Sport & Leisure Activities
Novo Sancti Petri and Costa de la Luz is ideal for all sports. Here you can enjoy first class venues in beautiful surroundings and top facilities without the crowds that are becoming a feature of the Costa del Sol.
This area boasts championship golf course, the finest surfing, wind surfing and kite surfing in Spain and southern Europe and is unparralleled for its horse riding and unspoilt natural environment.
Aquapark near Puerto Santa Maria
Take the family to an Aquapark. Aqualand is located just north of El Puerto de Santa María on the main road to Jeréz. Open daily from 11.00 June – September. The facilities include a pool with a wave machine, Río Bravo, 2 kamikazes, Black Hole, 6 water slides, children’s pool, and the newest attraction, the Black Hole. There is also a restaurant, bar, children’s playground, first aid post and bus connection with El Puerto de Santa Maria and Jeréz.
Fitness Training
Make yourself fit and take advantage of a fitness traning. With a Physiotherapist who shows you different exercises to control weight and/or to improve your performance. Stay fit and book your fitness session today for yourself and for your family. Book your Physiotherapist by calling +34 956 494005
Horse back riding
If you are a keen horse rider or just fancy giving it a try there opportunities all riders whatever your age or skill all over this area. Many riding stables combine different riding activities such as riding lessons, hour or day trips and even safaris lasting a few days. Horse riding on the dunesHipica Novo Sancti Petri located less than a kilometre from Casa de Alhambra offers beach rides, riding lessons and many other activities.
Wind, Kite & Wave Surfing
Overlooked by many surfers, this stretch of Spain's Atlantic coastline is little surfed, which means few crowds! Surfing can be enjoyed by all, particularly in the Autumn and Spring, and the Costa de la Luz, has the best and most consistent good waves for surfing and body boarding, particularly the beaches of El Palmar in Conil: an excellent place to start and perfect your technique. This area is located just a few minutes drive down the coast from NSP.
The beauty of this coast is its diversity ensuring that the majority of the time you will be able to find a clean wave. The sheer variety is amazing from mellow or powerful beach breaks to long walled up reef and point breaks, this area has it all! The majority of the swell received in this part of Spain is ground swell. Most locals that surf this area come from Malaga, Cadiz and Seville making the weekends a bit crowded but the weekdays almost empty!Wind Surfing at Sancti Petri HarbourWind and Kite surfing at Tarifa less than 1 hour from NSPIf water sports are your passion visit Novojet for windsurfing, kitesurfing, sailing, scuba diving, parasailing, fishing, boat trips, activities for disabled. Novojet is located at C.C.Novo Sancti Petri, local 7, Urb. Novo Sancti Petri, 11139 Chiclana. Tel: (0034) 956-494-932. www.novojet.net or e-mail: info@novojet.net alternatively try Nautimejet for canoes, jet skis and sailing boats hire.
Biking
Cycling near Conil, Andalucia, Spain Click the picture to view websiteHire a bike & enjoy the Andalucian countryside. Camaleon Sports in Novo Sancti Petri operate one day group bike rides ranging from 28 – 50 kms. You can take the ‘Route of the Bulls’ to the Medina Sidonia area, cycle to the beautiful Alcornocales Natural Park with its ancient oak forests, visit the Breña Natural Park near Barbate and enjoy the stunning views from historic Cape Trafalgar, or choose an easy half-day tour of the pine woods and cliff tops around Conil de la Frontera. You can also hire bicycles and go off on your own. This company also offers kayak, boat and fishing trips in the Bay of Cádiz and 3-5 hour hikes through the surrounding countryside.
Bike & Sport Center Barrosa Hotels - Urb. Novo Sancti Petri - 11139 Chiclana e-mail : info@bikesportcenter.com Tel: 956-492125 / 956-437323 / 639-431464
Quad Bike Rental
Quad Bike Rental is available near byHave you tried the fun of Quad Biking? Visit the circuit at Hipica Novo Sancti Petri only 1 Km from Casa de Alhambra to try out these All Terrain Vehicles. For more information on ATV tours contact: (0034) 608-857-399/629-731-111 or e-mail: jvazquez@hipica-novo.com or click HERE. Alternatively try Quad Adventures...
