Guía de Santa Olalla del Cala

In this guide you will find all the information of interest about Santa Olalla del Cala

This guide to Santa Olalla will be very useful for you to move through its streets, locate each bar, restaurant, accommodation, or visitable places of tourist or cultural interest, you will be able to know where its main festivals are celebrated, or discover incredible trails among pastures Santa Olalla del Cala is a Spanish municipality in the province of Huelva Andalusia. Located in the foothills of Sierra Morena, in the Sierra de Aracena, a passing road on the Ruta de la Plata, border of Andalusia with Extremadura The strategic position of Santa Olalla in transit of metals extracted from the important mining enclaves of Almadén de la Plata, Minas de Riotinto, or "La Papúa" or "El Tratejón" in Zufre, makes us imagine the origins of the presence of man in this town, in the Bronze Age, in the 3rd millennium BC. C. This commercial exchange would lay the foundation of the well-known Silver Route, which would reach its maximum splendor in Roman times.

In our town you can enjoy a series of events that give you another reason to visit it.

The pilgrimage of Santa Eulalia Virgen y Mártir (Eulalia de Mérida), patron saint of the town, is celebrated on the second Sunday of May. The first pilgrimage was celebrated on Sunday, May 3, 1970. The journey begins at eight in the morning on Iglesias Street, from where the floats leave with the patron saint to the hermitage located on the Huelva shore of the Cala river, five kilometers from the town and which is reached by a path (GR48) through a pasture of impressive beauty, surrounded by centuries-old holm oaks, cork oaks and granite formations typical of the area.

August Fair (main festivals) are celebrated the third week of August, 5 days where there is no shortage of festivities, good music and of course, the national festival represented with one or two bullfighting shows in addition to the heifers of dawn that are celebrated on Fair Fridays at 8:00 in the morning. Carnival celebrated in the month of February and accompanied by wonderful musical performances and groups of chirigotas and comparsas.

The Tapas Route is held every year at the beginning of March and offers the best gastronomy in the town in a gastronomic competition that each year manages to attract a greater number of people to the town, attracted by good food.

The Iberian pig slaughter or traditional slaughter that takes place in the month of November as a typical gastronomic rite of the area.

The street map will allow you to locate each place of interest and each bar or restaurant where you can taste the delicious products derived from pork, delicacies such as ham or Iberian meat.

Santa Olalla del Cala offers visitors a multitude of possibilities to visit, its monuments that are millions of years old, the harmony of the town and its inhabitants, the smell of fresh air from our mountains.

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