Right on the Guadiana River, this is beyond doubt top of the list for your Huelva travels. Sanlucar is one of those quaint riverside Huelva villages full of charm and authenticity.
You can see the importance of this village in the past as a strategic defence point with its San Marcos castle dominating the horizon overlooking the Guadiana, natural border with Portugal. Nowadays it’s frequented only by those traveller “in the know” as the natural charm of the place must be conserved at all costs.
Fact File: On the border with Portugal, this village is situated on the banks of the River Guadiana, in the West of the province, 70 kilometres from Huelva and 43 from Ayamonte. Size: 97 square kilometres. Height above sea level: 34 metres. Population: 373 (2006).
A short history of Sanlucar
Various peoples have settled along the length of the River Guadiana; and in this area, the earliest signs of human presence date from the Bronze Age. Also present here were the Romans and Visigoths, who went upstream as far as Mérida, but it wasn’t until the Arab occupation that the first permanent settlements were created. Present-day Sanlúcar was founded in the 13th century, when Sancho II of Portugal wrested the area from the Muslims and built a fortification. Since the 14th century the village has belonged to Spain.
Its port has been a major trading hub, through which commodities such as rice, lead and wood have passed, although today its value lies in the charm it holds for tourists.
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