Nearest Airport
: Jerez de la Frontera
at 35
Kilometres
Nearest Ferry
: Cádiz
at 52
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Nearest Train
: Jerez de la Frontera
at 25
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Nearest Motorway
: AP-4 (Madrid-Cadiz highway)
at 25
Kilometres
Nearest Beach
: Playa de Regla
at 300
Metres
Nearest Ski
: Sierra Nevada
at 300
Kilometres
Nearest Golf
: Costa Ballena
at 3
Kilometres
Nearest Restaurant
: Bar and Restaurant El Gato
at 100
Metres
Car: not necessary
The quiet town of Chipiona, is located northwest of the coast of Cadiz, on the Costa de La Luz, just 52 km. Cadiz, the capital of the province is the oldest city in the West (3,000 years).
The origins of Chipiona goes back to Roman times. The most emblematic monument in Chipiona perhaps its lighthouse, which dates from 1867 and is built at Punta del Perro, in the same place where Quinto Servilio Cepión, the tower was built in 140 BC.
We can also see the Shrine of Nuestra Señora de Regla, with its Moorish cloister of the XV century and the image of the Virgin (twelfth or thirteenth century). The Parish of Nuestra Señora de La O (XVI century), the Castle was probably built on another of Arab origin around the year 1295 and the Fisheries Corrales (believed to be Roman).
From Chipiona, you can visit the wineries, the School of Equestrian and the Racing Circuit (in Jerez), the horse racing on the beach (in Sanlúcar de Barrameda), or to the Route of the White Towns in the Sierra de Cádiz