It is Monday and Day 31. A relaxing day at the campsite, reading and chilling. Another beautiful day followed in the evening with pre-drinks at Paul and Andrea’s and then a table for eight of us at La Rosaleda restaurant for Fish ‘n’ Chips night.

This is so Spanish…

Tuesday we visited Vejer de la Frontera, a Spanish hilltop town on the right bank of the river Barbate and some 30 minutes by car from Conil. The town of Vejer de la Frontera occupies a low hill overlooking the Straits of Gibraltar and surrounded by orchards and orange groves.

It contains several ancient churches and convents, and the architecture of many of its houses recalls the period of Moorish rule, which lasted from 711 until the town was captured by Saint Ferdinand of Castile in 1248. Agriculture and fruit-farming are the chief industries; fighting bulls are also bred in the neighborhood and a running of the bulls is held annually.

 

Many of the streets are too narrow for cars and as you walk around if you look through an open doorway you are likely to see beautiful inner patios with lots of flowers and plants. The main square, the beautiful Plaza de Espana, shaded by vast palm trees, has a wonderful old fountain with traditional ceramic Andalucian frogs, which spout water high into the air, thus forming a fountain.