Yacimiento Arqueológico Gadir — Attraction in Cádiz

The tours here last about 45 minutes. While there is no admission fee, you DO need to reserve a ticket, since tour group-size is limited.

Here you will see Gadir (Cádiz) in situ from the time it was colonized by the Phoenicians, through the Roman period. The building houses a beautifully preserved space, with translucent walkways over the ruins. Different-colored gravels distinguish between Phoenician and Roman structures. A multimedia presentation at the beginning lends a wonderful overview to the space throughout its history. There are even skeletal remains of an unfortunate that was overcome by smoke during a fire some 2,800 years ago.

The tour guide we had spoke wonderful English, was VERY knowledgeable, and enthusiastic. Kudos to her!

The only reason for losing a star: apparently in very recent history, lightning knocked out the air conditioner and dehumidifier for a while... this has led to some very musty odors at one end of the site, that made it difficult for us to breathe without covering our noses.

This site is definitely...

The archaeology was very cool but the presentation/information to accompany it was very poor. The panels barely contained any information especially when I compare it with my visit to the Roman Theatre just a few streets over. Very little information about the limited capacity and that we would need tickets (free entry though). The video at the start was in spanish with german subtitles and we received no information if we should come back for any english. Thankfully my friend is spanish and was able to translate any bits that I did not pick up myself (I can understand bits of Spanish). The guide also asked us very strictly that when my friend was translating for us to be very quiet, we had been very quiet and waited to translate where there was no one else talking and she did so in quiet whispers keeping it as brief as possible. Extremely disappointed in this museum. I would advise anyone who wants to visit to check the day before and enquire, there seemed to be very little information about the actual...

Even if you have little or no interest in archaeology (as I do) they have done a great job with this excavation to make it come alive for the General Public. They have created an introductory video and a post exhibit video to give you an idea of what life was like in this Phoenician Village.

Often we judge on a review not only the experience but on how much we paid and how long how much of our day the experience took up. In this case admission is free and the whole session is done within an hour promptly.

There are just one or two interactive signs where you can see different things by zooming in on a camera that would otherwise not be visible to the naked eye. Otherwise, the exhibit signs have good explanations and pictures with text in three different languages.

As of right now, you need to go the day of the exhibit and get tickets for a particular hour and then come back. We came 15 minutes before the first hour they were open and they have not sold out -- but you might not be so lucky...