Vejer and its environs have become a gastronomic Mecca and well worth an extended stay (but with car) to sample the many fine options that have been written about here and here and here:
Dining in its environs: The Moroccan cuisine-focused El Jardín el Califa, the carnivores´ pilgrimage site, La Castillería & the inimitable roadside Venta el Toro (a favorite of matadors and of José Andrés, featured in his J.A. and Family in Spain) both in tiny Santa Lucía, Venta Pinto, the home of the manteca colorá, in La Barca de Vejer, the almadraba-caught tuna temples of El Campero in Barbate, Antonio in Zahara and Francisco Fontanilla in Conil, Venta Melchor in El Colorao, Venta la Duquesa below Medina Sidonia, Atxa in Tarifa, 2 Michelin-starred/Repsol sunned restaurants in Novo Sancti Petri (Alevante & Cataria) plus the several beachside restaurants that open during the high season, and on and on…
Vejer also offers Annie B’s cooking school. On May 30 the town will celebrate its 5th “Noche de las Velas”, when the historic quarter will be illuminated by 18,000 candles. And in summer it holds the Barbadillo jazz festival.
