Isla Cristina is in Huelva in the west of Andalucia.

See

The city of Isla Cristina has a beautiful architectural and monumental environment, as well as an interesting ecosystem in the area of ​​the marshes.

• Municipal Art Gallery. In the cultural center, temporary exhibitions of photography and sculpture throughout the year. 
• 1 Museum of the Carnival (Museo del Carnaval). Environment in which you can follow the trajectory of the costumes and posters of the Isla Cristina carnival during the last decades.  
• Ecomuseo de las Marismas (in an old tidal mill). 
• Palomar de la Huerta Noble. Historic building dating back to the 18th century, it was the largest dovecote in southwestern Europe with more than 30,000 boxes. 

Do

The offer of activities in the city is very interesting.

• The Horacio Noguera theater. Has a good cultural offer throughout the year and is the most gated theater in the province. 
• Stroll along the Route of the Sunsets. A nice walk along the pier. There are plates with quotations of poems by Becquer, García Lorca, etc. that allude to the beauty of this land. 
• Bird watching in the marshes. There are observation points of birds next to the salt marshes and a viewpoint to the salinas framed in the Marshlands of Isla Cristina Natural Park

Eat

Isla Cristina, next to Barbate and Conil de la Frontera, is a strategic place to get to know the tuna culture, and the typical food of the area is a reflection of this product, we can highlight the following dishes:

• Anchored tuna
• Tuna with onions
• Tuna in oil
• Mojama of tuna
• Tuna fish

Other typical dishes are the octopus and the stripe in paprika, the choco in various forms of presentation, including its presentation in the form of meatballs, the dogfish with tomato and the chirla in its sauce.

As for the pastry they are interesting sweets in Easter as the cake called coca.

Sleep

• Hotel On Family Islantilla, C/ El Pinar, s/n, Urbasur 21410 Isla Cristina, ☏ +34 959 64 62 11. 
• Apartamentos Airbeach Islantilla, C/ El Pinar, s/n, Urbasur 21410 Isla Cristina Huelva - España Islantilla, ☏ +34 968 50 65 64, +34 959 486 839. 
• Apartamentos Airbeach Isla Cristina, Edificio Virgen de la Consolación XXXI Avenida del Carnaval, 16 21410 Isla Cristina (Huelva) Isla Cristina, ☏ +34 968 506564. 
• Hotel Adh Isla Cristina, Avda. del Carnaval, s/n 21410 Isla Cristina, Huelva (España) Isla Cristina, ☏ +34 959 10 30 07. 
• Hotel Tui Family Life Islantilla, Avda. Islantilla, s/n 21410 Islantilla, Huelva (España) Islantilla, ☏ +34 959 10 30 23. 
• Hotel Ohtels Islantilla. 4 star Hotel with services Spa & Relax. 

Go next

• Matalascañas

Routes through Isla Cristina

Lisbon ← Faro ← Tavira ← continues as ←

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→ Gibraleón → Huelva → Seville