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Sanlucar
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Sanlucar de Barrameda stands at the mouth of
the Guadalquivir River, an important river which
is navigable to Seville. Across the river stretches
the great expanse of the Doñana National
Park, Spain’s largest wildlife reserve
and a world class wetland area for migrating
birds. Access to the
Park is strictly controlled,
although a limited number of Jeep tours are available
and there is a boat cruise aboard the Real Fernando
which allows visitors to see a number of different
park
environments.
Sanlucar is located at the northern tip of
the famed sherry triangle with the two other
corners being El Puerto de Santa Maria and
Jerez de la
Frontera. The speciality here is
the distinctive Manzanilla wine, which acquires
its dry, slightly salty tang from the seaside
environment and the moist wind. The town is
equally famed for its excellent seafood, for
which Manzanilla provides the perfect accompaniment.
The Bajo de Guia is the old fishing district
upstream from the main promenaded sea front.
Here numerous bars and restaurants line the
waterfront and have terraces with views of
the Doñana Park. It is the perfect location
to watch a sunset over the river and Doñana
Park whilst enjoying some of Andalucia’s
best seafood washed down with the locally produced
Manzanilla.
Within the centre of Sanlucar is Plaza del
Cabildo, a delightful, palm-fringed pedestrianised
square with several excellent tapas bars and
ice cream parlours. Directly north of the square,
Plaza San Roque adjoins the bustling morning
market where locally caught fish and seafood
along with fruit and vegetables are sold. To
the south of Plaza del Cabildo, the Calzada
is a tree lined wide boulevard which leads
to the river and beach front.
There are numerous festivals in Sanlucar;
probably the most famous is the Feria de Manzanilla
which is celebrated at the end of May. In August
(and December) the beach is the setting for
the annual horse races, a tradition which dates
back to 1845.
Columbus set sail from Sanlucar de Barrameda
on his third voyage to the Americas and it
was also from here that Magellan set out to
circumnavigate the globe in 1519.
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