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Cádiz: Old Town & Sea Highlights
Through one of the oldest cities in Europe, from a Roman theatre and golden-domed cathedral to the church where Spain's first constitution was born.
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Welcome to Cádiz, one of the oldest cities in all of Western Europe, founded by Phoenician traders some three thousand years ago on a narrow spit of land all but surrounded by the Atlantic. Salt-sprayed, sun-bleached and endlessly cheerful, Cádiz has been a Phoenician colony, a great Roman port, the gateway to the riches of the Americas, the cradle of Spanish democracy, and the home of Spain's most riotous Carnival. On this gentle loop through the compact old town we take in a Roman theatre, a golden-domed cathedral, bustling market squares, a watchtower with a magical view, and the very church where Spain's first constitution was born. Feel the sea on three sides, and let this joyful old port win you over.
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Plaza de San Juan de Dios
Square
The grand, palm-lined square where the old town meets the port, dominated by the elegant neoclassical town hall, long the main gateway into Cádiz for travellers arriving by sea.
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Teatro Romano
Roman Theatre
One of the oldest and largest Roman theatres in Spain, built in the first century BC when Cádiz was the thriving Roman city of Gades, lost for centuries and rediscovered only in 1980.
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Catedral de Cádiz
Cathedral
A grand cathedral by the sea, built over more than a century on the wealth of American trade, crowned by a distinctive golden-tiled dome and holding the tomb of the composer Manuel de Falla.
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Plaza de las Flores
Square
A lively, colourful square in the heart of the old town, famous for its permanent flower stalls and overlooked by a grand early-twentieth-century post office building.
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Mercado Central
Market
The oldest covered market in Spain, a handsome neoclassical hall of 1838, overflowing with the magnificent fresh fish and seafood of the Cádiz coast and a popular corner of food stalls.
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Torre Tavira
Tower
The tallest of the old watchtowers of Cádiz, from which eighteenth-century merchants scanned the sea for their returning ships, now housing a camera obscura and the best viewpoint in the city.
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Oratorio de San Felipe Neri
Church
An elegant oval Baroque church of huge historical importance, for it was here, during Napoleon's siege, that Spain's first constitution, the famous La Pepa of 1812, was debated and proclaimed.
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Gran Teatro Falla
Theatre
A striking theatre of red brick and horseshoe arches in the neo-Mudéjar style, the beloved home of the famous Carnival of Cádiz and its witty, satirical singing competitions.
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Plaza de San Antonio
Square
Once the grand main square of Cádiz, lined with the elegant mansions of the merchant families who grew rich on the American trade, and overlooked by the church of San Antonio.
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Plaza de Mina & the Museum of Cádiz
Square
A leafy, elegant garden square in the old town, home to the Museum of Cádiz with its Phoenician sarcophagi and Zurbarán paintings, and the birthplace of the composer Manuel de Falla.
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