Cadiz Travel Forum

Hi

First of all, I have lots to visit in spain and only 4 days to do it in. I would like to see Almeria, Nerja (reached through Malaga), Cordoba, Cadiz and Gibraltar. I cannot take five days as much as I would like to, and would hopwe to see all of these. Are there any two that could be done on the same day still seeing the major sights?
Also I am looking for a cake shop that will custom make a cake with my choice of writing on it. Does such a thing exist in one of these locations? You are saving my life if you know of one!

The 5 places mentioned are all on the coast except for Cordoba. If you are driving from Almeria to Cadiz (east to west) then all could be done within 4 days.
Depends on your travelling - if you are trying to see all places by public transport. perhaps knowing more and your points of arrival and departure (same ?) would be useful for more assistance / comments.
there are certainly quite good cake shops in Andalucia these days. One of the oldest in Cadiz is called La Gloria - they have been going for 80 years. I recently visited their shop in Plaza Candelaria (not the head office which is in Calle Gloria) and give you a web address. http://www.infocadiz.com/LaGloria/Welcome.htm it may well be that you can get them to make a suitable cake but I cannot see if they have an email and I am not in Cadiz any more.
I would also think that there will be one in Nerja which is a very popular place for Brits to visit and stay. Am not familiar with the names but you can also look up yellow pages.www.paginasamarillas.es/ use "Pasteleria" for cake shop. Gibraltar may well have what you need in the cake line and GibJoe is your VTer to ask. hopefully he will also see this thread.

This place is in Marbella but covers the whole area you mention, including Gibraltar: http://www.edenscakes.com/
For the rest it's not possible to say much without knowing how you intend to travel, and exactly where and how you are arriving: Cordoba is way inland from all the other places, and if you were arriving at Malaga airport, for instance, I would cut out Almeria so that you can go either straight up to Cordoba or straight down to Nerja and Gibraltar. There are direct trains from Cadiz to Cordoba (or vice versa) or at some times you have to change in Seville, either way it takes about 3 hours; between Cordoba and Almeria it takes over 6 hours changing either in Granada (more logical) or Seville but none overnight, which might have saved you some time; Malaga to Cordoba by train takes 1 (ARC) or 2 (AVE) hours.

gaminari - i just read your post and got confused about the train from Cordoba to Malaga. Since last December when the fast dedicated railway line opened between these two cities, the AVE (the fast train from Madrid) cut the journey time to just under one hour. I have seen the engineering works for this line and tunnelling and it is quite an achievement.
But also running on this same Cordoba to Malaga route is an AVANT train that is similar to the AVE but only feeds between Malaga & Cordoba and a few other places such as Seville and Antequera. This AVANT train has fares that are lower than AVE but I always try to use them because they are almost as fast. Just one hour between Cordoba & Malaga ! Good.