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After heading on towards Barbate via a broad forestry track you cut south through the stone pines to reach the A2233. Here you have a choice between following a sandy gully to reach the beginning of the cliff path that leads up to the Torre del Tajo – this adds an extra kilometre or so to the walk – or cutting straight through the forest to the Torre.

I’ve graded the walk Medium/Difficult not so much for the distance covered but rather because of the additional effort required when walking on the sandy paths that cut through the Breña forest.

The walk begins in Los Caños de Meca outside Hotel Madreselva which you pass as you head east through the village on the A2233. From here head east past a row of palm trees. Reaching a sign for Barbate/San Ambrosio turn left. The road soon arcs left. Just beyond the km14 sign cut left along a sandy track past a sign Monte Dunas de Barbate. After running west the road arcs right as it passes beneath the Torre de la Meca. Reaching a three-way junction bear right at a sign Prohido Arrojar Basuras passing between two rusting metal posts. The track climbs gently as it runs eastwards: views open out above the treetops. Shortly beyond the top of the rise you pass a sign marking the path up to the Torre de la Meca (45min).