Cádiz is one of the oldest cities in Western Europe. The city was founded by the Phoenicians of Tire during the Greek period with the Greek divine hero Hercules in 1,100 BC, about 80 years after the Trojan War. The city was then called Gadir. In the following centuries, the Roman Empire, Muslims and Catholics invaded the town, and even the French Empire tried to invade it.

Cadiz City was a strategically located port due to its location at the entrance of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Especially during the Spanish conquest of America and the Indian trade. This entrance between these two seas is called the Pillars of Hercules. It became one of the most crucial import points for trade between the two continents, Europe and America.

This is the city where the first Spanish constitution was proclaimed and signed in 1812 in the church of the Oratorio de San Felipe Neri.

The city is full of unique places such as the Cathedral, the Castle of Santa Catalina, the Roman Theater, the archaeological site of Gadir and the Parque Genovés. Curiosity for art lovers: The "Gran Teatro" of 1926 was renamed "Gran Teatro Falla" after the Cádiz-born composer Manuel de Falla, and at Santa Cueva Oratory you find two paintings the famous painter Goya.

One of the scenes from the James Bond movie “Die Another Day” was filmed on La Caleta beach.