Sotogrande is the largest privately owned residential development in Andalusia, Spain. Originally a gated community, it is now an open resort settlement in the municipality of San Roque. Located 25 km northeast of Gibraltar, Sotogrande is composed of a 25-square-kilometre stretch from the Mediterranean Sea back into the foothills of Sierra Almenara, providing contrasting views of sea, hills, cork forests and green fairways, including the Rock of Gibraltar and Morocco.
Sotogrande aerial view, July 2011
View of Sotogrande port
Valderrama Golf Club became the first course outside the United States and United Kingdom to host the Ryder Cup in 1997
San Roque is a municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Cádiz, which in turn is part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is also part of the comarca of Campo de Gibraltar. Located in the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula, San Roque is a short way inland of the north side of the Bay of Gibraltar, to the north of the Gibraltar peninsula. The municipality has a total surface of 145 km2 with a population of approximately 25,500 people, as of 2005.
View of San Roque at dusk showing The Rock in the background
Roman forum, Carteia
The CEPSA Gibraltar-San Roque Refinery