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Dec 22, 2024

　　Vejer's much-reworked castle, once home of the Duques de Medina Sidonia, dates from the 10th or 11th century. You can wander through the Moorish entrance arch, past the original rainwater aljibe (cistern), and climb the hibiscus-fringed ramparts for fantastic views across town to the white-sand coastline.

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Castillo
Southeast Cádiz Province & the Costa de la Luz
　　Vejer's much-reworked castle, once home of the Duques de Medina Sidonia, dates from the 10th or 11th century. You can wander through the Moorish entrance arch, past the original rainwater aljibe (cistern), and climb the hibiscus-fringed ramparts for fantastic views across town to the white-sand coastline. ...
Museo de Vejer
Southeast Cádiz Province & the Costa de la Luz
　　Housed in a 17th- to 18th-century mansion, Vejer's museum has a small, impressive history and archaeology collection, running from the area's early Paleolithic inhabitants to Roman and Moorish times to the civil war. Highlights include a Visigothic sarcophagus from the 6th or 7th century CE and a hand-painted Iberian urn...
Walls
Southeast Cádiz Province & the Costa de la Luz
　　Enclosing the 40,000-sq-metre old town, Vejer’s imposing 15th-century walls are particularly visible between the Arco de la Puerta Cerrada (of 11th- or 12th-century origin) and the 15th-century Arco de la Segur, two of the four original gateways to survive. The area around the Arco de la Segur and Calle Judería...
Iglesia de la Concepción
Southeast Cádiz Province & the Costa de la Luz
　　This 16th-century Renaissance church houses Vejer's Museo de Costumbres y Tradiciones, with displays highlighting local history and culture, including a section on the town's distinctive traditional women's dress, the cobijada (a black garment covering everything but one eye). ...
Iglesia del Divino Salvador
Southeast Cádiz Province & the Costa de la Luz
　　Built atop an earlier mosque, this unusual church is 14th-century Mudéjar at the altar end and 16th-century Gothic at the other. In the late afternoon the sun shines surreally through its stained-glass windows, projecting multicoloured light above the altar. 　　It's only open during hours of worship. ...
Casa del Mayorazgo
Southeast Cádiz Province & the Costa de la Luz
　　If the door’s open, pop into this private 18th-century house to find two stunning flower-filled patios (home to 450 potted plants!) and one of just three original 13th- to 14th-century towers that kept watch over the city, with panoramic views down to Plaza de España and across town. ...
Plaza de España
Southeast Cádiz Province & the Costa de la Luz
　　With its elaborate 20th-century, Seville-tiled fountain and perfectly white town hall, Vejer's palm-studded, cafe-filled Plaza de España is a favourite hang-out. There’s a small lookout above its western side (via Calle de Sancho IV El Bravo). ...
Estatua de la Cobijada
Southeast Cádiz Province & the Costa de la Luz
　　Just below the castle is a lookout guarded by this statue of a woman dressed in Vejer's cloak-like, all-black traditional dress, the cobijada, which covers the entire body except the right eye. Despite its similarities to Islamic clothing, the cobijada is believed to be of 16th- or 17th-century Christian origin;...
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