El Puerto de Santa Maria attracts
hundreds of tourists every year, it is an great
place to sample local tapas
and seafood, for which it is famous. El
Puerto de Santa Maria a town in the
Bay of Cadiz is famous for
it’s fresh seafood fish and that teamed
with the abundance of fresh fruit and vegetables
can all be tasted it'sexcellent restaurant menus.
Eating seafood in El Puerto is something everyone
has to experience, most tourists head for the
Rivera del Marisco
where you can by seafood in paper cones to take
away or eat at the tables. There are a wide
variety of eateries all located with walking
distance in the town centre.
El Puerto has a famous bull ring which dates
back to 1880 with space for 15,000 spectators
and bull fighting is still enjoyed during the
Feria season, which are during
the month of August and during the Feria
de la Primavera which is in early May.
This Feria is dedicated to
Sherry and 180,0000 half bottles get drunk in
4 days!!! There are several Bodegas in the town
centre all of which can be visited by the public.
The most famous being the Osborne
and Terry Bodegas
who export sherry and brandy worldwide . In
the cellars in El Puerto sherry
is produced using the traditional method called
“solera”.
This method produces the pale dry sherries to
the sweet Muscatel
sherry, Amontillados
and the older Olorosos.
Fortunately El Puerto has managed to escape
the mass tourism of the Costa del Sol and remains
unspoilt, natural and very picturesque.
During the summer months the town bursts with
life, El Puerto is a very lively place with
lots of bars and lots going on.
Most of the town is on the north bank of the
Rio Guadelete,
where bars and restaurants line the palm-covered
streets. Entertainment is lively in the summer
in the town centre and in Vistahermosa everything
starts very late and goes on well into the early
hours, hence the famous Spanish siesta.
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