Discover the village of Aracena, the impressive Cueva de las Maravillas and the Rio Tinto Mines where NASA is carrying out studies for its next incursions to Mars.

What is included

Transport from​​/​​to Seville Professional Guide Entrance to the Grotto of Wonders Visit to the Rio Tinto mines Our tours are in Spanish & English Meeting point Naturanda Tourist Office 12 at 8:45 am

Itinerary

Our fisrt stop will be the village of Aracena in the north of the province of Huelva. We will cross it’s beautiful streets until we arrive on foot at the entrance of the Grotto of Wonders, natural caves that will not leave you indifferent. These impressive monuments offer geological formations such as stalactites and stalagmites. All of this is hidden behind Aracena and nearby peaks. We will continue our panoramic tour of the Dehesa de Sierra Morena, birthplace of the Iberian pig. Here, we can find great gastronomic traditions with exceptional ham. We will enjoy the landscape that this Biosphere Reserve offers us and make several stops in historic places such as the Medieval Castle of Aracena, the Almonaster la Real Mosque or the Peña de Arias Montano, and places where other populations standout, such as Higuera de la Sierra, Almonaster la Real, Arroyomolinos de León, Cala, Corteconcepción, Cortegana or Picos de Aroche. At noon, we will have lunch in one of these locations to enjoy the typical cuisine and its star dish: the Iberian Ham, the most famous product produced in the pastures of Huelva. In this excursion we will visit the town of Riotinto, known for its mines and the reddish color so characteristic of the this river´s water: the Tinto. This is an environment that seems taken from another planet, as if it were Mars, where NASA studies its extreme conditions. This experiences will give us the opportunity to take incredible photographs of an unforgettable trip.