attractive Alcoutim
It didn't take us long to walk around the village and castle as it's pretty small. Buildings are mainly white-washed with the framework of the windows and doors painted in contrasting colours, mainly mustard. Streets are narrow, winding and paving is cobbled stone.
Bells rang out on the hour and during late afternoons the local ladies sat outside their homes with curlers in their hair, knitting. There's an old-fashioned charm here.
Passing a field of grazing goats and pigs we came across a man-made beach with river water retained by a damn. Cleverly done and going on the size of the car park we'd say that it must get very busy in the summer.
Fado played on a continuous loop from the nearby cafe/bar which provided some excellent views across the river over to Sanlucar on the opposite bank.
It must be said that mooring is certainly good value, just €10 per night to moor alongside the jetty with free electric, water and adequate shower/toilet facilities. No wonder it's very popular with Brits and liveaboards. Apparently the price doubles after 7 nights though, which we assume is why so many yachts are anchored in the river.
House martins, moorhens and ducks love it here!
Bells rang out on the hour and during late afternoons the local ladies sat outside their homes with curlers in their hair, knitting. There's an old-fashioned charm here.
Passing a field of grazing goats and pigs we came across a man-made beach with river water retained by a damn. Cleverly done and going on the size of the car park we'd say that it must get very busy in the summer.
Fado played on a continuous loop from the nearby cafe/bar which provided some excellent views across the river over to Sanlucar on the opposite bank.
It must be said that mooring is certainly good value, just €10 per night to moor alongside the jetty with free electric, water and adequate shower/toilet facilities. No wonder it's very popular with Brits and liveaboards. Apparently the price doubles after 7 nights though, which we assume is why so many yachts are anchored in the river.
House martins, moorhens and ducks love it here!
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