Camper Park Playas de Luz

Isla Christina's marshes are an offshoot of the Doñana National Park, whose diverse terrain of lagoons, dunes and saltpans is home to Iberian lynxes, avocets and pink flamingos. The park proper starts at Mazagón, 50 minutes away, and you can sail, horse ride and hike your way through various bits. Mazagón is also a top spot for dolphin-spotting boat cruises . Huelva (40 minutes) is where Columbus did his prep work and the port city remembers him in various spots: visit the Santa Clara monastery where Columbus got the nod from King Ferdinand, tour the house of the Pinzón brothers who signed up to join Chris on his adventures, and nose round three replica ships from the 1492 expedition. Inland, it’s worth the one-hour trip to El Rocío, an elegant Andalusian town where a multi-spired church and sandy streets give the place a Mexican feel. That ramps up once yearly when pilgrims charge over here on horseback to pay respects with an all-night vigil to Our Lady of El Rocío. For more worldly pleasures, try Portugal: it’s 15 minutes to Ayamonte for a pleasant ferry trip of similar duration over the Guadiana River. If driving, half an hour will take you to Tavira, an old Moorish town with a fine castle, a little ferry to the town beach and a saltpan full of vigorous and flapping wading birds.