Costa de la Luz

It has a fairly significant tourist hotel and entertainment area, beaches, golf courses, water parks and marinas as well as different levels of township developments. The emphasis is on the beauty of its protected natural areas, Donna, Bay of Cadiz, cliffs and marshes of Barbate, the Tinto and Odiel, New Umbria, Lake homes, Marshes of Isla Cristina as well as major destinations for cultural tourism like Claudia Baelo, Cape Trafalgar Columbian or places like the Monastery of La Rabida, Palos de la Frontera and Moguer.

The beaches of the Costa de la Luz are usually formed by endless dunes composed of fine sand and native plants, sometimes surrounded by pine trees. The predominant features are the golden sands and a visible sun almost all day in all seasons. The name derives comes from a very acute light that highlights the cleanliness of the streets, the whitewash of the walls, the golden dunes and the reflection from the sea.

Among the villages, beaches and major tourist cities in the province of Huelva are Ayamonte, Isla Canela, Punta del Moral, Isla Cristina, Lepe, Isla Antilla, La Antilla, Cartaya, El Rompido, Portugal, Punta Umbria, Mazagon Matalascanas Coast and Coto de Donana and the Province of Cadiz: Chipiona, urbanization Costa Ballena, Rota, urbanization Valdelagrana, Puerto de Santa María, Cadiz, Chiclana de la Frontera and the urbanization of Novo Sancti Petri Conil de la Frontera, Los Canos de Meca, Barbate, Zahara de los Atunes, Vejer de la Frontera and Tarifa.

The Costa de la Luz on the Spanish coast is a region of South-western Andalusia that extends from the coastal provinces of Huelva and Cadiz from the mouth of the Guadiana to Tarifa.

The place is an attraction especially by foreign tourists like the French, British and Germans in particular. The urban growth of coastal areas has economic benefits, but also episodes of speculation and environmental degradation through developments.