1) Museo de Cadiz: Phoenicians, Romans and Spaniards
The museum offers outstanding exhibitions of Phoenician and Roman items as well as 20th century painting.
The Museum is divided into three sections: Phoenician and Roman archaeological artefacts, with outstanding Phoenician sarcophagi from the 5th century BC; Fine Art, with paintings from the 16th-20th centuries, including works by Zurbarán, Murillo and Rubens; Ethnography, where you can see Tía Norica traditional puppets, an example of Costumbrism in the Cadiz of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Address: Plaza Mina, s/n. 11004 Cádiz Teléfonos: 956/21 43 00. 956/21 22 81
2) Cathedral Museum
Plaza de Fray Felix s/n, Cadiz Tel 956 259 812
History of Cádiz and of the barrio del Pópulo, archive (documental and musical), goldsmith, paintings and sculptures which belong to the funds of the Cathedral Gaditana. Admission includes a visit to the Cathedral. No flash photography allowed.
3) Museum of the Cadiz Constitution
C/Santa Ines, 9, Cadiz Tel 956 221 788
Admission is free. Closed Mondays and holidays. There is a special emphasis on the Cadiz Court and Constitution of 1812. Has a wonderful model of Cadiz with outstanding accuracy to the scale of 1/250 and a painting of the announcement of “La Pepa” (the constitution), by Salvador Viniegra.
Other Andalusian towns on the Costa del Sol like Marbella, Malaga or Ronda also dispose of a great historic patronage and are not far from Cádiz. They are nice for a day excursion.