had a 5-day stopover in Cadiz due to airBnB logistics.  Last year we mentioned that 3 days in Cadiz was probably more than enough and we\u2019re sticking to that.  It\u2019s pretty in Cadiz and the weather is very nice but there\u2019s not a lot to do except eat out and it\u2019s always overrun with cruise ship tourists.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The highlight for us was a day walk along the extensive promenade that almost encircles old\/new Cadiz.    We didn\u2019t make it as far as the nature preserve which would have been interesting I suppose, but we got lazy and by the 3rd day we were just waiting to get back to Jerez where the vibe is more friendly and our digs way nicer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are in Cadiz on a cruise stop, by all means, check out the town and the history for a day.  But if you get a chance, go to Jerez as it\u2019s only a 30-minute train ride (just under 40km) away.   It\u2019s our opinion, but we could hang out in Jerez for 6 months.  Six more hours in Cadiz would have driven us bonkers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The waterfront promenade runs all around the old town into the new past a long stretch of beaches for a length of about 5 Km.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Castle of San Sebasti\u00e1n. . . a bird’s eye view.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Castle of San Sebasti\u00e1n is a fortress located at the end of La Caleta beach on a small island accessible from the main city by a walkway. It was constructed in 1706 to defend the northern flank of the city from attack.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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View of the C<\/strong>\u00e1diz Cathedral from the waterfront promenade<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The C<\/strong>\u00e1diz Cathedral (Catedral de Santa Cruz de C\u00e1diz) is a spectacular Roman Catholic church built between 1722 and 1838. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Staircase from the promenade to the beach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We see many happy dogs here<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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There is a very laid back vibe on the waterfront, away from the congested inner city streets of “old town”, which are usually crawling with tourists from the cruise ships. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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We had a 5-day stopover in Cadiz due to airBnB logistics.  Last year we mentioned that 3 days in Cadiz was probably more than enough and we\u2019re sticking to that.  It\u2019s pretty in Cadiz and the weather is very nice but there\u2019s not a lot to do except eat out and it\u2019s always overrun with cruise ship tourists.  The highlight for us was a day walk along the extensive promenade that almost encircles old\/new Cadiz.    We didn\u2019t make it as far as the nature preserve which would have been interesting I suppose, but we got lazy and by the 3rd day we were just waiting to get back to Jerez…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[13,15,14],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/travelblog.lewington.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4801"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/travelblog.lewington.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/travelblog.lewington.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/travelblog.lewington.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/travelblog.lewington.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4801"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"http:\/\/travelblog.lewington.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4873,"href":"http:\/\/travelblog.lewington.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4801\/revisions\/4873"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/travelblog.lewington.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/travelblog.lewington.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/travelblog.lewington.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/travelblog.lewington.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}