A walk through the old town of Vejer de la Frontera (Cádiz)

Vejer de la Frontera is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful villages, unique and attractive in Andalusia. Declared a historic-artistic monument, the ancient fortress on a hill 120 m. altitude invites us to walk slowly through the maze of white streets, admiring the layout of its walls, stately homes, the popular village so well preserved traditional windmills ..

This article aims to show you a circular tour breba the old magic vejeriego undoubtedly one of the most attractive cultural routes between municipalities Andaluces. To begin our tour, saying that Vejer has three entrances, but the most common and main is access to find the exit number 36 from the motorway on the Costa de la Luz A-48, to arrive at a roundabout which will identify it contains a huge letters painted white Vejer. Once we have gone into town for such access, the first street you will find a long avenue called Los Remedios, it would be advisable to park your car along the same to start our walking tour.

Following and walk down the avenue, we see one of the top attractions of the town, and it is your viewpoint with stunning views from the top of the hill.

Finally we leave the street to turn right onto the Square and get into the old town across the street from Our Lady of the Olive. Continuing along this road we arrive at the Casa de la Cultura, where you will find lots of information on the town through a small explanatory statement. We will go through the arch of Segur, carved stone ashlars quarry and factory, and dated to the XII th century. He was defended by a rampart composed of two cylindrical towers flanking a stretch of wall and the end of the fifteenth century. On the inside we see a "Segur" Roman carved in a marble plaque with a coat belonging to the Mendoza family.

Street continue up to the Divino Salvador Parish Church was built over an old mosque, a church is a basilica with an apse rectangular and consists of three naves, the central one being higher than the side. The architectural complex consists of two perfectly distinct parts corresponding to two stages of construction: the header Mudejar Gothic XIV century and expanded in the late Gothic of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.

We will continue our tour through the Ramón y Cajal street where we find the Church of the Convent of the Conception and the famous Arch of the Nuns. The church is called to the drawer, being able to highlight its main portal of Renaissance style, the spherical dome erected on the main chapel and the vaulted crypt of the founders. Today, it is often used to mount cultural exhibits, so hopefully I'll find some You will be able force.

We continue our journey through the streets of the Castle, Trafalgar, and finally Carrión Alley Street San Juan to lead in the Plaza of Spain with his Arco de la Villa. This place has its origins in the sixteenth century when the city goes beyond the walls. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was rather intended to hold bullfights individual initiative of the noblemen and gentlemen of claims from Vejer. Throughout history the name has changed it will always be identified with the political regime, including: Plaza de la Villa del Rey, Plaza de la Constitución, Plaza of the Republic to finally called Plaza of Spain. In 1957 he built a fountain in the center of the square, made out of tiles from Seville, and since then is popularly known as Plaza de los Pescaitos.

To end the tour, we will continue from the Plaza of Spain for Loch Street reaching our starting point in the Avenida de los Remedios.