{"id":6482,"date":"2022-06-18T12:05:34","date_gmt":"2022-06-18T12:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalwanderings.co.uk\/new\/?p=6482"},"modified":"2022-07-23T12:16:30","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T12:16:30","slug":"costa-de-la-luz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalwanderings.co.uk\/new\/2022\/06\/18\/costa-de-la-luz\/","title":{"rendered":"Costa de la Luz"},"content":{"rendered":"

We like a drop of dry sherry so “the sherry triangle” of South West Spain was an obvious choice for a short holiday. We like to mix things up so we also included a bit of whale watching and a trip to the Donana National park.<\/p>\n

First up was the seven hour drive south to Tarifa,\u00a0 the southernmost town of Spain. It has a distinctly Moroccan feel to it – not surprising, as upon arrival we could clearly see the Moroccan coast and the city of Tangier across the strait of Gibraltar. However, one of the main reasons for the trip was to sample the very Spanish tapas. So we dropped off our bags at the Hostel El Levante<\/a> and headed into the old town to sample the delights of a couple of tapas bars washed down with a few finos.<\/p>\n

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The following day we were up bright and early to go whale watching. There were a number of tour operators but we decided on FIRMM<\/a> because of their more eco-friendly credentials.\u00a0 It was an interesting trip not least because I didn’t realise that the Spanish and African coasts were so close so we never lost sight of land at any time. But we managed to see dolphins, pilot whales<\/a> (which are actually a type of oceanic dolphin) and some fin whales<\/a>, the second largest whale of all.<\/p>\n