Urban Route

Information on the Route in Chiclana de la Frontera:
Length: 5.5 kms
Route: Linear
Difficulty: Easy

Sight-Seeing Highlights:
countryside landscape, cultural value, urban plant and animal life.

Beginning of the route:
Begin the trail on La Vid (Vinyard) Street, next to Al-Andalus School. All of the parks are equipped with resting spots, playgrounds, benches, fountains, etc.

Description:
This route is made up of several city streets that pass directly by public parks and green open-spaces, which allows us experience places of historical and cultural relevance.

Along the route, we can see several Stork nests, a species that in these latitudes practically has abandoned its migratory habitat and one can see them all-year round. The route begins at La Soledad Public Park, which ofers a great variety of Mediterranean vegetation. Leaving the park, we move towards a zone known as Las Albinas (Salt Marshes) for its various stork nests, some of which are on top of Monkey-Puzzle Trees, very beautiful trees appreciated for their symmetrical form and exotic appearance.

Next, we travel towards the beach and arrive at El Campito Park, and old farm that hasn´t lost its original structure. Here we find diverse species of fruit trees, ordamental plants, and the remains of an old watering system. Also, the original buildings are still standing, one of which is now inhabited by Chiclana´s Official School of Languages. We return to the road moving toward the zone known as Mayorazgo, that takes us to the top of the hill where we can find the Chapel of Santa Ana.

From the top of the hill, there are excellent views of the bay and the city center. There is an access that allows us to pass through the streets of the hill of Santa Ana until we arrive at Santa Ana Park, where we can enjoy a great variety of botanical species, ordamentals, and Mediterranean forest. From this point in the route we can travel through the city center and pass by several historical buildings, some of which have stork nests upon them.

Leaving the part of the town known as El Lugar, we pass by another part called La Banda, and then cross the River Iro. This river strongly affects the tide of the sea of which it merges, at the point of the Caño de Sancti Petri. We continue on a street that runs along the river until we can get some pretty views of the city center, and finally arrive to the end of the trail, at the Huerta del Rosario Park, an old energy development plant that still has the waterwheel conserved.