Tarifa, Spain and Canary Islands Travel Blogs

The very end of land
Apr 22, 2007 (8 photos)

... , but they were strangely full. I guess bright colors and neon really does attract the male species. We kept driving and made it to Tarifa. I found a hostel I liked (from the 1 page given to the entire town in our guidebook) and it was perfect and ...

Free rounds at the Arco Iris.
Aug 15, 2007 (42 photos)

... of Jubrique for some more fluids at the Arco... And so the days go by, before we one day decide to head down to Tarifa on the coast, quite a kite-surfing paradise with a bohemian edge. We just stay long enough to try out the Mojito at a local chiringuito, ...

Andalucia
Sep 8, 2009 (43 photos)

Summary Soon

Fiery Skies
Nov 27, 2006 (26 photos)

... , only upside down and with a fiery sunset that silhouetted the surfers bobbing on the other side of the wall. Tarifa is a windsurfing and kitesurfing hotspot. It's one of the best in Europe. The winds that come pounding in are incredible, and you ...

Waiting for Africa......
Nov 25, 2002 (1 photos)

... , a guy who was planning to do the same trip himself but unfortunately managed to write off his Land rover in northern Spain. He and his two passengers were thinking of joining our truck but Peter had found another fully equipped Land rover for sale in ...

Tarifa
Oct 30, 2005 (4 photos)

Tarifa and the nearby towns towards Portugal have a more laid back feel than many of the others on this coast which is a welcome break. As Tarifa is on the southern tip of this peninsular it's often very breezy, sun worshipers get sand blasted so not ...

un tour à Tarifa
Sep 6, 2006 (18 photos)

...bon on se rends moi et Amy à Tarifa plage des surfeur...rencontre de deux continents et de l'océan et de la mer ...sur la pointe de l'île tu vois une chaînes de montagnes et c'est l'Afrique ...Tanger...le Maroc..25min de bateau pour traverser...hummm! l' ...

Tarifa & Tanger
Jun 26, 2008 (35 photos)

... . In the morning, after having breakfast, we took the road to southwest, to coastal city of Malaga. We wanted to be in Tarifa before the night, so we didn't stop until we reach the vista point located on top of the hill, overlooking the narrowest point of ...

Time zone difficulties
Aug 26, 2009 (3 photos)

... that it brings him past a good view of Tits Out Girls 1, 2 and 3.  I am really looking forward to seeing a bit more of Spain.  From what I have seen so far, I thinkI might like it here a lot!  Still, it would be good to get a quick look at ...

One night only
Nov 25, 2006 (1 photos)

We decided to stay the night in Tarifa, the southern most point of Spain, after the long haul from Essouira.

Sneeze the student
Jun 5, 2007 (5 photos)

... ; It had been hot in Seville, but as we exited the bus we found the air to be cold and ourselves buffeted by an extraordinarily strong wind.  However, Tarifa is known as "wind capital", so we should not have been surprised.  We wandered up the ...

Not crossed the Straits yet!
Sep 22, 2008 (2 photos)

... a day by the sea, so we are still in Tarifa. In case you are not familiar with the area, if you look at a map of Spain, Tarifa is to the west of the pointy bit right at the very bottom of the map. This is where the Atlantic meets the Med, Tarifa being ...

Tarifa, Southern España
Nov 21, 2006 (8 photos)

Tarifa... Spain tarifa the little town that is the southern most point of spain and the european continent. full of europeans coming down to enjoy the balmy warm winter weather. a surf town that could be in california where you'll definitely hear people ...

The Point
Aug 25, 2009 (5 photos)

Yesterday we arrived in Tarifa.  Welcome sight.  There are people everywhere here.  And dogs.  We had a dog spotting competition; I won 36-17 :)   ...

Tarifa
May 19, 2005

Just a quick catch up.. From Granada i caught a bus along the south of spain to a little windsurfing town called Tarifa. Along the way was the multitudes of apartments owned by holidaying europeans and i guess retirees. The rock of Gibraltar was ...

