La Línea de la Concepción
La Línea de la Concepción, often referred to simply as La Línea, is a municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Cádiz, Andalusia.
Getting to La Línea de la Concepción
In Southern Spain (Andalusia) you usually get a better price using Blablacar than travelling by train or intercity bus.
- 01Estación de Autobuses de La Linea
The bus station is a few minutes walk from the border and town centre.
Worth seeing
Strongholds of San Carlos, Santa Bárbara and San Felipe: these 18th-century military buildings were built during the siege of Gibraltar as part of the so-called Contravalación Line of Gibraltar, a group of fortifications whose goal was to besiege Gibraltar checking on any UK further expansionist ideas. During the Peninsular War, these fortifications were blown up by the British.
Things to do
La Línea has 14 km (9 miles) of beaches, named Playa de Levante, Playa de La Atunara, La Alcaidesa, Playa de La Hacienda, Playa de Poniente, Playa de Santa Bárbara, El Burgo Sobrevela, Portichuelos, Playa de Torrenueva, some of which are awarded each year a Blue Flag beach award by the Coastal European Authorities.
Where to eat
- 01Cafe Eclen
Polígono San Felipe, 8 (Directly at the bus station).
- 02Restaurante La Línea Verde
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- 03Restaurante Bar Cafetería Las Tablas
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- 04Bar Francis
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- 05Apu
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Getting around La Línea de la Concepción the local way
- Go nextYou're probably heading to Gibraltar, but if not you can go west around the bay to Algeciras; there's not a lot to see, apart from the Rock from a different angle, but you could always catch a ferry to Morocco or to Ceuta, a slice of Spain in Africa.
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