Quad Bike Rental is available at La Barossa, Novo Sancti Petri, Chiclana, Costa de la Luz, AndaluciaFor an alternative venue in unspoilt countryside visit Dehesa Montenmedio. Here you can hire Quad bikes suitable for adults and children. Beginners courses are offered and you can use your own quad or motorbike on the circuits. Montenmedio is located on the N-340/E5 at Km 41.2 Vejer de la Frontera-Barbate 11150 approximatley 35Km from Casa de Alhambra. For more information tel: (0034) 956-451-216 or e-mail: diegolacave@yahoo.es and ninopl@hotmail.com
Go-Kart
Rent a Go-Kart at the local circuit just 10 minutes away from the villaEnjoy the thrill of Go Karting at the Circuito de Karts. The address is: Circuito de Karts, Chiclana, Ctra. Nal. 340 KM 17, Tel. 606 20 80 97 (956 230772) -Daily open from 16 - 23 h, Sa + Sunday 10 - 14 h & 16 - 23 h
Tennis & Padel
There are plenty of possibilities of playing tennis in Novo Sancti Petri. Remember that even some of the residencial urbanisations of Chiclana offer tennis courts often righ next to their communitary installations like pools, play grounds, gardens, and paddle courts. Tennis and Padel Center Matchpoint offers tennis and padel right next to the golf course. More information and reservations: www.tennis-matchpoint.de
Padel ia a relatively new sport and has become one of the most popular racquet games in Spain. The craze is spreading across Europe. A padle (pádel' in Spanish) court is smaller than a tennis court, with simpler line markings. It has high surrounding walls of glass and/or solid construction. It has been described as a squash court in the sun and is the perfect sport for Andalucía's fantastic climate. Apart from those, there are several tennis clubs in NSP offering classes. Heit Escuela Internacional de Tennis: Urb. Novo Sancti Petri, 11130 Chiclana de la Frontera, Tel.: (+34) 956 497 356 and the Tennis Club La Barrosa,Playa La Barrosa, Tel.: (+34) 956 494 243
Fishing Charters
This coast is ideal for fishing. From the marina at Sancti Petri you can hire everything required for a day of open sea fishing. Swordfish fishing is most spectacular. From July to September swordfish are found in the Bay of Cádiz. There is also tunny fishing in the open sea around Barbate, Zahara or Conil. In Cádiz, and Isla Cristina in Huelva; Mackerel, sea bass, big toothed pampano, blue fish, and spotted bass are common catches.
Fishing Charters may be hired from Novojet S.L. Chiclana Cadiz España.
Tel: 0034-956-492026
Whale & Dolphin Watching
The sheer diversity between temperatures, salt contents, currents and natural environment of the straits of Gibraltar make this a fantastic place for Whale and Dolphin watching. Watch Whales and Dolphins at Tarifa, La Linea or Gibraltar Only about 1 hour from Casa de Alhambra, La Barossa, Andalucia
If you want to know more about Whales and other cetaceans or even better organise a trip to see them for yourself please visit FIRMM, a Swiss foundation based in Tarifa that dedicates itself just to that. For more informations on these wonderful mammals click HERE or contact Pedro Cortez 4, 11380-Tarifa. Tel: (0034) 956-627-008/619-459-441 or e-mail: firmm98@aol.com.
Alternatively meet to go on a Whale watching expedition at Café Continental, Paseo de la Alameda, 11380 Tarifa. Tel: (0034) 639-476-544/956-627-013
Watch Whales and Dolphins at Tarifa, La Linea or Gibraltar around 1 hour awayAlternatively take a Dolphin safari either from Puerto de Poniente at La Línea next to Gibraltar or from Gibraltar itself.
The Dolphin Safari at La Linea sails every hour and a half throughout the day, so there is never long to wait for your trip in the summer with a short timetable in winter. Tel: (0034) 956-173-537/650-060-579 or e-mail: dolphin_safari@yahoo.co.uk
Los Alcornocales Natural Park
Cork Oak in Los Alcornocales Natural Park. This Park extends over 170,025 between Tarifa and Malaga and is named after its most abundant plant – the Cork Oak. The geography is characterised by narrow river valleys, known as the 'canutos', or tubes, concentrated in the Park's southern boundary. 'Los Alcornocales', (cork oaks), grow in great, leafy thickets over extensive areas of land making these Europe's most extensive Mediterranean woodlands. Gall oaks, wild olives, palmettos, rhododendrons, elmssarsaparillas and white poplars also flourish in the scrub together with turkey oaks and heather, strawberry trees and hardy myrtles.
