Tarifa, Spain - October 25-27

Tarifa is the Southernmost point in continental Europe...and is a very strange place. It's the new preferred jumping off point for trips to Morocco and because of its location is a big destination for summer trips and windsurfers. It's filled with expats which makes it very different than the rest of Spain in the sense that food options were varied and not very Spanish and restaurants closed at 9 rather than opening at 9.

All of this means that in the offseason the city is pretty dead. We weren't really there for sightseeing, which is good because there isn't any sightseeing today. Most of the restaurants had odd hours if they were even at all and the beach was largely empty.



It's always a trip to see Africa across the sea.



Fortunately we found a relatively new hotel that had excellent deals because it was the low season. Casa Blan+co was a unique and well appointed place that was very comfortable for all the downtime we had. Ali liked it because it had a canopy bed.



It also had a mini-kitchen with a fridge and burners which is something we grew to appreciate by the end of the trip. And it had a nice view of the main square.



Unless we go from Spain to Morocco I'm not sure why we will ever feel a need to go to Tarifa again, but it was a relaxing couple of nights for this part of the trip and a more enjoyable way to get to Gibraltar than staying in either Gibraltar or La Linea as we had originally planned.