La Vista de Medina

Southeast Cádiz Province & the Costa de la Luz


A charming, stylish hideaway opposite Medina Sidonia's Iglesia Mayor. La Vista's six rustic-chic rooms feel like mini apartments, with kitchenettes, red-brick arches and lively colour palettes, and frame two soothing pools set in hibiscus-filled, fountain-washed gardens. The Andalucian-international bar-restaurant (mains €9 to €20) emphasises local produce and has a wonderful terrace for drinking in the horizon-reaching views.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Southeast Cádiz Province & the Costa de la Luz attractions

1. Iglesia Santa María Mayor

0.04 MILES

With its Renaissance door giving way to a hushed Gothic-Mudéjar cloister, this 16th-century Gothic-Renaissance beauty stands on the place of an old mosque…

2. Arco de Belén

0.06 MILES

One of three still-standing Moorish-era gates that guard the upper old town, dating from the 10th to 13th centuries.

3. Plaza de España

0.14 MILES

Buzzy, cafe-sprinkled Plaza de España is dominated by Medina Sidonia's 17th-century, baroque-neoclassical ayuntamiento (town hall).

4. Castillo

0.15 MILES

Crowning Medina Sidonia, this ruined castle sits on the most elevated point for miles around, on the site of a Roman military fortress turned 11th-century…

5. Museo Arqueológico

0.2 MILES

At the town-centre archaeology museum, you can see four well-preserved cryptoporticus and an underground Roman sewer gallery, plus the excavated 1st…

6. Walls

14.22 MILES

Enclosing the 40,000-sq-metre old town, Vejer’s imposing 15th-century walls are particularly visible between the Arco de la Puerta Cerrada (of 11th- or…

7. Casa del Mayorazgo

14.23 MILES

If the door’s open, pop into this private 18th-century house to find two stunning flower-filled patios (home to 450 potted plants!) and one of just three…

8. Museo de Vejer

14.24 MILES

Housed in a 17th- to 18th-century mansion, Vejer's museum has a small, impressive history and archaeology collection, running from the area's early…