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Sanlucar de Barrameda
Sanlucar de Barrameda Sanlucar de Barrameda is located 22 km (14 miles) from Jerez on the Jerez de la Frontera - San Lucar route. Sanlucar de Barrameda is situated on the left bank of the river Guadalquivir, just in front of the world famous nature reserve Doņana. Sanlucar de Barrameda is the very quintessence of a south Spanish fishing village. Sanlucar de Barrameda offers the very best of Spanish sea food and fresh fish and is a very popular holiday destination among Spaniards. Once there: Please do not miss a walking tour in the old part of the town, including the market. El Puerto de Santa Mariais also famous for fabulous fresh seafood. Daily fresh prawns are served in almost all bars. The local prawns are unbeatable together with the local cool sherry wine when it's time for "tapas".
Sanlucar de Barrameda is the perfect place for nature lovers, who plans to visit the nature reserve Doņana where bird watching and untouched nature are the highlights. Cruises on the river Guadalquivir runs all around the year, including stops to visit Doņana with guided tours, by foot or in jeeps. Another highlight in Sanlucar de Barrameda are the visits to the local and typical Bodegas where the local sherry wines patiently matures in the wine cellars where the river Guadalquivir meets the Atlantic Ocean. Sanlucar de Barrameda also offers a large number of very fine sandy beaches and warm clear water, and of course being located in the south of Spain: Pleasant temperatures and sun, sun, sun and more sun! In Sanlucar de Barrameda it is more than easy to combine leisure, gastronomy and interesting visits and excursions. Weather in Sanlucar: Weather forecast and temperatures in Sanlucar today: Click HERE >> Free Golf Guide Sanlucar - Golf Courses in Sanlucar: Click HERE >> Hotel Sanlucar Barrameda: Click HERE >> Rent a Car - Car Hire Sanlucar Barrameda: Click HERE >> The name Sanlúcar de Barrameda comes from an ancient temple named Lucero after the goddess Venus, who was worshipped by the Tartessans. Sanlúcar was a key port in the voyages of discovery to America. It was from here that the ill-starred Magellan sailed to circumnavigate the world, a voyage that was eventually completed by Juan Sebastian Elcano. In the upper part of the town one can see palace-like convents, vast bodegas and lordly mansions. Particularly fine is the church of Santa María de la O, which has a Churrigueresque altarpiece and Mudejar doorways. Sanlúcar is set on a slope, with streets running from the once important castle of Santiago (now a ruin) down to the district of Bajo de Guía on the banks of the river Guadalquivir. Sanlucar is well known for its fine fish restaurants. The river Guadalquivir was once the regular means of travel from Sanlúcar to Seville. Today, however, only merchant ships and luxury yachts sail upriver and people prefer to make the journey by road. One can also go from El Puerto de Santa María to Sanlucar following the coast by way of Rota and Chipiona. Now more cosmopolitan thanks to a major naval base, Rota was always a seafaring town and today is a summer resort. Inhabited over the centuries by Phoenicians, Romans and Arabs, Rota still preserves many monuments, among them the remains of the old town walls, the Castle of Luna and the churches of Nuestra Seņora de la O (15 th century) and San Roque (Neoclassical); beaches include La Castilla and Punta Candor.Sixteen kilometres further along the coast, Chipiona lies surrounded by vineyards producing fine grapes and a famous moscatel wine. Besides an immense beach, Chipiona boasts the Sanctuary of Nuestra Seņora de Regla (14 th century) - an object of great religious devotion throughout this part of the province - the church of Nuestra Seņora de la O, the Lighthouse and the Monument to the Cross of the Sea.Coto de Doņana and the Romería of El Rocío Over the river from Sanlucar by boat is Coto de Doņana. One of Spains loveliest national parks and one of the largest dune areas in Europe, Doņana provides a refuge for endangered species; when spring comes, the sight of flocks of thousands of birds covering the marshlands is an unforgettable one. The only sign of human habitation in 32 kilometres of beach is Torre Carboneras, a 16th-century watchtower. Inland are stretches of dunes and pinewoods. Early this century the German archaeologist Schulten spent several years in the hills known as Cerro del Trigo in a fruitless search for the legendary city of Tartessos.Visitors to Doņana can still see, half-hidden among the pine trees, straw-thatched huts like the dwellings of the former inhabitants of the area, people who lived mainly by fishing and charcoal burning. On the far side of the park is the Acebuche Visitor Reception Centre, where visitors can get information, arrange trips through the park and buy souvenirs. The solitude ends as one nears Matalascaņas and the residential estates begin. There is a good metalled road leading to the nearby Sanctuary of El Rocío. El Rocío is a normally quiet village with some bars and restaurants. At the Feast of Pentecost, however, the scene changes dramatically with the arrival of the famous Romería, a religious festival in which millions of pilgrims gather to sing the praises of the Virgin more popularly known as the Blanca Paloma or White Dove who appeared in the 13th century and has become one of the most important objects of devotion in all Andalusia.
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