Ayamonte – The Charm of a Border Town in Andalusia

Discover the city nestled along the banks of the Guadiana River – a natural border between 🇵🇹 Portugal and 🇪🇸 Spain!

Ayamonte is a Spanish town uniquely situated at the very edge of the southwestern part of Spain in the province of Huelva, where the fourth longest river of the Iberian Peninsula, the Guadiana, meets the Atlantic Ocean.

This beautiful, small, quintessentially Andalusian town is characterized by its whitewashed houses at the center, narrow streets filled with bars and shops, plazas, and churches in the Mudejar style.

The origin of the town's name is not entirely clear. One theory suggests that Ayamonte derives from the Arabic Anapote, or the Latin Anapotemon, both meaning estuary or lagoon of a river. Another idea links the pre-Roman term Aya with the Latin Montis, together implying hill, elevation, or mountain. The name Ayamonte first appeared in records in the 13th century.

Ayamonte Attractions

• El Parador de Ayamonte - the highest place, located on the ruins of a Roman castle, from which you can admire the panorama of the neighboring Portugal
  
• The promenade, from which you can see the silhouette of the International Guadiana Bridge, linking southern Spain and Portugal (the bridge spans ...666... meters :)), and the panorama of the town of Castro Marim with its beautiful castle ruins and fortress
  
• Parque Prudencio Navarro - Park with sculptures and statues, animals, playground
  
• Beaches - not far from the town are the beautiful, sandy, wide beaches of the Costa de la Luz – Canela & Moral
  
• Jeśli chodzi o architekturę, warto zwrócić uwagę na XVI-wieczne kościoły Nuestra Señora de las Angustias & San Francisco, XV-wieczny kościół parafialny Salvador, oraz okazałe posiadłości byłych emigrantów hiszpańskich, którzy na przełomie XIX i XX wieku powracali z Ameryki.

If you find yourself passing by, it's worth taking a stroll through the streets in the center. For us, often traveling from the Algarve deep into Andalusia, Ayamonte is the first town where we can catch our breath, grab some tapas, and have a little chat in the Spanish language 😉