Everything you need to know
Day trip details
To see current prices for each rate (adults, children, students and infants), select your preferred date in the booking calendar. The price shown in the calendar is always the final price.
Check the available days and times directly in the booking calendar: it updates in real time according to the season.
There are three pick-up points in central Seville. The one you choose is also where the day ends.
C. Trajano 6, Casco Antiguo, 41001 Seville · View on Google Maps
C. Zaragoza 1, Casco Antiguo, 41001 Seville · View on Google Maps
C. Rastro 12A, 41003 Seville · View on Google Maps
Not every pick-up point is available on every date: the booking calendar shows which ones you can choose and the exact time. We recommend arriving with time to spare.
Round-trip transport between Seville and Tarifa. That is what this day trip is: a comfortable way to reach the coast and get back the same evening.
A guide travels with the group and gives you the information you need on the way, including where and when to meet for the return.
There is no guided tour once you arrive. The day in Tarifa is yours: the beach, the old town, or both.
Food, drink and any admission fees are not included.
Bring a swimsuit, a towel and something to sit on. Most people spend the day on the sand.
Sun protection and a hat, whatever the month. The beaches here are wide open with almost no shade.
A light layer even in summer. Tarifa is one of the windiest places in Europe and the breeze picks up in the afternoon.
Comfortable footwear if you plan to walk the old town, which is cobbled and gently uphill.
There is no meal included and no organized stop for one. Tarifa is full of bars and restaurants, or you can bring a picnic.
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the activity. You can cancel from the confirmation email you receive when you book.
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A day at the beach, at the bottom of Europe
Seville is a wonderful city and it is also, in July, an oven with no sea. This day trip exists for that: it takes you to the Atlantic coast at Tarifa in the morning, leaves you the day to spend as you like, and brings you back in the evening.
Down to the coast
The drive south from Seville takes a couple of hours, crossing the farmland of the Guadalquivir valley and coming out on the Costa de la Luz. A guide travels with the group, explains what you are passing, and sorts out where and when to meet for the way home.
The beaches
Tarifa has kilometres of pale, open sand facing the Atlantic, with the hills of Morocco on the horizon across the water. The beaches are wide, undeveloped and shallow a long way out. This is where most of the day goes for most people.
Or the old town, if you would rather
Tarifa is also a walled medieval town, small enough to cross in twenty minutes, with narrow whitewashed streets, a tenth-century castle, cafes spilling onto the squares and a surf-town feel that is unlike anywhere else in Andalusia. Nothing stops you doing a bit of both.
Where two seas meet
Tarifa sits on the exact line between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, at the southernmost point of mainland Europe. Africa is about fourteen kilometres away and on a clear day you can pick out buildings on the far shore. In the evening the group meets back at the agreed point for the drive to Seville.
Important: the order and format of the route may vary depending on the time of year, the weather, road conditions and each town’s local holidays. Your guide will organize the day in whatever way works best for the group.
Your questions answered
Frequently asked questions
No, and we would rather say so plainly. A guide travels with the group and gives you what you need to know on the way, but once you arrive the day is free. This is a beach day with transport, not a sightseeing tour.
Around fourteen hours door to door, of which roughly four are spent travelling. The exact departure time for your date appears in the booking calendar.
The bulk of the day. Your guide gives the group the exact meeting time and place for the return once you arrive, since it varies with the season and the traffic.
Spanish, English, French and Italian. You choose when you book. Since there is no guided tour on site, this affects the information given on the journey.
No, and there is no organized stop for it. You eat where and when you like: Tarifa is full of bars and beach restaurants, or you can bring a picnic.
Of course. The time is yours. The old town and the beach are a few minutes apart on foot, so you can do both without hurrying.
From central Seville. There are three pick-up points and the booking calendar shows which ones are available on your date. The pick-up point is also the drop-off point.
Yes, round trip. You travel in a comfortable, air-conditioned vehicle, van, minibus or coach, depending on how many travelers have booked for that date. Some have a toilet on board; if yours does not, you can ask your guide to stop at a service area.
It depends on the bookings for each date, and groups are usually small. In high season the group is split into two or more subgroups: as a rule, groups are no larger than 30 people.
Yes, and there is a reduced rate for children. The water is shallow a long way out, which suits younger swimmers, though bear in mind it is a fourteen-hour day with four hours in the vehicle.
Partly. There is no walking tour to keep up with, which helps, but the beaches are reached over sand and the old town is cobbled and slopes uphill.
Yes. Cancellation is free up to 24 hours before the activity.
Planning your day in Tarifa
Practical questions about Tarifa and its coast, useful background before you travel.
Yes, easily. The strait is about 14 kilometres wide here and the Moroccan coast fills the horizon. On a clear day you can make out individual buildings in Tangier and the outline of Jebel Musa, one of the two Pillars of Hercules.
The long beach that starts at the edge of town is the easiest to reach on foot and the most sheltered. The wilder, emptier sands run north from there towards Valdevaqueros and Bolonia, but those need a car or a local bus.
Cooler than the Mediterranean, yes. This is the Atlantic, and the strait keeps the water moving, so it sits around 18 to 22 degrees in summer. It is refreshing rather than bracing, and the shallows warm up through the afternoon.
It depends on the day and on you. The levante, from the east, is strong and blows sand; the poniente, from the west, is gentler and cooler. Locals check the forecast before choosing a beach. The upside is that Tarifa stays bearable in August when Seville is at 40 degrees.
Walk the walled old town and its castle, take the causeway out towards the island that marks the southern tip of the continent, or go whale and dolphin watching: the strait is one of the best places in Europe for it, with resident pilot whales and dolphins year round.
About 200 kilometres, roughly two hours by road each way. It is the furthest beach we run a day trip to, and the reason the day is a long one.
There are long-distance buses, but they are slow and the timetable does not lend itself to a day return, which is why organized transport exists. There is no train station in Tarifa; the nearest is Algeciras, and even that needs a connection.
June and September are the sweet spot: warm enough to swim, and without the August crowds. July and August are busy but never as hot as inland. Outside the summer the beaches are beautiful and empty, but the Atlantic is cold.
