Routes and itineraries

We offer our customers the possibility of sailing from just one day to several ones. Leaving in the morning to return at sunset after having enjoyed a sunny day at the sea, or rather sailing for several days and staying aboard at night in a dream ship.

This coast comprises all the necessary conditions for a better enjoyment of sailing. Furthermore, the local Andalusian environment is a matchless one and it makes the resting spare-time become something difficult to forget.

Every shipping and landing of our hired ships usually takes place from Mazagón Yachting Harbour and Punta Umbría Sea and Tennis Royal Club. Our customers have at their disposal a mooring place at the Duquesa Yachting Harbour in Malaga, too.

There is no standard formula, we are a made-to-measure company devoted to our customers. Ask us and we will advice you when choosing the most suitable boat according to your tastes and necessities. We are especially interested in your own satisfaction, this will be the proof confirming we value the quality of the service we offer above everything.

We could recommend you the following routes and the approximate duration of them.

Natural Park 'Marismas del Odiel' (Odiel Marshes) and Doñana National Park. One day.

Shipping early in the morning from Mazagón Yachting Harbour. We will sail along the Odiel River to, later, visit the facilities of the Natural Park Marismas del Odiel. We will spend half a day sailing along the coast of Doñana National Park.

'Río Piedras' (Stones River). El Rompido - El Terrón. Two days.

Day one.- Estimated time of departure from Mazagón Yachting Harbour at 10:00 in the morning. Stop at Río Piedras Sailing Club to have lunch. Departure towards El Terrón at 16:00 hours. Visit the harbour and museum belonging to the 'Fundación Aula Marina' (Marine Classroom Foundation). Return to El Rompido. Stay at night aboard moored at Río Piedras Sailing Club.

Day two.- Departure early in the morning so as to sail along the Río Piedras until reaching Mazagón (departure place) at sunset. Farewell party.

Sanlúcar de Guadiana. Weekend.

Day one.- Estimated time of departure from Mazagón Yachting Harbour at 13:00 in the morning. We will sail and have sunbathes the whole afternoon. Stop at Ayamonte Yachting Harbour to have dinner and sleep at night aboard the ship.

Day two.- Departure towards Sanlúcar de Guadiana at 11:00 hours. Lunch and visit to the village. We will stop while going up the river at different mooring places on the Portuguese bank. Stay at night aboard.

Day three.- Departure early in the morning from Sanlúcar de Guadiana until reaching Mazagón (departure place) at sunset. Farewell party.

Sanlúcar de Barrameda - Chipiona - Coto de Doñana. From 2 to 3 days.

Day one.- Estimated time of departure from Mazagón Yachting Harbour at 10:00 in the morning. Arrival in Sanlúcar at 14:00 hours. We will be anchored opposite the Sailing Club, in 'Bajo Guía'. Lunch on mainland. Stay at night aboard the ship.

Day two.- We will sail along the Guadalquivir River beside the bank belonging to the Doñana National Park. Stay at night aboard the ship at Chipiona Yachting Harbour. Visit to the village.

Day three.- Departure early in the morning towards Mazagón.

Puerto Sherry - Bay of Cadiz. From two to three days.

Day one.- Estimated time of departure from Mazagón Yachting Harbour at 10:00 in the morning. Estimated time of arrival in Puerto Sherry at 18:00 hours. Stay at night aboard the ship.

Day two.- We will sail around the Bay of Cadiz. Lunch in Cadiz. At sunset, we will return to El Puerto de Santa María. Stay at night aboard the ship moored at El Puerto de Santa María Sailing Club.

Day three.- Departure early in the morning towards the place of departure.

NOTE: The so-called 'Semana Naútica Osborne' (Osborne Nautical Week) usually takes place during the last week of August. This way, the cruise duration could be extended for up to a whole week, visiting Conil an Barbate harbours or even crossing the Straits of Gibraltar until reaching Morocco.

Algarve (Tavira - Culatra - Armona Islands). From two to three days.

Day one.- Estimated time of departure from Mazagón Yachting Harbour at 12:00 in the morning. We will sail along the coast of Huelva and Portugal the whole day. Arrival in Tavira at 18:00 hours. Stay at night aboard the ship.

Day two.- Visit to Culatra and Armona Islands. Stay at night aboard the ship.

Day three.- Departure early in the morning towards the place of departure. Farewell party.

Sevilla - Sanlúcar de Barrameda - Chipiona. From three to four days.

Day one.- Estimated time of departure from Mazagón Yachting Harbour at 10:00 in the morning. We will sail along the coast of Doñana National Park the whole morning until reaching Sanlúcar de Barrameda in the afternoon. Lunch at 'Bajo Guía' on mainland. Stay at night aboard the ship moored at Chipiona Yachting Harbour.

