Punta de Tarifa — where two seas meet

A narrow stone causeway runs south out of Tarifa to the Isla de las Palomas, the southernmost point of mainland Europe. Standing on it you have the Atlantic on your right and the Mediterranean on your left, often with a visible difference in colour and chop between the two, and fourteen kilometres away the hills of Morocco.

It is a rare frame: water on both sides, a low horizon and nothing to clutter the background except cargo ships crossing the strait. Shoot along the causeway for symmetry, or from the town side so the island and its lighthouse close the composition.

Behind you, Tarifa's old town is a compact grid of white lanes inside its Moorish walls, with the Puerta de Jerez and Guzmán el Bueno castle as second and third stops five minutes' walk apart.

Two practical points. The wind is the reason Tarifa exists as a kitesurf capital, and on a levante day the causeway is exposed and unpleasant — plan a sheltered alternative. And the island itself is state property with restricted access; the causeway view is the shot, so check what is currently open before you plan anything beyond it.