Costa de la Luz is the Hamptons of Spain, and like the Hamptons, each beach has their own culture.

We turned a corner and we were in a completely different world. The skies were dotted with multi-colored ribbons, slowing gliding, rising, and descending. Everyone in the know had gotten the call. There is wind today, at Los Canos.

Mesmerized, we stood in the middle of the sandy road just staring at the scenery. A tall, gorgeous woman with a beautifully lined and sunkissed face on a vespa saw us and said, "Ah, you got the illness. It bit me 15 years ago and I never left."

Laid-back, casual bars and restaurants dot the road leading to this new world, as well as a tall grass pathway along the dunes leading you up to ancient Roman fisheries.

And you remember once again, that you are inside the Gates of Paradise.

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