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Andalucia Guide > Destinations > El
Rompido > What
to do > Excursions
EL ROMPIDO. What to do. EXCURSIONS
There is also a good choice of outings and excursions to nearby parts
of El Rompido, as well as to the natural parks that surround El Rompido.
Between these possibilities, we should draw your attention to the following
outstanding points that you really shouldn’t miss:
- ALMONASTER LA REAL, a town dating from the
Arabic era of the region (711-1492). Its noteworthy monuments
include the Ermita de Santa Eulalia de Mérida, the parish church
and the castle built on the foundations of an earlier
Arabic mezquita, temple.
- AROCHE, recommended for its vestigial megalithic
structures dating from prehistory, and for the remaining walls from
its time as a Roman settlement.
- CUMBRES MAYORES, also a former Roman settlement,
with ermitas, hermitages or chapels, of later Mudéjar, Arabic-Spanish,
architectural style, and a parish church dating from the 12th century.
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- Arriving at the area occupied by the Minas de
Río
Tinto complex, we find one of the most beautiful if unlikely
impressions left on the landscape by its exploiters: the
Barrio Inglés de Bella Vista, with its typically
English architecture, which makes a walk around the barrio
(neighbourhood) seem as though today we have stepped back
almost one hundred years in history.
- And finally, one of the loveliest excursions possible
in the area is that offered by the Ruta de Aventura
y Minas (route of adventure and mines), a trip onboard a restored
train from the 19th century that runs on a track parallel
to the Rio Tinto river, over a rail line that was constructed
from 1873 onwards by the English company that established
the mining business here. This train was one of the earliest
steam trains to run in Spain.
Apart from the section that soon reveals the inner tunnels
of the mine system, we can also opt to take in the impressive
view from the Corta Atalaya (Arabic for watchtower),
which is the only place, and the only way, to capture
the full immensity of this man-made landscape, a vision
of beauty and grandeur that no photograph can reproduce.
- Visit to the Jabugo dried meats factory: Jabugo hams are world famous, so this trip is a great chance to get to know more about the whole process: from the birth of the pigs to the curing of the hams.
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From Huelva Tours, we recommended the following tours:
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Marbella
Estepona
Conil
El Rompido
Grazalema
Torrox Costa
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