FUN-travel: Arcos de la Frontera to Tarifa, Spain

August 29, 2012 by  

Trip Day 43 – Wednesday, August 22 – Arcos de la Frontera to Tarifa, Spain

What I LIKE

  • 7:30 – wake up coffee on patio overlooking valley
  • 9:30 – ready to go on to next adventure
  • 11:30 – arrive Tarifa
  • Garmin is still working after update last month
  • much cooler by the ocean – high 80s
  • we are staying right in the middle of the old town
  • Hotel Blan+co – really, really, cute
  • recommended by Rick Steves
  • we’re on the top floor, loft with coved ceilings
  • have a suite with refrig & stove top
  • 12:30 – people watching & beer
  • 1:30 – lunch in park – sandwich from breakfast buffet
  • stroll down to beach – find Moorish castle
  • 8 pm walk to “Souk” – restaurant recommended
  • 8:30 – attempt to find another restaurant in area
  • 9:00 back to plaza by hotel
  • dinner @ Morilla – across from church  – big, thin cut tuna steak – mixed salad with tuna, tomato, onion
  • 10:00 pm streets are filled with tourists
  • sights & sounds are abundant

What I DIDN”T LIKE

  • 11:00 hit traffic in Algeciras
  • OMG more narrow twisty teeny tiny streets in a walled city
  • have to snake through narrow streets
  • no place to park to unload car in the old town
  • have to go around the entire old city again
  • didn’t read the fine print
  • no elevator or air conditioning
  • hotter than expected
  • room not very functional
  • no closet or drawers & very little shelf space
  • “Souk” no open & nothing strikes our fancy

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