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What to see in Sanlúcar de Barrameda

The city of manzanilla wine, lobster and horse races on the beach. Magellan set sail from its shore for the first circumnavigation of the world. Gateway to Doñana via the Guadalquivir.

5 Gastronomy3 Sports Activities2 Culture2 Historical Heritage

🏛️ Historical Heritage

🌆 Historic Centre of Sanlúcar

An urban centre split between the Barrio Alto, with its ducal palaces, and the Barrio Bajo, home to the manzanilla wineries.

Historic Quarter

🏯 Orleans-Borbón Palace

A Neo-Mudéjar summer residence commissioned by the Dukes of Montpensier in the 19th century, today Sanlúcar's town hall, with romantic gardens open to the public.

Palace or civil architecture

🎭 Culture

🐎 Sanlúcar Horse Races

A spectacle unique in the world: every August the shoreline and the low tide at the mouth of the Guadalquivir become a natural racecourse.

Fair or Festival

🐂 Sanlúcar de Barrameda Bullring

Known as El Pino, it opened in 1900. It is a ring with a unique atmosphere, closely tied to the town's manzanilla wineries.

Bullring

🍽️ Gastronomy

🥕 Marinated Carrots

Slices of boiled carrot cold-marinated with sherry vinegar, garlic, olive oil, cumin and oregano. An essential tapa in the taverns of Sanlúcar de Barrameda.

Gastronomy

🥔 Potatoes with Cuttlefish

A seafarer's stew of potatoes and cuttlefish simmered slowly with pepper, bay leaf and a splash of local wine, an emblematic recipe of Sanlúcar de Barrameda kitchens.

Gastronomy

🛒 Sanlúcar Food Market

One of the liveliest markets in the province. Its counters of fresh fish and shellfish are a visual spectacle, and its bars serve chilled manzanilla and shrimp fritters daily.

Market

🦞 Sanlúcar King Prawn

It grows at the mouth of the Guadalquivir, in a unique mix of fresh river water and salty ocean water that gives it bluish tones on the tail and an unmistakable firm flavour. It is eaten simply boiled and warm, with exactly the right amount of salt.

Gastronomy

🍶 Sanlúcar Manzanilla

A dry white wine aged under a veil of flor yeast exclusively in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, beside the mouth of the Guadalquivir. The river humidity and Atlantic breeze give it an unmistakable saline touch.

Gastronomy

🏄 Sports Activities

🪁 Kitesurfing at Chipiona and Sanlúcar

Atlantic beaches at the mouth of the Guadalquivir with very regular westerly wind in spring and summer and plenty of space to sail.

Surf and kitesurf Moderate

⛵ Sailing the Guadalquivir Mouth

Boat trips from Sanlúcar towards the Doñana reserve, crossing the estuary where the river meets the Atlantic among marshes and dunes.

Watersports Moderate

🚴 Wine and Marshes Route

A flat route among albariza vineyards and the Guadalquivir marshes, linking Sanlúcar, Chipiona and Trebujena beside Doñana Park.

Cycling route Easy

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