On The Island .:. Wednesday Walk Vacation Tour Part 4 - Cádiz

ph1102 (77)in Wednesday Walk • 2 years ago

Finally, we have arrived at my favorite city/town on this vacation tour that I took on the first days of this year... After visiting a small town of Tarifa, Almería and Málaga it's time to walk around Cádiz! As it left a very nice impression on me, I had two walks around the old town city center so you will find some night photos and early morning photos in this post! Double pleasure for the same price/free... Where can you get something like that? Only on HIVE and #WednesdayWalk community!

When we were closing by to the city we had to cross over a bridge to get there, and I noticed that was another bridge that was leading to the town too... So, I assumed that the old town center is on the island, but is it? To get an answer to that question, I had to google it! 😂 And I didn't find the straight answer... Some say that it's a peninsula, but others say it's an island as it is surrounded by water from all sides... The main debate is because there is a river that goes on one side and the ocean on the other side... Tbh, I don't care too much which one is true, the most important is that it's a beautiful city...

We arrived in the city just before dark, found a parking lot, and this is the photo that I took on my way to pay for the parking... What you see in the distance isn't a building, it's a cruiser ship! The port is huge and back in the 18th century, it was the main port in the whole of Spain! Just one thing more before we begin "cruising" in the streets, Cádiz has grown a lot and I didn't visit all part of it, just the old town...

Our hotel was in the middle of the old town and we had to walk with our bags to it... It was 15 minutes walk, so not a big deal... We have been welcomed by this great statue and I wanted to discover what they are doing, but unfortunately, didn't... Until I used the power of Google... 😂

This sculpture is called Las Cigarreras de Cádiz and represents women who made tobacco... That was another important industry in Spain and I remember the other trip that I made a couple of years ago where we visited some old paper factories in Alicante province... Most of them were producing paper specifically for tobacco factories!

To get to our hotel, we had to pass by another monument, Statue of Segismundo Moret... I found later that he was one of the "favorite politicians" of the town, so artist Agustín Querol created this monument in his honor... In the back of the photo, you can see the Old Town Hall... The construction of the building began in the 15th century and was done in two stages... It was finally finished in the 19th century!

I think that this street is one of the main ones, as it is "wider" than others... 😃 Yes, you have seen it right, I said wider... Now you understand why I had to park in the port and walk to the hotel... 😃 As I was there at the beginning of the year, Christmas lights were still on in almost every street!

One photo especially for all Anna around the world... 😃

This is one of the typical houses in Cádiz... With these narrow balconies which I suppose they couldn't build bigger as you could jump over to your neighbor (as the streets are very narrow) 😅

In this photo, you can see better what I'm talking about...

We are moving forward to the Plaza San Antonio, where we can see the church originally built in 1669, and back right the San Francisco church built in 1566, renovated in the 17th century... Spanish constitution was proclaimed there in 1812! So much history in every part of this small town...

As it was a holiday time, they created an ice-skating rink... As it very rarely snows there, it is a great place for creating unforgettable memories... 😃

At the beginning of the post, I said that this will be a "two-day walk" and we are now early in the morning, walking toward the ocean... As it is an island (or not? 😃), wherever you go, you will find water... :)

I have never visited Malta or Venezia, but this photo reminds me a lot of them... There is something special when you are on an island... Don't know why, but I was always attracted by them... 15 years ago, Malta was in my plans as a place for living... Maybe Cádiz is an adequate replacement? 😃

This youngster wanted to show the world how beautiful it is... Wasn't scared at all posing for the camera... 😄

Not too beautiful a photo, but you know how I like playing with sun rays...

Our time in the morning was limited, so we couldn't visit all the places that we wanted to, and one of them was, unfortunately, San Sebastian's castle which you can see at the end of this road in the photo...

Instead of going there, I took a photo of the sculpture of Paco Alba (Francisco Alba Medina), creator of the troupe and compositor that lived and died, and Cádiz...

Close to him, we can find another sculpture, but this time of the writer Fernando Quiñones, who also lived in the town until the end of his life...

Another interesting house in the town, but more modern and artistic...

The town is full of small churches like this one (Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de la Palma)...

...or this one... San Lorenzo Parish Church from the 18th century...

A short look at the sign to find out where we are and where we have to go... The old town center isn't big, but as every street is narrow and the same as the previous one, you can get lost... Having a church on literally every corner that looks like the previous one doesn't help either... 😃

This was a "short series" of pictures on the wall at one of the town's squares... As you can see it was dedicated to Christmas in combination with the town's traditions and "emblematic" architecture...

