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Chiclana de la Frontera

Chiclana de la Frontera is situated at the south of Cadiz Bay. To the east is the river, Cano de Sancti Petri, separating Chiclana from San Fernando and Cadiz. At the mouth of this river, on the Atlantic coast it lies the beautiful island of Sancti Petri, and very fine sandy beaches along the Atlantic coast.

After the French occupation 1810-1812, wealthy people and nobility chose the town for their vacations and cures at the Braque and Fuente Amarga spas. At the same time, Chiclana's wines experienced a renaissance. It is because of the important increase in the wine industry that King Alfonso XII granted Chiclana the title of city in 1876.

The climate, with the average temperature of 20ºC and over 3,500 hours of sunshine a year, makes Chiclana a bright place. The ideal coast complemented by hotels and sports complexes makes Chiclana a high quality tourist destination.

Chiclana's cuisine is part of excellent Andalucian gastronomy, but with the emphasis on vegetables, fishes and seafood that are raised in the salt marshes and salt ponds. Furthermore Chiclana offers a variety of different sausages and meats. Chiclana's most characteristic dish is Berza (cabbage based stew). You will also find superb quality pastries such as the famous almond cake "Torta de Almendras" baked exclusively by the Augustinian nuns, that is why they are commonly called Tortas de las Monjas.

Chiclana has a long tradition in the vineyard and wine culture. Not long ago this area was one of the most important producers. Even though that production has been considerably reduced, Chiclana is still proud of its wine cellars where wines of an excellent quality are still produced, above all the fine white and Muscat wines. Sherry wine from Chiclana is traditionally the most notable contribution in this sector: there are dry (fino), fragrant (oloroso), and muscatel wines. Strictly traditional and historic processes used to make these wines.

A visit to a vineyard to taste their products may be an unforgettable experience for those who holiday in this town, as they will have the opportunity to discover that besides sun and sea, Chiclana offers to its visitors the treasure of wines stemming from the best vintages.

The beautiful Barrosa Beach with its fine sand, forms a nice arch, eight kilometres long that spans from Caño de Sancti Petri in front of the homonymous island and castle to the watch tower of El Puerco. It is situated at six kilometres from Chiclana. Within its eight-kilometre extension, La Barrosa offers two different stretches: an urbanised promenade with all kinds of tourist services; the other stretch appearing like a virgin beach. The cleanliness of its water has won the European Blue Flag Award for Clean Beaches.

It is considered to be one of the best beaches of the Andalusian coastline. It is characterised by its fine sand, protected by dunes and beach shrubbery that mark the entire coastline. Nearby is also the deserted Santi Petri beach, which offers excellent facilities for the tourist in the summer.

Along its urbanised stretch it is equipped with coffee bars, restaurants, and a shopping centre. At the end of the virgin beach-stretch there is Novo Santi Petri & La Barrosa, is a new tourist resort on the coast offering luxury hotels, shops, restaurants, bars, sporting facilities, rental of cars, motorbikes and bicycles, and many other services useful for holiday-makers. It also includes a first-class 27-hole golf course and 8 tennis courts. All this is less than 10 minutes away by car.

In Sancti Petri harbour nearby, there is mooring capacity of 724 sail boat/speed boats, a yacht club with radio and salvage station, ship chandler's shop, sailing and windsurfing school.

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