Almonte
El Rocío lies along the northern edge of Doñana’s marshes, where sandy tracks and low whitewashed buildings meet one of southwestern Spain’s major wetland landscapes. The settlement belongs to the municipality of Almonte in Huelva province and is closely bound to the annual Romería del Rocío, when pilgrims gather at the Ermita de El Rocío to honour the Virgin of El Rocío. Beside the village, Doñana National Park protects a mosaic of marshes, lagoons, dunes and Mediterranean scrub, including important habitat for birdlife and the Iberian lynx. Broad unpaved streets and long-standing horse traditions give El Rocío a character quite unlike Andalusia’s larger towns.
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Almonte sits on the sandy plains of the Condado de Huelva in Andalusia, where the municipality reaches the marshes, dunes and Atlantic coast of Doñana National Park. The town is closely associated with El Rocío, the nearby pilgrimage settlement whose Hermitage of El Rocío houses the revered image of the Virgin of El Rocío. Each spring, the Romería del Rocío brings pilgrims from across Spain to this part of Huelva province. Almonte’s broad municipal area also includes long stretches of protected Doñana terrain and the beach resort of Matalascañas on the Atlantic. Browse additional webcams from the Doñana area and Huelva province to extend your view of Andalusia.
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