Eating, drinking and dancing
We've tracked down the best cafés for people-watching, the bars with the coolest cocktails, the most accomplished restaurants and the liveliest local nightlife in Cadiz Province.
Restaurants
El Faro
Alongside the beach in La Viña, the fishing quarter of Cadiz, El Faro is perfectly placed to provide its customers with the best and freshest seafood money can buy. Not only that, but the views of the sunsets are awesome from here, too.
15 Calle San Felix, Cadiz
+34 956 211068
La Alhambra
A restaurant with great beach views near Canos de Meca, this specialises in fresh fish, lifted straight out of the Atlantic. Go for the tuna.
Ctra Canos de Meca, 11159 Barbate
+34 956 437216
El Jazmin
In the hippy favourite of Canos de Meca, this place serves up some of Cadiz Province’s tapas. During the summer, a barbecue is constantly fired up on its enormous terrace. It’s closed in November.
Avenida Trafalgar, Canos de Meca
+34 956 437088
Restaurant la Vera Cruz
Situated in a restored 16th-century chapel near Arco de la Villa, this wonderful restaurant offers excellent French and international cuisine.
Calle Castrillon, Chiclana
+34 956 451 683
Bars and clubs
La Bodeguita
Set into the old walls of Vejer de la Frontera, this is a great place to tarry a while over a drink and a few plates of delicious homemade tapas.
Marques de Tamaron, Vejer de la Frontera (no phone)
Bar Juanito
One of Jerez’s most bustling tapas bars, Juanito has been serving up the likes of prawns with noodles and marinated artichokes, washed down with glasses of the local sherry, for more than 60 years.
8-10 Pescadería Vieja, Jerez
+34 956 334 838
Mesón de Asador
Cheap and cheerful tapas bar in El Puerto de Santa Maria, this serves up delicious morcilla and patatas bravas, and plenty of good local fish.
2 Calle Misericordia, El Puerto de Santa Maria
+34 956 540327