Located on the west coast of this province and southwest of the Andalusian region, is located in a privileged location, it has twelve kilometers of beaches of fine white sand, clear waters and three thousand hours of sunshine.

The origins of Isla Cristina are very recent, dating back to the second half of the eighteenth century, when fishermen from the Mediterranean, Catalan and Levantines basically then settled for exploiting stocks of sardines and tuna, salazonar the fish and remove the salt, tasks that still survive today as an important part of wealth creation.

Following the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, the definitive and stable location of the then Royal Island of La Higuerita, name given in honor of the symbolic tree next to a freshwater well and established the first chamizos is marked. 1834 was named by the current, Isla Cristina would be modified, as thanks to Queen Maria Cristina for the humanitarian aid in a cholera epidemic.

Identification symbols Isla Cristina are its physical location, its connection to the sea, its industrial dynamism and customs. Even the "smells" to sea separate and differentiate this village of sandbanks, salt marshes and agricultural countryside.

Its people, about twenty thousand, are noble and welcoming faces tanned by "sea" that offer visitors a warm welcome every care to make your stay as pleasant as possible.