Reportaje de Ágora, Centro de Ocio y Aventuras
Ágora es un nuevo lugar de ocio en la ciudad de Sanlúcar de Barrameda. Un sitio ideal, pensado para el disfrute en familia y entre amigos; independientemente de tu edad.
Disponemos de distintas modalidades deportivas, así como distintos niveles de las mismas y de diversas ofertas de animación infantil, como talleres, teatros, etc.
C Á D I Z , Andalusia // Spain ! CINEMATIC // 4K & Dolby 5.1 Surround
With sunshine pouring down on golden sands, ancient buildings and the sparkling ocean, Spain’s far south-west lives up to its name, the coast of light
Cadiz, Cadiz Province, Andalusia, southern Spain. The cathedral on Plaza de la Catedral.
The Plaza de la Catedral in Cádiz city. Photograph: Alamy
The old walled towns are densely packed with medieval churches, Arabic forts, watchtowers, palaces, bodegas, tobacconists, scooters, bars full of bullfighting paraphernalia, kids on pink bicycles, and people eating fish at rickety tables that block the traffic.
The spaces in between the coastal towns of Cádiz province – craggy mountains, pine forests, fields and endless beaches – are empty and wild. Over it are big skies which, given the guaranteed 300 days of sun a year, are almost always blue and bright, hence the name given to this stretch of the Atlantic coast, Costa de la Luz, or coast of light.
The province of Cádiz feels more foreign, exotic and isolated than neighbouring Málaga. Popular with visitors 3,000 years ago, it’s currently going through an “undiscovered” phase. And, in the south especially, there’s more evidence of centuries of Arab rule: there’s fierce heat (down to a pleasant 20C average in October), dust, wrenching flamenco coplas (songs) playing in shops, bars and taxis, and you can see Africa from the beaches. It’s also more laid-back, thanks in part to sherry. The coastal towns of Sanlúcar de Barrameda, El Puerto de Santa Maria, Cádiz and nearby Jérez, are important points on the official sherry triangle, and awash with it.
There’s a lovely, logical route along the coast, heading south from Sanlúcar de Barrameda (erstwhile home of Christopher Columbus and Ferdinand Magellan, and a gateway to the new world in the early 16th century) through the city of Cádiz, to the deservedly touristy Vejer de la Frontera, and the unspoiled beaches of Zahora, Zahara, Bolonia and Valdevaqueros, before ending up in Tarifa. Straight through, it would take less than three hours, but to do it justice, allow a week … or a month.
What to do
Cádiz city
The best way to appreciate Cádiz – as well as Tarifa, Sanlúcar and, to a lesser extent, Jérez – is by wandering aimlessly. This is for two reasons. First, the city’s history of being occupied by Romans and Moors, enriched by trade with the new world, sacked by the British, fortified, and matured in the damp sea air means every one of its narrow cobbled streets spans centuries of history and has eyefuls of sights. Second, it’s impossible not to get lost (although, because it’s a small city, and bordered on three sides by beautiful beaches, not for long). Look out for the cathedral with its golden dome; the 18th-century watchtower, Torre Tavira; the Mercado Central; and the Freiduría Las Flores, the best of the city’s many fried frish joints.
Andalusia | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:04:32 1 Name
00:07:53 2 Symbols
00:12:18 3 Geography
00:13:00 3.1 Location
00:13:48 3.2 Climate
00:18:32 3.3 Terrain
00:21:11 3.4 Hydrography
00:22:54 3.5 Soils
00:24:53 3.6 Flora
00:27:31 3.7 Fauna
00:30:19 3.8 Protected areas
00:32:27 4 History
00:34:13 4.1 Carthaginians and Romans
00:35:10 4.2 Vandals, Visigoths and the Byzantine Empire
00:36:10 4.3 Al-Andalus
00:40:56 4.4 Kingdom of Castile
00:42:32 4.5 Early modern era
00:45:02 4.6 Francoist oppressions
00:46:29 5 Government and politics
00:50:40 5.1 Andalusian Autonomous Government
00:53:42 5.2 Judicial power
00:54:22 6 Administrative divisions
00:54:32 6.1 Provinces
00:55:19 6.2 Comarcas and mancomunidades
00:56:32 6.3 Municipalities and local entities
00:58:54 6.4 Main cities
00:59:02 7 Demographics
00:59:50 7.1 Population change
01:01:34 7.2 Structure
01:02:54 7.3 Immigration
01:04:14 8 Economy
01:05:13 8.1 Primary sector
01:06:16 8.1.1 Agriculture, husbandry, hunting, and forestry
01:10:56 8.1.2 Fishing
01:12:26 8.1.3 Mining
01:13:23 8.2 Secondary sector: industry
01:15:23 8.3 Tertiary sector: services
01:17:07 8.3.1 Tourism in Andalusia
01:22:32 8.3.1.1 Monuments and features
01:22:41 8.4 Unemployment
01:22:59 9 Infrastructure
01:23:08 9.1 Transport
01:28:00 9.2 Energy infrastructure
01:30:02 9.3 Education
01:31:09 9.4 Healthcare
01:31:44 9.5 Science and technology
01:33:24 10 Media
01:34:14 10.1 Newspapers
01:35:31 10.2 Public television
01:36:20 10.3 Radio
01:36:59 11 Art and culture
01:39:14 11.1 Arts
01:40:13 11.1.1 Architecture
01:44:06 11.1.2 Sculpture
01:45:34 11.1.3 Painting
01:47:01 11.2 Literature and philosophy
01:50:49 11.3 Music of Andalusia
01:53:29 11.4 Film
01:56:01 11.5 Culture
01:56:10 11.5.1 Customs and society
01:59:11 11.5.2 Andalusian Spanish
01:59:57 11.5.3 Religion
02:01:54 11.5.4 Bullfighting
02:02:57 11.5.5 Festivals
02:04:35 11.5.6 Cuisine
02:08:32 11.5.7 Other traditions
02:10:32 12 Sports
02:10:41 12.1 Team sports
02:13:14 12.2 Olympics
02:15:19 12.3 Other sports
02:16:06 13 Twinning and covenants
02:16:30 14 Image gallery
02:16:40 15 See also
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Andalusia (UK: , US: ; Spanish: Andalucía [andaluˈθi.a]; Portuguese: Andaluzia) is an autonomous community in southern Spain. It is the most populous, and the second largest autonomous community in the country. The Andalusian autonomous community is officially recognised as a historical nationality. The territory is divided into eight provinces: Almería, Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Málaga and Seville. Its capital is the city of Seville.
Andalusia is located in the south of the Iberian peninsula, in southwestern Europe, immediately south of the autonomous communities of Extremadura and Castilla-La Mancha; west of the autonomous community of Murcia and the Mediterranean Sea; east of Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean; and north of the Mediterranean Sea and the Strait of Gibraltar. Andalusia is the only European region with both Mediterranean and Atlantic coastlines. The small British overseas territory of Gibraltar shares a three-quarter-mile land border with the Andalusian province of Cádiz at the eastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar.
The main mountain ranges of Andalusia are the Sierra Morena and the Baetic System, consisting of the Subbaetic and Penibaetic Mountains, separated by the Intrabaetic Basin. In the north, the Sierra Morena separates Andalusia from the plains of Extremadura and Castile–La Mancha on Spain's Meseta Central. To the south the geographic subregion of Upper Andalusia lies mostly within the Baetic System, while Lower Andalusia is in the Baetic Depression of the valley of the Guadalquivir.The name Andalusia is derived from the Arabic word Al-Andalus (الأندلس). The toponym al-Andalus is first att ...