This small town belongs to one of the windiest areas in Europe. The Poniente, coming from the west, and the Levante, from the east, share it. This is why it receives many surfers and hosts world windsurfing championships. Now a windmill paradise, it was once a Roman port, a landing point for the troops of Teriq ibn Zyad and a strategic location in the struggle between the Moors and Christians, as witnessed by the gesture of Alonso Perez de Guzman, who preferred to see his nine-year-old son sacrificed rather than surrender the city to the Arabs. Like the whole of the Strait, it is subject to strong migratory pressure

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