Cross from Spain to Portugal on a zip line in less than a minute and at more than 70 km/h.
Arriving before leaving seems impossible, but it is no longer so thanks to the world's first transnational zip line. Managed by Limit Zero, this pulley suspended by cables arrives from the Huelva town of Sanlúcar de Guadina to the nearby Portuguese town of Alcoutim (from €18 per person).
Less than a minute of journey in which you fly over in Guadiana river descent and with which one hour is gained on the clock due to the time change between the two countries.
The mechanics are very simple. In groups of up to eight people, intrepid adventurers (fully equipped and wearing helmets) will be transported by 4×4 vehicle to the starting platform. From the heights, about 25 meters, one by one they will go sliding down the 720 length cable until reaching the other bank of the river in less than a minute.
After reaching the end point of the Zip Line, already in Portugal, you will have to walk a short distance to the Alcoutim pier, from where you will depart a ferry that crosses the river to return to Spain (included in the price of the experience). And the best thing, there is no time limit to stay in Alcoutim, so you can calmly make a tourist visit before crossing again to Huelva.
Fly over the Guadiana River on the Limit Zero zip line.
FOR THE LITTLE ONES
There are few limitations other than weight, a maximum of 110kg, and the legal age for ziplining, 14, making it a suitable activity for (almost) the whole family. But if by chance the youngest members of the family feel like sliding down a cable, at the nearby Fuerte El Rompido hotel, on the Costa de la Luz (Huelva), they have a Smaller zip line suitable for children.
Surrounded by the Doñana National Park, half a kilometer from the village of El Rompido and with typical Andalusian architecture, this family hotel is ideal for getting to know the nearby natural environment: a small fishing village, a virgin beach next to the Río Piedras natural area that can only be accessed by boat and all those small traditional taverns where you can taste the local fish and shellfish.
Zip line suitable for children at the family hotel Fuerte el Rompido, in Huelva.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
The Fuerte El Rompido hotel has two gastronomic spaces where you can enjoy local delicacies. El Olivo, in the same building, for buffet breakfasts and dinners, and the idyllic restaurant Dosfaros, next to the pool and with views of the two lighthouses of nearby El Rompido. Gazpacho, fried cuttlefish, Iberian ham... a parade of Huelva products of high quality and proximity.
For its part, at the Fuerte El Rompido Spa by Skeyndor, in addition to carrying out a complete wellness circuit, you can request one of its exclusive beauty and wellness treatments: an antioxidant Power C facial protocol, a Hypnose Experience body ritual inspired by oriental techniques or a detoxifying body cure based on a tea wrap, among many others.
And to actively integrate into the region, why not hold a gazpacho or sangria workshop, or one on sailor knots? maybe some flamenco classes? Botanical routes, incredible sunsets, a tasting of olive oils from the olive plantations of Grupo El Fuerte... The Costa de Luz is a whole world to discover, and better from this hotel where it is impossible to get bored.
Swimming pool at the Fuerte El Rompido hotel, with one of the El Rompido lighthouses in the background.