Back in Tarifa
Jun 27, 2009 (1 photos)

nachdem wir am schluss unseres ersten aufenthaltes in tarifa ja doch noch die superschöne altstadt fanden, beschlossen wir, dass wir nochmals zurückkehren, aber erst, wenn das 'best hostal' in town wieder platz hat...was nun der fall war. Nämlich das ' ...

Tarifa, an evil adventure with no where to stay
Aug 12, 2006

I arrived in Tarifa at 11pm thanks to the time difference and was initially releaved to be back in spain. Even after an hour of waiting to go through customs i couldn't wipe the exhausted smile off my face. But my exuberance was not long lasting. As soon ...

Keep your shades on and your mouth shut!
Sep 22, 2008

21 September 2008 Paloma Camping, Tarifa Bloomin warm We can see Africa! OK, so it's taken a bit longer to get here than we expected but we have covered 240kms in the last 4 days. Last night we stayed at a place just north of Barbate (on ...

White Hill towns and Tarifa
Jun 27, 2009

... a Moorish Mosque builder.  Then it was taken over by Catholics, who added the Santa Maria part. From there we headed toward Tarifa.  We stopped at a few more of these Hill Towns.  The kids got tired of the concept and decided to stay in the ...

May 17 to 21
May 21, 2008 (19 photos)

... hilly.  Getting a little sick of hills and we havençt even started the mountains.  Having a 35kilo bike makes riding much harder! May 21: Tarifa...only 45km, beautiful seaside city, visited the atlantic and mediteranean! 

Sun and Sand
Jun 11, 2006 (12 photos)

... , things haven't really been all that exciting I don't think since the last entry. We went down yesterday morning to Tarifa, the southern most tip of Spain, and spent all day yesterday and most of today there. Played in the ocean, layed on the sand, and ...

Back on the bus/beach
Aug 23, 2006

... . Little did I expect that it would be the last beer I could have for a while. The bus ride to Tarifa was, again, unecessarily long. And we finally arrived at right about midnight. Door to door we went in search of accomidation, but there was none to ...

Tarifa
Apr 18, 2008

Passing through on the way to Seville after crossing the Strait of Gibraltar. My love affair with Spain begins.

Tarifa and the ol' camp site
Dec 29, 2006 (5 photos)

... 's neck.  he's spare changing and not having very happy holidays.  sad.  things are going weirdly the first few hours in spain, and the sea sick feeling was holding on.  the next day  anna and kurt had fevers.  well it ...

Catching some air
Oct 27, 2007 (8 photos)

... We've heard not just from the hotel staff but from others as well, that Tangier is like the "Tijuana" of Spain. I have visions of hagglers running up on us and tugging us this way and that to look at their shops and little kids asking for money. I'm not ...

Sep 06, 2009
Sep 6, 2009 (1 photos)

The ´southest´ town in Europe
Aug 19, 2008 (15 photos)

... the heat!   So now i am in Seville, this was one of the cities that i came through to get to Tarifa from Portugal. It is a stunning city and im glad i chose this hostel as it is very modern, clean, fresh, and has an awesome rooftop terrace which i ...

Eye Candy
Jun 16, 2006

... it when I don't have to walk far with my backpack) and caught the bus to Tarifa (no train station). Tarifa is the southern most point of Spain and the closest point to Africa (only 14km). I called the hostel and they came and picked me up because they ...

tarifa heading to morocco
Aug 5, 2006

Decided to get off the bus in tarifa just made it onto a ferry for tangier... tarifa seemed like a really cool little town loads of surf shops and bars. The ferry kinda sucked had to line up for ages (even after we had reached the other port) to get our ...

Southern España - Andalucia
Nov 20, 2006 (5 photos)

... , through hidden mountain villages to Algeciras and then met us in Tarifa so tired from riding he passed out. Tarifa Spain is the southern most perch of Europe, and enjoyed for its proximity to Africa and its' fast ferry there, as well as the wind and ...