Tarifa Diaries

[Stewart J]

Tarifa diaries. Visited Punta Paloma (in the hire car) this afternoon. Its a large sand dune constantly on the move, council have a bulldozer sited here as it requires constant daily digging out to keep the road which dissects it open. Its quite a special place nowhere else like it in Europe. Holiday weekend so road not fully cleared and a good covering of sand. Couple of cars coming down toward us so I stopped and waited at bottom for them to pass, Spanish plated newish jag behind us decides hes in a hurry so sets off, gets to the cars impossible to tell where sides of road are under the sand two wheels off the road and hes stuck. More cars appear and luckily for him they all bailed out and pushed him back on the road. At that point I along with several others behind watching the performance did multi point turns and headed back the way. To many visitors sightseeing in the area to risk getting stuck. There is a campsite a short distance from the dune for anyone visiting, its quite an experience.

 

[Innkeeper]

Love the beach below the road

 

[namwaldog]

We visited in 2013.

As you say, an Amazing place. I'm not the biggest fan of loose sand so Margaret decided to climb it on her own!
Came back down sharpish, feeling freaked out.
Said as soon as she lost sight of the sea, it felt as though she was going to be swallowed up by the sand as it was constantly shifting under her feet. Felt very eerie, she said.

Not the best video or sound quality

 

[Stewart J]

Love the beach below the road

The car park is crammed with wilding Motorhomes there are signs saying no Motorhomes to overnight but they are ignored. Guardia had a raid last month at 9 pm fined everyone and made them leave then breathalyser them further down the road. Locals are getting fed up with it and no facilities for rubbish, grey water or toilet dumps so you can imagine the mess in surrounding woodland.