Day two.- Departure early in the morning so as to go up the Guadalquivir River. At 16:00 we will cross the lock in Seville to, at about 17:30, pass under the 'Puente de la Delicias' (Delights Bridge). We will be moored at Seville Sailing Club, just in the heart of the town. Stay at night aboard the ship.

Day three.- Visit to the town. Party on board.

Day four.- Departure early in the morning towards the place of departure. We will go down the river until reaching Bonanza, by the mouth of the river at 15:00 hours. Sailing along the river towards Mazagón Yachting Harbour. Estimated time of arrival at 21:00 hours.

Algarve (Tavira - Vilamoura Islands). From four to six days.

Day one.- Estimated time of departure from Mazagón Yachting Harbour at 12:00 in the morning. We will sail along the coast of Huelva and Portugal the whole day. Arrival in Tavira at 18:00 hours. Stay at night aboard the ship.

Day two.- We sail the whole day and sleep at night aboard moored at Vilamoura Sailing Club.

Day three.- We start sailing along the coast of the Portuguese Algarve. Sun, fishing and swimming while sailing on the high-sea. At sunset, we return to Vilamoura Sailing Club. Night party aboard the MARAJE.

Day four.- Return journey until crossing Santa María Cape. Visit to Culatra and Armona Islands. We will be moored at Tavira. Stay at night aboard the ship.

Day five.- Departure early in the morning from the harbour of Tavira. We will sail along the coast of Huelva and Portugal the whole day. Arrival in Mazagón at 18:00 hours. Farewell party.

Algarve (Portimao - Lagos - Vilamoura). One week.

Day one.- Estimated time of departure from Mazagón Yachting Harbour at 08:00 in the morning. We will sail along the coast of Huelva and Portugal the whole day. Stop to have lunch in Tavira. Arrival in Vilamoura at 20:00 hours. Stay at night aboard the ship moored at Vilamoura Yachting Harbour.

Day two.- We sail along the coast the whole day and sleep at night aboard moored at Portimao Yachting Harbour, in 'Praia de Rocha' (Rocha Beach). Sun, fishing and swimming while sailing on the high-sea.

Day three.- We start sailing along the coast of the Portuguese Algarve until reaching Lagos, where we will moor to have lunch. Night aboard in Lagos.

Day four.- Return to either Vilamoura or Portimao harbours. Night party aboard the MARAJE.

Day five.- Return journey until crossing Santa María Cape. Visit to Culatra and Armona Islands. We will be moored at Tavira. Stay at night aboard the ship.

Day six.- Departure early in the morning from the harbour of Tavira. We will sail along the coast of Huelva and Portugal the whole day. Arrival in Mazagón at 16:00 hours. Farewell party.

NOTA: Mazagón local feasts take place during the first weekend in August.

AREA OF NAVIGATION

Within the arch from Ayamonte to Tarifa on the one side, and from the mouth of the Guadiana River to the Straits of Gibraltar on the other, the 'Light Coast' spreads its beaches and never-ending smooth sands, always escorted by pine trees.

The seashore of Huelva between Ayamonte and Punta Umbría on the east coast is a flat one which ends under the shape of very large beaches, dunes, pine trees and sand bars created due to both the mouths of small river and the force of the Atlantic Ocean. The number of yachting harbours has been increased at a considerable pace on the south Atlantic coast of Andalusia thanks to the effort given by the 'Empresa Pública de Puertos de Andalucía' (Andalusian Harbour Public Company), EPPA from now on.

Ayamonte shows itself to the Guadiana River and seems to gaze at Portugal. It is an important border and fishing harbour, presenting good accesses and enough draught. It comprises an excellent yachting harbour belonging to the EPPA. This seashore landscape begins in Isla Canela and Isla Antilla, beside the mouth of the rivers Guadiana and Carrera, being protected by a breakwater to the west and two good yachting harbours: a private one in Isla Canela and that one belonging to the EPPA on the other side of Isla Cristina.

Following the coastline, we will arrive to La Antilla, four or five rows of small summer chalets on a magnificent beach. La Antilla and El Terrón - a small harbour by the Río Piedras - belong to the municipality of Lepe. It comprises a sailing club with mooring buoys.

El Rompido, next to the estuary of the Piedras River, is placed on the shore. Opposite it, a natural sand bar and multiple dunes spread themselves along over 10 kilometres, always growing. It is still preserved in a natural state, not being urbanised yet. This natural formation transforms the estuary of the Piedras River into a matchless and ideal natural sailing harbour with an average draught of about 4 or 5 metres. This is the most beautiful spot on the coast of Huelva, with its white houses, a comfortable sailing club and several anchorage buoy areas.

Following the coast, we will see El Portil and the high buildings announcing Punta Umbría, the principal provincial summer resort, with all this implies: bars, restaurants and discos which add charm to the warm summer nights of Huelva. Punta Umbría shows itself to the estuary and the sea, the waterway and the ocean. And the bluff transforms itself into a breakwater which, frequently visited by anglers, serves as a shelter for the entrance into the estuary.

