Province
& Villages - Cadiz - Rota - Environment
Rota information
Environmental Route
DURATION: 3 hours approx.
DISTANCE: 4 km.
DIFFICULTY: Low.
By taking part on this route, you are going to be
able to witness soem of the most unknown aras of Rota.
You start with a visiti to Atlantic Park and continue
down to the Costilla beach where heading north to
the Playa de la Luz Hotel.
At the far end of the beach, are dunes and wave breakers
stretching as far as the hotel, which was originally
a tuna fish factory. On the right are corals that
lie below the water level and can only be seen at
low tide. These stone packets remain from the Arabic
times, where they were perfectly stacked on top of
one another and could me measure up to 1,5 metres
in height. The fish, crustaceans and molluscs would
find themselves trapped in the corals during low tide,
which allowed the fishermen to capture them.
Once the corals have been explored, head up the dunes,
leaving behind the Playa Hotel on the right, from
which an eye catching green cap of pines trees can
be seen. Behind you is the beach and the corals.
Once you enter the pines, the landscape begins to
change. As you leave behind the low lying pine trees
bordering the coast together with the brooms, you
arrive at the heart of the pine grove where the trees
reach considerable heights.
Continue until you arrive at an area with recreational
installations where you can rest. Along the way you
will have seen a large column. This is a geo-disk
which signals the highest point of the zone in aerial
photographs. From here you hace two alternatives:
Return on foot to the centre of Rota or, if you are
very tired, leave the pine trees and head onto the
Avenida de la Diputación where you can take
the bus, which passes every 30 minutes.
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