El Baobab Hostel is an Eco Hostel in the 'Silver Route'! Enjoy the nice weather & have a great time at El Baobab Hostel. We have organized & prepare a wide range of activities for you, so if you want to have fun this is the place!
 Credit cards accepted
No curfew
Lockers in dorms | Lounge area
Internet
Safety deposit | 24 hour hot showers
Wheelchair accessible
Washing machines
Self-catering Facilities |
El Baobab Hostel is an Eco Hostel in the 'Silver Route'! Enjoy the nice weather & have a great time at El Baobab Hostel. We have organized & prepare a wide range of activities for you, so if you want to have fun this is the place!
Please, note that if you would like to book for Carnival, Holy week, and April Fair or Jerez Motorcycle Gran Prix periods the availability will be open only a month in advance.
Make sure you book and have fun!
Bathrooms are shared. There are two full bathrooms on the 1st floor for five rooms. On the common floor there are two dorms and another full bathroom. All our beds are singles.
There is a Lounge with TV/DVD, books, dictionaries and others with tourist information, computer, etc, and we also have Wi-Fi in the entire hostel!
Washing / Dryer machine at an extra cost.).
Directions
According to the legend told in the ‘Odyssey’ of Homer, after the Trojan War, a Greek official named Menestheus escaped with his troops through the Straits of Gibraltar and reached the Guadalete River. They established there and the town was called Menestheus's Port.
In 711, Arab (Moors) from North Africa invaded southern Spain. They renamed the place Alicante or Alcanatif which means Port of Salt, due to the old salt industry of Phoenicians and Romans.
In 1260, Alfonso 10TH (X) of Castile conquered the city from the Moors and renamed it ‘Santa Maria del Puerto’. He restructured the land and conceded a charter under the Crown of Castile. In his Cantigas de Santa Maria CSM 367, Alfonso sings that he was miraculously healed of swollen legs after visiting his church of Santa Maria do Porto.
Christopher Columbus's second expedition to the Americas set sail from El Puerto de Santa Maria. His pilot Juan de la Cosa drew his world map in El Puerto in 1500.