Punta Umbría harbour, with its traditional sailing club, The Punta Umbría Sea and Tennis Royal Club, famous for its sailing competitors all around the country, offers a good service regarding its docking wharf and conventional floating wooden piers, sheltered from the dominant south-west winds - perfect for mooring just in the heart of the village. The entrance has recently been dredged and the harbour is more than 100 metres wide with enough draught on the ebb tide (over 4 metres).

Huelva spreads itself between the rivers Tinto and Odiel, Mazagón being placed at the mouth of the latest one. A good place for sailing, sea bathing and long walks on the sand lovers which also comprises a state-owned hotel. A comfortable and accessible shelter every season, it has at your disposal conventional floating wooden piers in order to dock, together with one of special characteristics intended for huge yachts.

From this point, the journey follows a landscape full of dunes, pine trees and marshes, Matalascañas being the only village settlement. Its wide hotel infrastructure allows Matalascañas to welcome those visitors who come to spend here their holidays, to become part of the 'Rocío' Pilgrimage, or to visit the Doñana National Park - which precisely starts from here. A white cliff covered with dunes which constitutes the amazing landscape of Doñana, with its sand bar parallel to the coast ending by the mouth of the Guadalquivir River.

ON MAINLAND

'LUGARES COLOMBINOS' (COLUMBUS PLACES)

The Andalusian western seashore, along the coastline of Huelva and Cadiz, stands for the Door to America. It has been desired since Tartessos' times (about 3,000 years ago) until nowadays when people anxious for warm weather, original landscape, elegance of monuments and the gracefulness, wit, and charm of the Andalusian people still keep on coming.

La Rábida, the most emblematic spot of the Lugares Colombinos, is the place where, looking to the sea, the Monastery of Santa María de La Rábida is established. Christopher Columbus came here in 1485 and, after many arguments with Father Marchena, - a great humanist and expert cosmographer and astrologer - found the necessary scientific reasons to support his project of discovery.

The Monastery, a beautiful building from the XV century which preserves immaculate the remembrance of the Admiral, is nowadays a privileged observer of the passing of time. At its foot, the 'Muelle de las Carabela' (Caravels Harbour), with an accurate replica of the vessels which carried Columbus to America, rescues the most outstanding aspects related to the technology that promoted the discovery expedition.

The village settlement of Mazagón, very near to the Lugares Colombinos and the municipalities of Palos de la Frontera and Moguer, There is a distance of 17 kilometres from here to Huelva along the N-442 road, a road towards the south-east. You will be easily able to enter Doñana National Park.

DOÑANA NATIONAL PARK

The National Park of Doñana is located at only 30 minutes from Huelva, the most important European natural park with the title of 'Biosphere Reserve and Human Heritage' appointed by the UNESCO. Doñana constitutes a very important area for fowls. They grow here their broods, spend the winter or just rest to, later, continue their journey - being for some of them the most important area to spend the winter all over Europe.

We can find El Rocío next to Doñana, a small village settled with the passing of time around a hermitage which, at the end of the XII century, was erected and consecrated to a Virgin: 'Nuestra Señora del Rocío' (Our Lady of the Dew). The veneration for this image reaches not only the whole Andalusian territory, but also other places of Spain and even abroad. On the Whitsun Day, a feast in the Virgin's honour takes place. It is known as the Rocío Pilgrimage, and more than a million people attend it.

COMMUNICATIONS

The world-famous town of Seville and the charming region of the Portuguese Algarve are located at only 45 minutes from Huelva, being perfectly connected by means of a free highway. Both at Seville and the Portuguese town of Faro, we can find ideal international airports so as to move to our bases fast.

GASTRONOMY

Huelva has two authentic gastronomic luxuries: the ham and the seafood. The fame and quality of the Iberian Sierra black-legged pig hams equal those belonging to the seafood which daily arrives to the harbours in Huelva. The shrimps fished at the foot of the mouth of the rivers, fed by the rich fluvial stratum, or the well-known white prawns from the coast, are unmistakable because of their colour and, above all, their delicious soft taste. Lobsters, Norway lobsters and a kind of mollusc with truly immeasurable taste properties, the white shellfish.

It is almost compulsory to taste these fresh fish coming from the neighbouring harbours, either fried or grilled.

Regarding the wines, there is a guarantee of vintage in charge of young fruity wines in addition to the traditional offer dominated by full-bodied, sherry, cream and older wines, their quality being beyond doubt. You can also find liquors such as brandies from La Palma, with an international recognised prestige, or the so-called 'aguardientes' (hot water), anises with a high alcoholic strength, very digestive and especially conceived to finish a good meal.