Tour Marisma del Guadalviquivir

Tour Marisma del Guadalquivir

Raalki Tours

We invite you to discover a place of merchants who opted for new maritime transit routes.

We have a commitment to the tourism sector around our land of Andalusia, where we embark on a new rural and cultural route from the Guadalquivir river in Seville towards Lebrija, Trebujena and passing through the border crossings towards Doñana to finish in Sanlúcar from Barrameda. A place with a unique motto in its harvests of a wonderful vine among vineyards and grapes that made history in past centuries… .

Gastro Raalki Tours

In the course of our adventure and history trip about the places that make up the tour, we will make 3 specific stops to provide historical information about the area and to give our tourists a snack at breakfast and lunch times.

As a first stop we will get our supplies at the Venta "El Santero" with a typical breakfast from our land..

In our second gastronomic meeting we will get off at a picnic area located on the route of the marsh where we will develop catering for all the invited tourists with some specific dishes from the area (Rice with Blue Crab) and other dishes available, there is also the possibility of using the Manecodor tavern as a meeting place for gastronomic tastings…

Finally we will arrive at our destination, Sanlúcar, where a Coffee Break will close the 8-hour adventure of emotions.

ROUTE

The Doñana National Natural Park hides a real story about its creation: its name comes from the daughter of the princess of Éboli.
When she visited the current park, she fell in love with it and that is why it was named after her.

Stories like this, and many more!, are part of our adventure…, just like the Guadalquivir River and its mouth in Sanlúcar, it contains a wealth and stories of merchants who traveled in medieval times to carry and bring various merchandise from those long trips moving through Europe, Africa, America and Asia… .

Our proposal and historical adventure was born to learn about the fauna of the area from bird watching places, traveling along the Guadalquivir river along its slopes full of wonderful landscapes… .

BEGINNING OF THE JOURNEY

The tour will begin next to the Guadalquivir River, passing through steep roads towards our first stop at Venta El Santero for breakfast.

Next we will enter extensions of wooded plains of cork oaks and eucalyptus to reach the Dehesa, it will be here where the journey will take us to bird watching in a protected space thanks to the climate that surrounds this area, converting the place into habitat for a large number of birds, the dense vegetation serves as a refuge for numerous species, among which kestrels, wagtails, warblers, chiffchaffs, nightingales, blackbirds, robins, tits, and avifauna linked to the river habitat, such as mallards, coots, watercocks, martinets, cormorants, gray herons, flamingos and terns…,
So much so that it is here that the largest colony of storks in all of Europe is located.

After this exciting stage that we will go through and stop to observe the magic of the marshes, we will continue towards the area where the Manegodor picnic area and/or tavern is located, a place in Trebujena with a special salt shaker for its food dishes, it is here, where with its beautiful landscape surrounded by flamingos and herons, we will make our picnic stop to eat a special menu of Rice with Crab in this unique place located in the middle of an area of estuaries and a few meters from the Guadalquivir River.

The other option, EL MERENDERO, located on the shores of the marsh, will serve as a lunch area as well as LA NAVE, an old stable, renovated called MANEGODOR, which has a living room with a bar and fireplace for cold times.
Outside, a terrace from which all the estuaries can be seen. In terms of gastronomy, local cuisine includes estuary prawns (smaller than those from Sanlúcar and known as such because they are raised in this species of natural pools), fish from this area such as albures (also known as mullets) or snook (as they are called). calls the sea bass in Cádiz). Also shrimp omelettes, some eggs with potatoes and ham, called a farmhouse dish, croquettes, fried fish and some spoon stew.
The other attraction of the house is the rice with duck, which should be ordered in advance because they don’t always have it.
Some original dishes such as the “mojama” of albur, some fillets of this fish dried in salt and then seasoned or some cod roe with garlic that are served cold. For dessert, they maintain a classic from roadside sales in the province of Cádiz, pajamas, a kind of assortment of the house’s desserts. To drink the house’s must and also barrel wines from the Yuste de Sanlúcar wineries.. .

After this 45-minute stop dedicated to a special lunch and after enjoying this beautiful area, we will continue along the side of the Doñana natural park to pass through the area near the mythical hermitage and its landscape among pine forests to reach the famous path of the salt flats.
This route runs parallel to the Guadalquivir River throughout the area of the Doñana Natural Park in Sanlúcar de Barrameda. The landscape is dominated by marshes and salt flats that give the territory a spectacular whiteness contrasting with the nearby Algaida pine forest and the Coto de Doñana in the background.

It is an area of undoubted ecological, scientific, cultural and landscape value, which presents various degrees of anthropic transformation, the result of primary uses, compatible with the preservation of the values that are protected.

Finally, our arrival point at the heart of the mouth in SanLúcar, we will land at the Club Náutico or surrounding areas to have a 25-minute Coffee Break, while we see a beautiful horizon between dunes and sea, to head back to Seville.

Note: We remember that the definition of the two places given as dining options and the final Coffee Break described here, the place or area of provisioning will be at the discretion of the Raalkitours company each time a tour is arranged.

RAALKI TOURS offers you the best way to get to know all the ecosystems that this place has; Its 28 km coastline, dunes, forests and marshes, quite an adventure! More details Includes -Transport by Minibus or Bus to Sanlúcar for the entire section if possible. -Professional guide. -Pick up and return transfer to the departure point. Includes -Food and drinks. -Route by 4x4 Minibus or Bus through the established areas: river, roads, marshes, Doñana and Sanlúcar.

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