1. WATERPROOF ADVENTURES
Waterproofadventures.com
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This is a Company based on the Island with their offices in the parade of shops which form part of our block. Established for a number of years they can provide a range of water based activities, sight seeing tours and hire of bikes. Amoung other things they even have a beach bar with great music and good food.
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2. DONANA NATIONAL PARK / EL ROCIO / NIEBLA
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Aprx.11 hours, Tour includes : local guide, tickets to monuments, visit to Donana park, luxury coach, visit to El Rocio and Niebla. Lunch not included.
The Donana national park is considered to be the most important and largest (507 square km) ecological reserve in Europe . This World Heritage site is a vital refuge for endangered species such as the pardel lynx and the Spanish imperial eagle. It is also a crucial habitat for six million other birds that spend part of the year here (flamingoes, spoonbills, storks, bee-eaters). Other parts of the park host a large mammal population, including deer, wild boar and semi wild horses. The tour will take you by luxury coach to the park, where you enter the park at the north in special vehicles. The tour through the park will take about 4 hours and more than 40 kilometers. Binoculars are provided.
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El Rocio
The village El Rocio overlooks part of Donana's wetlands (marismas), it's famous for it's yearly pilgrimage where people from all over Spain come to celebrate the Statue of Nuestra Senora del Rocio which is one of Spain 's holiest images. It is also where the hermitage of the Blanca Paloma is located. There's free time for a stroll around the town, after that there's time for lunch.
Niebla
The last part of this excursion will be a visit to the famous village Niebla, where you will visit the Granada and San Martin churches and the impressive Mudejar-style castle of Guzman .
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3. COLUMBUS ROUTE
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Aprx. 5 hours, Tour includes : guide, luxury coach, tickets to monuments.
The Columbus sites (lugares columbines) will fascinate anyone with a historical leaning. On the tour the first stop will be at the monastery of La Rabida, cradle of the New World , where Columbus won influential support for his great voyage. Then you will visit the Caravels dock (Muelle de las Carabelas), where you will travel back into the 15th century by boarding the perfect replicas of the discovery vessels Pinta, Nina and Santa Maria . They are moored on the same water from where the originals set sail on the 3rd of August, 1492 . |
4. VISITING & SHOPPING SEVILLE
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Aprx. 9 hours, tour includes : guide, luxury coach, tickets to monuments. Seville , capital of the South, is one of the most exciting cities in Spain . The city is one of the homes of flamenco and bullfighting, and has a wonderful atmosphere above all. Being out among its happy crowds and to see its most famous sights and monuments is a not to be forgotten experience.
This excursion gives you a chance to see the most captivating places and monuments of this magical city. During the tour you will visit de Plaza de Espana , the Macarena's basilica and later on with a local guide you'll stroll through the narrow streets of the Jewish quarter of Sta.Cruz. After that, there is a visit to the Cathedral, which is one of the largest in the world (126 mtr.long and 83 mtr.wide). Inside the cathedral's southern door stands the tomb of Cristophor Columbus.
When finished, there's free time for lunch and, of course, shopping. |
5. FARO SAILING SCHOOL
Contact Details:
Tel:- +44 (0)20 7193 1676.
WWW.ALLAFLOAT.COM
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Faro Sailing School is a fully recognised RYA Training Centre offering a full range of RYA/MCA practical and shorebased sailing courses all year round.
The school is based in the brand new marina of Isla Canela (Cinnamon Isle), just a 40 minute journey from Faro International Airport and situated right on the Por tuguese/Spanish border at the mouth of the river Guadiana. This up-market marina complex has ample facilities including showers, restaurants, shops, cashpoints and car hire. It is run by Peter Lightfoot and his partner, Lorie Cunningham. After a period in Ibiza , they fell in love with the whole Algarve region - with the well known Portuguese Algarve and the lesser known Spanish Algarve known as the Costa de la Luz with it's golden sandy beaches, warm weather, crystal clear waters, friendly people, great food, stunning sunsets. It is "tidal" for RYA training purposes
Isla Canela is a perfect base from which to explore the many lovely anchorages, estuaries and marinas along the Portuguese and Spanish Algarve and further afield to Gibraltar and even Morocco . |
6. DOÑANA BIRD TOURS
Contact Details:
Donanabirdours.com
Or telephone (0034) 955 755 460 or
mobile number (0034) 637 922 688
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The Donana national park is considered to be the most important and largest (507 square km) ecological reserve in Europe . This World Heritage site is a vital refuge for endangered species such as the pardel lynx and the Spanish imperial eagle. It is also a crucial habitat for six million other birds that spend part of the year here (flamingoes, spoonbills, storks, bee-eaters). Other parts of the park host a large mammal population, including deer, wild boar and semi wild horses |
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DOÑANA BIRD TOURS are hosted by John and Rebecca Butler. John is an English professional bird tour guide with many years of birding and guiding experience, both in England and here in southern Spain .
John is also the author of the successful bird guide book Bird watching on Spain's Southern Coast (ISBN 84-89954-38-0), which was published in Spain in December 2001 by Santana Press. |
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Due to the complex track systems through the marshes and the surrounding countryside and the lack of decent up-to-date maps and information leaflets, many people waste hours of valuable birding time trying to negotiate their way around this region.
John, with his wealth of local knowledge and experience can guide you quickly and safely to these hidden areas and show you the quality sites and birds you may otherwise miss.
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