A day on Tabarca

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We took a ferry to the island of Tabarca this morning. The ferry departed from a town called Santa Pola. Tabarca lies approximately 5 nautical miles east southeast of Santa Pola and the ferry ride took about 15 minutes. The seas were starting to build as the wind was currently on the rise to around 20-25 mph. It would have been a very wet ride except the ferry had nice covers on the sides!



The island is 5,741 ft long with a maximum breadth of 984 ft. We pretty much walked the length of the island in about 1.5 hours (stopping and taking photos, etc). Of course, the first stop was the lighthouse at the eastern end of the island. There was an old broken farmhouse, a fort building of some sort and a cemetery.



The island has some pretty cool history, but currently serves as a fishing community and a tourist destination during the season (July & August). There are currently 50 permanent inhabitants, which makes it the smallest permanently inhabited Spanish island. These numbers are multiplied by 10 during the season. Luckily the season is over, but there were still quite a number of people on the island.



Once we had made our way around, we stopped back at the dock and had a couple of Cañas y Tapas (a small appetizer and a beer). The ride back wasn't as dramatic as the ride into the waves on the way over. All in all it was a very nice day.

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Photos

the cemetery at the east end of the island
the gate was locked and we were not able to go inside.

old fort building
You can tell the wind was stiff. The flag is straight out!

Punta Falcon
This is a rock island at the far east end of the island

Comments

[Cyn]

Punta Falcon
Interesting, I see a cross on the rock island.