Castle of Tarifa
The Castle of Tarifa, also known as Castle of Guzmán el Bueno or Castle of the Guzmáns is a castle in the coastal town of Tarifa in Spain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: cultural property in Tarifa, Spain
- Also known as: “Castillo de Guzmán El Bueno (Tarifa)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Biblioteca Pública Municipal de Tarifa - Mercedes Gaibrois and Mercado de Abastos.
Biblioteca Pública Municipal de Tarifa - Mercedes Gaibrois
Library
Photo: Luis Rogelio HM, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Biblioteca Pública Municipal de Tarifa - Mercedes Gaibrois is a library, which is situated 120 metres northeast of Castle of Tarifa.
Mercado de Abastos
Marketplace
Photo: Isiwal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mercado de Abastos is a marketplace, which is situated 230 metres northwest of Castle of Tarifa.
Tarifa Ferry Port
Marina
Photo: Benjamín Núñez González, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Port of Tarifa is a commercial harbor for fishing and passenger boats, located in the Andalusian town of Tarifa. It is managed by the Port Authority of Algeciras and is the closest European port to North Africa and on the main shipping route to Tangier in Morocco and Ceuta. Tarifa Ferry Port is situated 300 metres south of Castle of Tarifa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Punta de Tarifa and El Cuartón.
Punta de Tarifa
Locality
Photo: Spot Image, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Punta de Tarifa is the southernmost point of the Iberian Peninsula and Continental Europe. It is located in the province of Cádiz and the autonomous community of Andalusia on the Atlantic end of the Straits of Gibraltar.
El Cuartón
Hamlet
El Cuartón is a village in the municipality of Tarifa in the Province of Cadiz in southeastern Spain. It is located 13.7 kilometres by road southwest of the city centre of Algeciras, along the main road to the southern tip of Spain at Tarifa, which is 9.7 kilometres away, and it lies just to the southwest of El Bujeo. El Cuartón is situated 9 km northeast of Castle of Tarifa.
El Bujeo
Hamlet
El Bujeo is a village in the municipality of Tarifa in the Province of Cadiz in southeastern Spain, It is located about 9 miles southwest of Algeciras, along the main road to the southern tip of Spain at Tarifa, which is 11 kilometres away, and it lies between the villages of El Pelayo and El Cuartón. El Bujeo is situated 10 km northeast of Castle of Tarifa.
Castle of Tarifa
- Categories: tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
- Location: Tarifa, Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
36.01168° or 36° 0′ 42″ northLongitude
-5.60306° or 5° 36′ 11″ westElevation
14 metres (46 feet)Open location code
8C8P296W+MQOpenStreetMap ID
way 79620499OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=yesGeoNames ID
10341347Wikidata ID
Q5050417
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Castle of Tarifa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة طريفة”
- Asturian: “Castiellu de Tarifa”
- Bengali: “তারিফার দুর্গ”
- Catalan: “Castillo de Guzmán El Bueno”
- Cebuano: “Castle of Tarifa”
- French: “Castle of Tarifa”
- Galician: “Castillo de Guzmán El Bueno”
- German: “Burg von Tarifa”
- German: “Castillo de Guzmán El Bueno (Tarifa)”
- Polish: “Castillo de Tarifa”
- Polish: “Zamek w Tarifie”
- Spanish: “Alcazaba Califal”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Guzmán El Bueno (Tarifa)”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Tarifa”
- Swedish: “Castle of Tarifa”
- Urdu: “قلعہ طریفہ”
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