In the end, we are in another town's square, this one is called Plaza de las Flores, or Flower's square... There is a small market where you can buy flowers from the area, and this beautiful building which is now used as a post office...

On the same square, we can find another sculpture... This time it is dedicated to Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella, a prominent writer on agriculture in the Roman Empire... There is not too much history about it, but he was born in Gades (now Cádiz) in 4 AD!

Cádiz is definitely the most beautiful city (in Spain) that we have visited on this journey... I hope I will get back there and spend a bit more time enjoying its charm and history!

I hope you enjoyed this walk around Cádiz... Next stop, Portugal!

Thank you for your valuable time,

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achim03 (73) 2 years ago

I found cadiz to be a very special city with a lot of history dating very far back. I really liked it here :-)

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ph1102 (77) 2 years ago

I found you "responsible" for my visit! The first plan was to sleep over in Sevilla, but after talking to you, we have changed plans... And I'm happy that we did...

Thanks for the recommendation!

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tattoodjay (81) 2 years ago

thanks for the tour of Cadiz, such a beautiful place and so much waterfront i would love it there

Thanks for joining the Wednesday, its always fun for me to visit the walks from all around the world, getting a feel for communities where people live and what they see on their daily walks

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ph1102 (77) 2 years ago

You are welcome! It is a beautiful place and I know that you said that your wife visited it... I hope she likes the photos and that bring her some nice memories...

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tattoodjay (81) 2 years ago

Yes indeed I did show her them 👍😎

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littlebee4 (74) 2 years ago

Cádiz city is awesome!
I lived in the old town from oct of 2020 to august 2021. On plaza España and you were very close to that. Just a shame the pandemic was everywhere and we had lockdowns. Luckily we could explore a bit more at the end…
Great captures.
The daytime photos on the boulevard are stunning. Cádiz is lovely in every way. Loved living there.
Great you had a nice time and want to visit it more.
It is soooo beautiful!
Have a lovely evening @ph1102 👋🏻😊
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ph1102 (77) 2 years ago

It's a shame that we had that pandemic and you couldn't enjoy more in that beautiful town more! I loved it! I forgot to mention that the "feeling" that I had on that morning walk was completely different from any other place that we visited... Narrow streets and those local bars that I didn't see in other places than there... I mean, there are bars everywhere, but seeing fishermen early in the morning, back from the sea, celebrating their catch was unique... 😍

Thanks a lot for your comment! Have a great evening too!

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littlebee4 (74) 2 years ago

It was a shame indeed.
I soooo know the feeling you described. I had that the first time when I visited Cádiz city.
Also I felt like there was a fresh new energy walking along the Atlantic. Sooo different than the Med.
it was refreshing. More so than the south of Spain.
And the bars are different too, their times adjusted.

Lovely to hear your experience 😎

You are welcome 👋🏻😊
Thanks a lot!
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yeckingo1 (70) 2 years ago

Nice place, good weather and the food is not bad either!😉

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ph1102 (77) 2 years ago

Oh, yes! You are right about that! It has nice weather all year... As a matter of fact, I was looking at temperatures over the year and it looks like it doesn't go under 10 Celsius... I'm in another part that also has a lot of suns, but we had these days 1-2 Degrees... 😃

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itwithsm (71) 2 years ago

All the pictures you have shared in this post are amazing and admirable, I Loved the picture in cruiser ship was showing, I love it , I never been to any cruise ship, hopefully one day I'll be able to have a cruise ship journey.

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ph1102 (77) 2 years ago

I have never been on a cruise ship either! I have it somewhere in my "long-term goals" to try it once, but we will see... I didn't have a pleasant experience on a regular boat at the sea, but a cruise ship should be different...

Thanks a lot for your kind words!

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mypathtofire (75) 2 years ago

Some lovely sights there. I am surprised how busy it is at night there or I am just used to living in a small town.

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ph1102 (77) 2 years ago

It was busy as I was there on the 2nd of January, people were on holiday, at Christmas markets, etc... I suppose it's not that busy on other dates...

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Thanks for sharing the photos! What a big upvote hehe!
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ph1102 (77) 2 years ago

You are welcome! I have tried to share the "atmosphere" with all of you... It looks like everyone likes Cadiz! 😃

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ilmaffeiano78 (66) 2 years ago

I was there a few years ago, I would like to live there!!

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ph1102 (77) 2 years ago

According to the comments, everyone likes Cadiz! It has some special charm that I didn't find in other places...

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