Valdevaqueros Explained

Valdevaqueros
Settlement Type:Village and beach
Pushpin Map:Spain Province of Cádiz#Spain
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in the Province of Cádiz
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Spain
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous community
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Cádiz
Subdivision Type3:Comarca
Subdivision Name3:Campo de Gibraltar
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Tarifa
Subdivision Type5:Judicial district
Subdivision Name5:Algeciras
Coordinates:36.0672°N -5.6781°W
Population Density Km2:auto
Blank Name Sec1:Official language(s)
Blank Info Sec1:Spanish
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Area Code Type:Dialing code

Valdevaqueros is a village and beach in the municipality of Tarifa in the Province of Cadiz in southern Spain. It is located by road to the northwest of Tarifa. Casa de Porros is a hamlet in the northwestern part. the beach measures about by about on average. Valdevaqueros has the Spin Out Kite surfing centre, established in 1988,[1] and beachhouse and several hotels and a camping site and is a busy beach during the summer months, and borders the Playa de Los Lances. Behind a large dune created to protect the Punta Paloma coastal battery (currently dismantled).[2] Arroyo Valdevaqueros, on the eastern entrance point has several houses and a coast-guard station.[3] In the western part of the beach is the mouth of the river valley that forms a broad estuary that runs along the beach a few metres from the sea until reaching several hundred metres east.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Spin Out. Tarifa Spin Out. 19 February 2013.
  2. Book: Head, Jeremy. Frommer's Seville, Granada and the Best of Andalusia. 19 February 2013. 31 January 2011. John Wiley & Sons. 978-1-119-99445-9. 1.
  3. Book: United States. Hydrographic Office. Publications. 19 February 2013. 1930. 65.