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without an airport on the doorstep. But Cadiz richly rewards going one step
beyond Seville or Jerez (the nearest arrival points). What first attracted the

Phoenicians to Cadiz around 3,000 years ago was its location: a fist-shaped
slab of rock at the end of an arm of land that connects it to the coast of south-
west Spain. Everything of interest is located within the historic core, which is
separated from the rest of Andalucia by stout city walls. The Central Market
occupies the same site as the original Roman trading hub. Like almost every
restaurant in Cadiz, it offers seafood of astonishing abundance and quality.
For evidence of the city’s antiquity, visit the Museo de Cadiz; pride of place

goes to a pair of Phoenician marble sarcophagi from the 5th century BC (he
male was found in the city in 1887, and the female in 1980). Look out also
for an impressive statue of the local hero, the emperor Trajan – the head was
sculpted in Rome, the toga’d torso in Cadiz. SC