You wouldn't notice LUZ DE TAVIRA except for its parish church, a robust landmark next to the EN125. The side doorway facing the main road is 16th-century Manueline, quite distinct from the more recent front doorway in the renaissance style.

SANTA LUZIA, a fishing village near the Pedras d'El Rei holiday development, is a centre of octopus fishing, as can be seen from the heaps of numbered earthenware pots on the quayside. When placed on the sandy seabed, inquisitive octopuses can't resist crawling into them, but can't find their way out.

What most visitors to Pedras d'El Rei find irresistable is the long sandy beach on the outer edge of the sand bar known as Ilha de Tarifa, which can be conveniently reached by miniature railway.