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WALK 2

Las Marismas de Barbate circuit

Start/finish Car park beside the A314 next to a sign for Sendero Marismas de Barbate Distance 12.5km Ascent/descent 15m Grade Easy Time 3hr 5min Refreshments None Access From the N-340 at La Barca, just to the east of Vejer, take the A314 towards Barbate for approximately 3km until you reach a sign ‘Sendero Marismas de Barbate’. Cut left into a parking area where the walk begins.

Since 1994 the flat delta at the mouth of the Río Barbate, Las Marismas de Barbate, has formed part of the Natural Park of La Breña. These low-lying marshlands, criss-crossed by water canals, streams and raised tracks, have a bewitching beauty and are home to a richly diverse flora and fauna.

This is one of the best places on the Atlantic Coast for birding: the marshes lie on one of the major migratory routes between northern and central Europe and Africa and are used by birds as a halfway house before and after the journey across the Strait. The birds, both sedentary and migratory, feed on the abundant molluscs and crustaceans of its tidal reedbeds and it’s easy to spot egrets, mallards, grebes and herons as well as several different warblers among the reeds and tamarisk.