Get DK Top Ten Travel Guides on your iPhone & iPod Touch!
-
Morning
The first stop on the tour is the Monasterio de Santa María de la Rábida, 9 km (5.5 miles) from Huelva City , where a despondent Columbus found spiritual solace and practical help from the prior. The latter eventually persuaded Queen Isabel to sponsor the voyage that would discover America. The monks provide a tour (10am–1pm, 4–7pm Tue–Sat; Adm) showing visitors where Columbus stayed. It’s also a pleasant place for refreshment or a meal in the shaded café.
Below the monastery, on the waterfront, la Muelle de las Carabelas sports lifesize replicas of the three boats that made the trip (see Muelle de las Carabelas, La Rábida, Huelva Province).
Afternoon
Some 4 km (2.5 miles) northeast of La Rábida is the port, Palos de la Frontera, now silted up, from which Columbus set sail. More than half his crew also signed on here – the Iglesia de San Jorge is where the men heard mass before departing. Behind the church is La Fontanilla, the well that supplied them with water for the journey.
A further 7 km (4 miles) northeast is Moguer. Here, at the Convento de Santa Clara, Columbus gave thanks after his first voyage for having survived a storm in the Azores (Tours 11am–7pm Tue–Sat; Adm).
At the end of your circuit, relax over a meal at La Parrala.
Plaza de las Monjas 22, Moguer 959 37 04 52 Closed Mon €€
-
Restaurant price categories
For a three-course meal for one with half a bottle of wine (or equivalent meal), taxes and extra charges.
-
Advertisement
-
-
lukmansani's Prague guide
lukman
-
TobinDane's Seattle guide
TobinD
-
tamunshen's Chicago guide
tamuns
-
-
-
Berlin guide
skrams
-
London guide
pukank
-
Merry in Madrid
travel
-
New York festivities
travel
-
Christmas in Vienna
travel
-
![[+]](/images/button-addtoguide.gif)
symbol, to start adding attractions to your
tailor-made travel guide.
