Pictures of Sanlucar

The name Guadalquivir comes from Wadi al-Kabir, ‘Great River’. The name was given it by Spain’s Arabic rulers 711-1492. The river Guadalquivir had also been explored by Phoenician, Greek and Roman traders, who brought vines, olives and cereals which would spread out through the Guadalquivir plain. It flows 700km across Andalucía and outfalls into the Atlantic at Sanlúcar de Barrameda.

Its course takes it through two of Spain cities Córdoba and Sevilla. Columbus and Magellan sailed from Sevilla down to the sea at Sanlúcar on their voyages. Today tourists and water sports enthusiasts are its main users but more and more stretches are being opened again for work and leisure.

National park Donana is situated at the outfall of the Guadalquivir river. The Park is also known as Coto de Donana. The Park consists of marshland, lagoons, dunes, and forest. A great variety of birds live there, in the winter hundreds of thousands of migrating birds and waterfowl can be seen.

You can book a boat trip at Sanlucar de Barrameda and visit the up the river and into the park for a short way. There is also a visitor center at Sanlucar with information about the Park.

See also galleries :
Going to Gibraltar
On the wings of Tarifa wind
Trafalgar tombolo with lighthouse
Through streets of Cadiz
Guadalquivir river at Sanulcar
Pueblos blancos Vejer de la Frontera