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Tarifa, Spain. A place for van life

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I got off the boat from Morocco (See: 3 months in morocco by campervan) and randomly stopped in the nearest town, Tarifa, in the South of Spain.

I met a load of other vanners and stayed for a few weeks. I love this place. Let me show you some of Tarifa. Come here if you’re in a van!

Tarifa is here…

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There are loads of vans along the beach

The van community is good around here – a mixture of weekend and full time people staying here for the summer

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I met loads of other vanners

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And a family that live in this bus

You HAVE to see inside this bus – I’ll do a separate post on it – stay tuned

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Summer days out on the grass

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There’s a strong digital nomad community in the town

All these people are location independent with portable businesses they can run from anywhere in the world with just a laptop – THAT is the future. Tarifa hosts a lot of digital nomads and has a popular coworking space (La Cocotera) open for everyone

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There are some good biking routes near the town

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It feels like proper Spain here

Oh yeah the land across the sea is Morocco

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These waters are home to hundreds of dolphins and whales

This bit of sea, Strait of Gibraltar, is where the Mediterranean meets the Atlantic

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It’s a really popular kite surfing spot

Tarifa is known at ‘the wind capital’ – there’s hardly ever two consecutive non-windy days

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This is the sunset view from my van roof

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And down the road is another good beach and van area

This is the pig field just a couple of km west down the road. There are some more permanent people living here and you can drive your van right up to the beach

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It was nice coming back to here after spending the winter in Morocco. I did miss the easiness of Europe. Also see the previous post: 18 reasons I’ll come back to Morocco in my van

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