SANLUCAR DE BARRAMEDA
If you want to feel in touch with the country and the
tidal marshes of the Lower Guadalquivir and explore
the Doñana Nature Park on horseback all you have
to do is contact Alargavista, who will offer horseback
trips through these areas and in horse-drawn coaches
on nights of the full moon, with catering service so
that the only thing you have to think about is enjoying
the splendid surroundings.This company also organises
tours to fighting bull herds, classic and ranch horse
training sessions, demonstration of bullfighting techniques
or a tour with lunch to an Andalusian farm with flamenco
party included. One of the most popular activities ,
however , is the Sanlúcar-Guadalquivir-Doñana
river itinerary on board the ship Real Fernando or the
cruise on the Guadalquivir to the Nature Park where
you will be picked up by horse-drawn coaches to see
the tidal marshes, flamingos , peacocks, herons... These
services can be topped off by the visit to the two visitors'
centre dedicated to the Park.
Sanlucar is divided into 2 clearly differentiated parts:
The upper one and the lower part of the city .Its importatn
historic-artistic collection , located in the ravine
that overlooks the mouths of the River Guadalquivir
, is composed of palaces , churches, lordly houses and
fortresses such as the Castle of Santiago.Sanlúcar
si world famous , through , for the horse races on the
beach, a true visual spectacle.They are considered the
most ancient horse races in Spain and have their origin
in informal contests organised by the owners of the
horses that transported fish and seafood on the beach
of Bajo de Guía along about the first decades
of the nineteenh century. They ar now held in August
in two cycles of three days , depending on the low tide
that leaves an unlikely hippodrome that attracts thousands
of persons to see how horses from the best stables run
on the fine sand.The fiesta has been designated of International
Tourist Interest.As a complement, Sanlúcar also
offers some of the best seafood in the world , its Exalatación
al Rio Guadalquivir Fiestas (August) and the patron
saint fiestas of the Virgen de la Caridad, in which
the main streeets of the city are covered with carpets
of dyed salt.
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