This town is just 30 minutes north of Rota with a very strong tourism industry that almost triples the 18,000 permanent resident population. Besides the beaches (which I personally think that Rota's are better) the lighthouse is the most prominent feature. This lighthouse is the tallest in Spain, third in Europe and fifteenth in the world. It is 205 feet tall and the light can be seen for 25 nautical miles (29 linear miles). It was built in 1867 and is the guide into the Guadalquivir River to get to Seville. There is also a very nice marina that was built in the 1990s. Also in Chipiona is a castle guilt in 1295 by King Fernando III after the Christian re-conquest. We had lunch on a beach side cafe thing that we ordered langostinos (shrimp) from Chipiona. It was an exercise in shrimp anatomy and we are sure that our 'method' for eating them was far from efficient. Fishing and agriculture are the main non-tourist industries. All around the beaches are stone jetty type things that were used to trap the fishes.
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