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Departures
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.
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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.
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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.
AREA OF NAVIGATION
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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DOÑANA
NATIONAL PARK
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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