Cadiz, Spain Cruise Port Guide

Cadiz is truly an old city, founded 3000 years ago by the Phoenicians.

Cadiz features whitewashed houses lining narrow streets that lead into lovely squares. Experience the tasting of sherry in the rolling hills of Jerez, where horses are no less important than sherry. Especially noteworthy is the Andalusian School of Equestrian Art.

Best buys are the wines of the Jerez region, typical Andalusian handicrafts, ceramics, and leather articles.

Historic City Center

Not far from the port, this area of Old Cadiz is a pedestrian zone, with

Cathedral of Santa Cruz

The 18th-century golden-domed cathedral looms over the whitewashed houses. The cathedral's museum is heaped with gold, silver and jewels.

This small, colorful market in front of San Francisco Church offers much Club Montecastillo . Guests purchasing the Silver Links Golf Series package will play at this course. Guests purchasing an escorted golf excursion as part of the Silver Links 365-day program will play at either La Canada Golf Club or Valderrama Golf Club.

La Canada Golf Club . This 9-hole, par-35, 2599-meter municipal course, designed by Robert Trent Jones, is situated high above the town, with superb views to the Rio Guadiaro, the Mediterranean, and Valderrama Golf Club , also a Robert Trent Jones course, is ranked in the top 50 courses of the world by Golf Magazine. The 9th hole is played over a dramatic gulley. Lovely old cork oak trees and over 500 olive trees line the fairways. The back nine is more difficult than the front, and the most famous holes are 4 and 17.