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What to see and do in Almonte

What to see and do in Almonte (El Condado, Huelva): 6 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 2 Nature · 2 Curiosities

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What to see and do in Almonte

Almonte
Village
The largest municipality by area in the province of Huelva, with more than 50 km of beaches at Matalascañas and a large part of the Doñana National Park within its territory; it includes the hamlet of El Rocío, the destination of one of the largest pilgrimages (romerías) in Spain.
Parque Nacional de Doñana
Nature
Wetland and coastal sand-dune reserve declared a national park in 1969, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site, a refuge for the Iberian lynx and for hundreds of thousands of migratory birds.
Romería de El Rocío
Curiosity
Annual pilgrimage (romería) to the hamlet of El Rocío, whose first shrine was ordered built by Alfonso X in 1270; the Virgin was proclaimed patroness of Almonte in 1653, and the pilgrimage now draws more than a million people.
Acantilado del Asperillo
Nature
Sand cliff around 100 metres high above the beach of Matalascañas, declared a Natural Monument of Andalusia and one of the highest dune fronts in Europe.
Plataforma de lanzamiento de El Arenosillo
Curiosity
Almonte is the only Spanish municipality with a launch platform for space vehicles, installed at the INTA's El Arenosillo Experimentation Centre.
Faro de Matalascañas
Monument
23-metre-tall lighthouse installed in 1994 on the beach at Matalascañas, included by the newspaper El País among the ten most beautiful lighthouses in Spain.