61 Kms from Cádiz, ituated close to the historic Cape Trafalgar , Barbate is a seafaring and fishing town. It has always been closely linked with the sea and its natural resources, proof of which is the salted fishing industry existing back in Roman times.
This town has witnessed Phoenician, Carthaginian and Roman settlements. These peoples used the Almadraba net technique to catch fish and several salt fishing factories were set up along the coast. This was undisputedly once the site of the city of Baesipo . In 1805, the Battle of Trafalgar took place off the headland of the same name, when the English fleet under Admiral Nelson defeated the Spanish and French fleets. Los Caños de Meca. It has white fine sandy beach with crystal clear waters and is ideal for getting away from it all, as it never gets crowded even at the height of the season. Nudism is common here. The Breña Natural Park that extends from Barbate to the Caños offers a wide variety of ecosystems of high ecological value, such as the cliffs that rise 100 metres above the sea, the pine forests, the Mediterranean undergrowth, sand dunes, salt marshes and the rocky outcrops below the cliffs. Towns within 10 km of Barbate and belonging to its municipal district: Zahara de los Atunes.
The village's main acitivity is now tourism thanks to its long beaches, with clean, pure, crystal clear waters and golden sand, together with the surrounding countryside and mountains. There are hotels, apartments with gardens and a camping site on the beach. Its scenic and tourist qualities have made it a popular place with tourists from north and central Europe . It is also an ideal place for sports such as fishing, scuba diving, windsurfing, sailing or horse riding. We must not of course forget its rich cuisine, whose main ingredient is locally caught fish.

	A 55 Kms. de Cádiz, De impresionante belleza, muy cerca del mar, en lo alto de una verde colina a 190 mts de altitud, desde donde se divisa una preciosa panorámica con fabulosos miradores naturales orientados hacia la costa .Es un lugar ideal para la práctica del ala delta o vuelo libre.
De gran atractivo turístico, Vejer conserva el más puro estilo de arquitectura popular árabe-andaluza, con casas de deslumbrante blancura, calles estrechas y empinadas, todo de una gran belleza natural.La gastronomía de Vejer es un factor que no pasa desapercibida, no solo por su variedad sino por su carácter popular y paralelismo con la cocina andalusí. A sólo 9 kms. de la población, Vejer cuenta con una estupenda playa, la de El Palmar (a tan solo 3 Km. del histórico faro de Trafalgar), de arenas finas y aguas transparentes, ideal para la pesca submarina y deportes náuticos.
Es sin duda, uno de los pueblos más fotogénicos de la provincia. Declarado conjunto Histórico-Artístico en 1976. Tiene también I Premio Nacional de Embellecimiento de Pueblo de 1978.