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In TARIFA: from where ever you come, just drive into Tarifa. Always straight ahead. Through the whole town. Until the road makes a sharp turn to the left. Now you can start looking for a parking spot. You will see two parking lots at your right hand side. These are for free, and in general Tarifa is a safe town. In TANGER: You don't park your car. You take it with you. Tarifa Weather Summer (July-August) is very hot, but being located right on the divide between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, the heat is very bearable. In winter though... the winds!! The Winds that have turned Tarifa into the Nec Plus Ultra of surf and kitesurf in summer. And, in winter, into the town with the highest suicide rate of Spain. The summer is... lovely. All along the 10 km long beach, and all along the Costa de la Luz, there are small parties on the beach, as this one on YouTube. Facts about Tarifa Southernmost town of mainland Europe. (Yes, that is not Gibraltar). Gave its name to the word Tariff, known the world over. It was the first port to charge merchants for the use of its docks. Moroccans will say that the word comes from the Arabic ta'rif. Spaniards will claim that the Arabic word ta'rif stems from... at which point Arabs will say that Spain has to stop the occupation of Ceuta and Melilla, after which a war breaks out over the 4 square feet island of Perejil, after which Colin Powell has to come over, and then we all build a chunnel together. 18.000 inhabitants. Got famous in the USA when Jemma Bush almost had her cell phone stolen on Tarifa Beach in 2004. Hip Kitesurf City As the Kitesurf capital of Spain, Tarifa boasts more surf and surf wear shops than any other town in Europe. It also means it has become something as an epicentre of Hipness. Tarifa has its own clothing labels such as Sons of the Desert and especially El Niño, a surf brand of youth and non-conformism. Its logo, a little ghost, has become something of an icon for young water sport enthousiasts. In restaurants such as Souk Restaurant, a very popular and trendy place to eat or just have tea, recordings are made of this typical "tarifa lounge", a fusion of ambient with arabic influences. Ana Torroja, previously the singer of Mecano and now a solo-artist, forever eternal for songs as "Hijo de la luna" and "Mujer contra mujer", is rumoured to spend whole summers here. And that is something, because she is the nouvelle cuisine or 1968 Chardonnay in the MC Donalds of music. A real artist, like Rosanna, or Manu Chao or Leonard Cohen. Victoria Beckham goes to Marbella.
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It's a thin line
It's a thin line between ES and MA, between country code +34 and +212. Neighbours What do you name a garbage bin with an antenna? Radio Morocco. How do you call a Spaniard on a bycicle? A thief. You come here because you can't fix your own country!! How can I if you crippled it so thoroughly?? It is a frontier situation. It is no miracle that the southern Spaniards were the most staunch catholics of Europe. As the Flemish are the most staunch defenders of the dutch language, and the Austrians the first to elect a very right-wing government. He or she who is at the border of cultures, is the man that feels he has to block the door. A new Era With neighbours as France and Portugal, this was seen as a very clear signal. Relations have been improving ever since. |
