Top Things to do in Costa de la Luz
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Top 6 Castles in Costa de la Luz, Andalucia
Discover the best top things to do in Costa de la Luz, Spain including Arcos de la Frontera, San Marcos Castle, Castillo y ruinas de Dona Blanca, Castillo de Guzman el Bueno, Castillo Santa Catalina, Castillo de Las Almadrabas.
Restaurants in Costa de la Luz
1. Arcos de la Frontera
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 578 reviews
Reviewed By seyamailap2017 - Barcelona, Spain
Arcos is a beautiful white town with nice viewpoints. Be aware that on Sunday most churches will be closed and that is what you should visit. It is not that touristic yet.
2. San Marcos Castle
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 349 reviews
Reviewed By BenjySydney - Whangarei, New Zealand
I took a friend to the tour since it was a first time experience for him. The guide was good and informative and of course, the various aspects of the castle's history were fascinating given its Roman, Moorish and Christian phases with different historical and architectural elements combined into an interesting whole. The castle has a large upper level, which was formerly the main stage for fighting off invaders and also some interesting elements designed to channel invaders into a trap. The former stables are now the cask room, full of sherry odours. A sherry tasting and retail area offers a guided tasting tour, during which different sherries are explained, along with their source grapes and processes of processing. The building itself is really attractive with some exquisite features steep in its history. We also enjoyed the sherry tasting.
3. Castillo y ruinas de Dona Blanca
4. Castillo de Guzman el Bueno
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 449 reviews
Tarifa is a bridge between Europe and Africa and divides the Mediterranean from the Atlantic. The city occupies a strategic place in a legendary zone, “The Pillars of Hercules”. That’s the reason why it was inhabited from prehistoric times to this day, by Phoenicians, Romans, Muslims and Christians, upon this rocky peninsula, the most southern point of Europe. The castle was built in 960, by the Omeyyad Caliph Abd al-Rahman III, giving rise to the defensive enclosure that we see today, one of the best preserved in Spain. The Castle, which today show what has resulted from the addition of defensive structures (gates, towers, barriers), as well as from its palatial constructions, accumulated since the XV century up to the times of I Marquis of Tarifa in the XVI century. The castle preserved its military function for a for a millenium. In 1989 it was placed in civil hands, beginning with the restoration and archeological work that has made it known to us.
Reviewed By AltabasTravels - London, United Kingdom
We visited tarifa and took a walk to the Guzman castle and very nearly didn't go in... We had already seen a couple of historical Spanish buildings by this point in our trip and weren't really sure we wanted to see another. But the price on the door was very low and if nothing else it looked like we would get a good view from the tower and ramparts. We were very pleasantly surprised with the castle overall. Plenty of very informative plaques covering the history of the castle plus the wider history of tarifa and its importance in spain's history And we did get some fantastic views from the top too!
