Guadiaro is a neighborhood (
parish
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) of the city of
San Roque on the right bank of the
Guadiaro River in the
Province of Cádiz
Cádiz is a Provinces of Spain, province of southern Spain, in the southwestern part of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia. It is the southernmost part of mainland Spain, as well as the southernmost part of ...
,
Andalusia
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,
Spain
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. Local festivals are held the first week of July.
Due to its proximity to the coast and to the
urbanization
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luxury
Sotogrande
Sotogrande is the largest privately owned residential development in Andalusia, Spain. It is a gated community in the municipality of San Roque. Located 25 km northeast of Gibraltar, Sotogrande is composed of a 25-square-kilometre stretch fr ...
, Guadiaro is mainly engaged in
tourism
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. In the area there are several
golf
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Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...
courses, which held, among other events, the
Ryder Cup
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in the year 1997, and golf
pole, as well as plenty of water sports. Takes its name from
Guadiaro River.
Guadiaro is the
archaeological site
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of
Barbésula, an old
Roman
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
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city.
The football team is the C.D. Guadiaro, founded in 1973 by townsfolk and with the help of local businesses.
Guadiaro is accessed by
A-2103, which links with
San Enrique de Guadiaro through the Iron Bridge and Guadiaro by outputs 130 and 132 of the
A-7. The road
A-2100 leads from Guadiaro to
Castellar de la Frontera.
In August 2010 a roofed
taxi stand
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Operation
Stands are normally located at high-traffic l ...
entered service.
References
Populated places in the Province of Cádiz
San Roque, Cádiz
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