The village
of El Portil is within about 10 minutes' walking
distance or just a short drive away from the
villa. There you will find a small supermarket to
cater for your every day requriements, a
pharmacy, a cash point machine and several cafes
and restaurants, including Eddie's Surf Bar where
you can have refreshing drink and check up
on your emails, if you so wish. Eddie's is
also right on the beach at El Portil and so it
makes a good place to visit to refresh yourselves
after your time on the beach. A doctor's
clinic is also in El Portil, should you be
unfortunate enough to need it during your
holiday!
There are several really nice
restauraunts on the road to El Rompido where you
can sit and have your meal and look at the
sea. The Hotel AC Nuevo Portil Golf
and the Cartaya Playa Hotel are situated within
the Nuevo Portil Golf Complex and both offer fine
restaurants and bars. The Cartaya Playa is
only open during the summer months, but spa
facilities and use of the gym are
available.
The fishing village of El Rompido is
about a 10 minute drive away and here you will
find a post office, a bank, more pharmacies,
etc. It is a thriving place which is
expanding into an attractive tourist
village. There are a number of good
restaurants facing onto the beach and a
pedestrian precinct has recently been made where
you can sit outside at one of the cafes and watch
the world go by. An English
cafe will open in the summer of 2006
near to this precinct where you should be able to
swap English books and also dvds. El
Rompido has a new marina and also boasts a very
attractive and popular golf course if you want a
change from the one at Nuevo
Portil. There is also a
supermarket and several more touristy
shops.
Slightly further afield, at Cartaya,
there is a new Carrefour. This is a huge
supermarket which will provide you with
everything you need for your holiday, from sun
tan cream to water melons!
Near to Cartaya there is a
gokart track and an adventure water park
which are open during the high summer months.
Driving left from Nuevo Portil, you
will find the nearby town of Punta Umbria and yet
more gorgeous beaches. These beaches are
busier and more open to the Atlantic Ocean than
our own beach at El Portil, thus making them a
haven for wind-surfers and sail-surfers.
There is some sail-surfing on our own beach but
as it is sheltered due to the estuary is is more
of a family beach where children can swim
safely. However, its quietness
and safety features makes it an excellent
place to learn to sail-surf and the English
speaking staff at Eddie's will give you details
of courses that are available locally.
Due to the excellent motorway link,
Huelva is within easy reach of the villa,
as is Seville with Portugal being
only a one hour drive in the other
direction.
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