Vejer de la Frontera

Five and a half centuries of Moorish rule still shape the lanes of Vejer de la Frontera, a white town on a hill above the Barbate river, eight kilometres from the Atlantic. Walls and old gates ring the centre, with the castle at its highest point. Down on the coast, the long beach of El Palmar draws families and surfers.

Highlights

• The castle at the top of the town, with views from its walls
• Arco de las Monjas, arches built to brace walls after a 17th-century earthquake
• Plaza de España, with its 1955 fountain of Seville tiles and palms
• Statue of the cobijada, the veiled dress once worn by Vejer's women
• La Breña y Marismas del Barbate natural park, partly in Vejer

Summary based on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA), written with AI assistance.