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Zahara

Zahara de los Atunes is a traditional fishing village that inspired one of the famous Exemplary Novels (Novelas Ejemplares) written by Cervantes. The village faces Africa and is proud to possess the best, extensive sandy beaches and dunes on the coast of Cadiz. This small village of 1200 inhabitants welcomes more than 25,000 visitors every year, all of whom choose this place for its magnificent, quiet beaches.

Zahara is a village located on what was the border between the Kingdom of Castile and the Kingdom of Granada centuries ago. It was the stepping stone to the continent of Africa. Its white streets and squares hint at old stories of pirates while its locals pass down skills in traditional tuna fishing techniques from generation to generation. It is this kind of fishing that has provided the village with part of its name, with "Atunes" being the Spanish word for "tuna".

For centuries (even during the Roman and Carthaginian civilisations), a legendary ritual has been carried out on its beaches in the month of May, during which people go fishing in this area of water in search of its most precious product, the tuna fish, using the technique known in as "almadraba". The tuna come from northern seas and American coasts year after year, century after century, to fulfil their annual date in the Strait of Gibraltar which leads to the Mediterranean where these fish lay eggs. Off the coast of Zahara de los Atunes, fishermen await this sea army, ready to catch them with their fishing technique known as "almadraba". This collection of nets catches and holds the tuna until they are collected by boat and taken ashore. This fishing technique was used exclusively for centuries by the Ducal House of Medina Sidonia.

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