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Just as the track angles back towards the road you reach a cattle grid. Here angle 45 degrees to the right then after 75m cut right through the scrub and drop down to the sandy bed of a gully. Here cut left and follow a narrow, sandy path down towards the sea. The gully widens before reaching the Barbate–Caños cliff path (3hr 5min).

From here head west past a steep cliff face, parallel to the sea. Soon a rail and post barrier runs between you and the ocean. The path leads past a sign about Pinares Costeras or the coastal pine forest: it was planted to stabilise the dune system. 200m past the sign you reach the Torre del Tajo (2hr 45min). Be sure to visit the mirador some 100m west of the tower for the finest cliff views of the walk.

The mirador next to Torre del Tajo

The Torre del Tajo is one of dozens of coastal watchtowers that were built at the end of the 16th century during the reign of Philip II to protect the southern coastline of Spain from raids by Barbary pirates.