The microclimate near the river valleys provides perfect conditions for forest which hasn’t changed for thousands of years, including rhododendron, alder, laurel, ash, hazel, holly, butcher's broom and variety of ferns, some of them of enormous botanical significance. In contrast the mountains consist of scrubland devoid of trees. It is this rich diversity that makes the park's fauna so rich and varied. This is the ideal place to observe roe deer, fox, genet, mongoose, otter, polecat, weasel, wild-cat and badger. Birdwatchers find Los Alcornocales Natural Park ideal for spotting Peregrines and many species of birds native to Andalucia.
For the birdwatchers amongst you there are many birds of prey: short-toed eagle, griffin vulture, booted eagle, Imperial eagle, golden eagle, eagle owl, peregrine falcon, Egyptian vulture, goshawk, sparrow hawk and the tawny vulture. A well as robin, woodcock, wren, long-tailed and Great tit, as well as nightingales, bee-eaters, swallows and the swift.
The Park is a great place for you and your family to enjoy a great variety of outdoor activities: Hiking/trekking, climbing, potholing, water-sports in the various reservoirs and horse and mountain bike trails. If you prefer a more relaxed holiday you can simply enjoy the wonderful views offered by the Park's many vantage points, such as the natural balconies at Hoyo Don Pedro, the Sierra of Ojén or the Juncal Plains.
Donana National Park
Imperial Eagle finds a last stronghold in this UNESCO hertiage siteThe river Guadalquivir flows through Córdoba, Sevilla and ends then in a marshy delta at the Atlantic coast, between Cádiz and Huelva. The marshlands are protected as a National Park, where no entry is allowed. The park as a whole comprises three distinct kinds of ecosystem, the marismas, the matorral and the dunes. This is why the area has been designated a biosphere reserve by UNESCO.
This park is a haven for migratory geese, spoonbills and many other migratory birds as well many birds of prey, most notably 15 pairs of Imperial Eagles as well as Black Kites, Griffon Vultures and Marsh harriers. From bird hides at the reserve centre, you can find Cetti's and Savi's warblers and watch egrets, herons and little bitterns. Sometimes you may see a majestic imperial eagle (picture left) soar from the woods of Doñana over El Rocio to the Coto del Rey. In fact, 125 species of birds are known to breed in this fabulous wilderness, as well as 28 species of mammal, 17 reptiles, 9 amphibians and 8 varieties of fish.
Flamingos in La Donana Natural Park, CadizEntrance to the park is strictly controlled and it is at the western side that a large buffer zone is open for tourists. You can take half day trips with official guides or explore the environs of the visitors centres on foot. A typical safari trip will take in all three types of ecosystem, but only one thing is guaranteed - no two visits will be the same. To visit the park take the A483 past Almonte and El Rocio to El Acebuche (near Matalascañas) where you find the main visitors centre. There are trips into the park at 08.30h and 17.00h every day except Sundays in the summer (1/06 - 15/09) and at 08.30h and 15.00h every day except Mondays in the winter.
Donana Natural Park provides a varied habitat supporting a wide range of wild life. Donana Natural Park provides a varied habitat supporting a wide range of wild life in Andalucia
Booking is recommended by phoning the visitors centre on +34 959 430432. Full day trips can also be organised for groups. The Visitors centre 'El Rocina' is nearer to El Rocio, it has an audio visual display and nature trail.
The park can also be reached ( but not entered) by taking the ferry boat across the Guadalquivir river from San Lucar de Barrameda where a new visitors centre is planned. This 3.5 hour excursion takes you for a leisurely trip up the Guadalquivir river. You stop off in two places to see the bird life and to visit an old traditional village. You may see a wonderful sunset when you return on the afternoon trip.
Book your excursion up the Guadalquivir river at Fábrica de Hielo, on the waterfront at Sanlúcar de BarramedaBook in advance to avoid disappointment. Tickets can be bought in the Old Ice Factory (Fábrica de Hielo) on the waterfront in Sanlúcar de Barrameda.
Daily Excursions : Nov – March : 10.00 April, May and October : 10.00 and 16.00 June – September : 10.00 and 17.00
Book by telephone : 956 363 813 or e-mail : info@visitasdonana.com The Fábrica de Hielo has an interesting visitor centre.
