General Info
by Redang
Tourism Office
Centro de Recepción de Turistas
Avenida Canalejas, s/n
11006 Cádiz
- Tel.: (+34) 956 24 10 01 or 956 24 10 58
- Internet (some websites)
www.cadiz.es
www.infocadiz.com
www.cadizturismo.com
www.turismo-cadiz.es
www.elvisitante.es
www.guiadelocio.com (leisure in Spanish)
www.guiadecadiz.com (leisure in diferent languafes)
www.frommers.com/destinations/cadiz
- E mail: aytocadiz.turismo@telefonica.net
Ficus Gigante
by Beach_dog
Cadiz has four giant Fig trees two located at park Alameda Apodaca and two just behind Playa de la Caleta, they are said to be of great antiquity, but of the actual age I´m not sure. It´s worth stopping off to view them, their scale really is impressive.
The non exsistant S and eating words!
by blint
In the Cadiz province no one pronounces the any S in any word. So for example Despues becomes Depue and Estoy becomes Etoy or even toy. This is very useful when you are trying to understand what people are saying.
The other thing you should watch out for is the way they 'eat' certain words and past participle endings. For example. Estado become estao or etao, or the word pescado (which means fish) becomes pecao (remembering they don't pronounce the S either).
Oh, and don't forget they like to play around with the %th(ci or ce). Sometimes they say it sometimes they don't. So Cerveza (beer) can be pronounced Therbetha or cerbeza or cerveza or thervetha or therbeza or cerbetha. It's very confusing when you’re new to Spanish and trying to understand. But it's great because you almost can't pronounce it wrong (well I suppose you can as you must remember to keep all vowel sounds short and pure)! You'll notice too that they say B for V at the beginning of a word which is common all over Spain. When V is in the middle of a word it sounds like an airy B.
Reliqs
by Carmela71
the business of the relics at the Medieval times was very important. A good church or cathedral with a relic had a promising future and many incomes. Here the one in Cadiz had two, this one is from San Servando, and no, I have no idea who was him lol
SEAFOOD AT ROMERIJO
If you are...
by SirRichard
SEAFOOD AT ROMERIJO
If you are looking for fresh delicious seafood, the best place in Cadiz is Romerijo. Located in El Puerto de Santa Maria, Romerijo is a bar with a terrace with a boiled shellfish display.
How does it work: You can buy the items you want (shrimp, lobster, crabs...) by weight and then go to sit at their terrace to enjoy it with a beer or a wine bottle. You can also taka away the seafood and eat it at home or at any other terrace around (Romerijo uses to be crowded. They sell fried fish and other delicious 'tapas' as well.