What Do Christopher Columbus and I Have in Common? Cadiz, Cadiz, Spain

Our first port of call after three days sailing the ocean blue onboard Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines Balmoral was Cádiz, Spain. As you can see in the itinerary map above, our Mysterious Morocco and Seductive Spain cruise was an adventure to destinations I had never been to before, but for Malága, Spain. I felt like a true explorer as I ticked off new destinations and added them to my list.

When I looked outside that morning, I noticed that we weren’t the only cruise ship in port. Tui Mein Schiff 1 and Hapag Lloyd Europa were in port nearby.

Where is Cádiz? Cádiz is located on a peninsula almost completely surrounded by water in southwestern Spain in the Andalusia region. Considered one of the oldest cities in Europe and the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Spain, Cádiz sits in the Bay of Cádiz in the Atlantic Ocean.

After disembarking the ship, I could felt the warm sun hit my face and I was already in love with Cádiz. While taxis were available to take passengers into town, we decided to do the easy ten minute walk into town and discover Cádiz on our own. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).