The fashionable address neighbors to the city of Cadiz on the beach begins at the end of the Middle Ages; time when Chiclana becomes sourcing center in the capital; Investment Area of the bourgeoisie commercial Cadiz and second place of residence, becoming a tourist destination par excellence in the Bay of Cadiz. This influx of people was largely due to spas and Braque Source Bitter. But it would be mainly from the relocation of the top of the fleet at Cadiz Indies, in 1680, when merchants, factors foreigners and persons connected with America in bulk directed their steps toward the then town of Chiclana, attracted by its character natural and healthy waters. In the eighteenth century, during the trade with America from Cadiz, grand palaces are built for urban chiclanero, becoming residence of the wealthy merchants gaditanos. Several famous people like José María Pemán and Antonio Ponz have defined as Chiclana quitapesares and relief of the neighbors off Cadiz at the time.
Later, in the second half of the twentieth century is beginning to build large housing estates and hotels on the beach of Barrosa, because of the increasing number of foreign tourists who seek the coast for a vacation. In the last decades of the twentieth century, Chiclana becomes the main destination of sun and beach in Cadiz province, where the city that has the largest number of hotels in the Costa de la Luz.
Currently, Chiclana remains a major hotel infrastructure in the province of Cadiz and is one of the major tourist destinations in Spain. Notable hotels of four and five stars in urbanization Novo Sancti Petri, as well as the golf courses, residential, shopping malls and entertainment venues that stretch across the beach of Barrosa. Another of the hotel housing estates with which the city is urbanization Loma de Sancti Petri, also located on the beach of Barrosa. On the other hand, the beach at Sancti Petri has no hotels, but a variety of entertainment, highlighting the various commercial establishments that are close to the beach, and the Yacht Club, where they can practice numerous water sports like surfing or sailing.
