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View of AracenaBasotxerri · CC BY-SA 4.0

Aracena

Town

Aracena is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, southwestern Spain. According to the 2025 municipal register, the city has a population of 8,425 inhabitants. The town derived its name from the Sierra de Aracena, which is part of the Sierra Morena system.

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Aracena is the largest town in the Parque Natural Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche. In 2006, Aracena was named a Tourist Municipality of Andalusia and became the first town in the province of Huelva to achieve this status.

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Village information

Coat of arms of Aracena
Province
Huelva
Autonomous community
Andalucía
Population (INE 2025)
8,425
Altitude
674 m
Area (IGN)
189 km²
Postcode
21200
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What to see

  1. 1Castillo de Aracena
  2. 2Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Dolores
  3. 3Gruta de las Maravillas
  4. 4Casa consistorial de Aracena
  5. 5Hacienda Monte San Miguel
  6. 6Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza
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What to do

  1. 1Hiking: Camino de Santiago del Sur
  2. 2Hiking: GR 46 · Tierra de los Descubrimientos
  3. 3Parque Natural de Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche
  4. 4Hiking: PR-A 423 · Sendero de Belén
  5. 5MTB: Transandalus
  6. 6Street market
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Photo gallery

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  • 183 places to stayIllustrative photo · Toprural · CC BY-SA 2.0

    Accommodation

    183 places to stay in Aracena

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  • 65 restaurantsIllustrative photo · Jessica Spengler · CC BY 2.0

    Eat

    65 restaurants in Aracena

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  • 7 experiencesIllustrative photo · Rocco Rossi · CC BY 2.0

    Experiences

    7 experiences in Aracena

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Useful information

Everything you need for your visit or your day-to-day

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Town council

    • Phone: 959 12 62 76
    • Official website: www.aracena.es
    • Email: sac@ayto-aracena.es
    • Phone: +34 663 937877
    • Website: www.aracena.es

Services and transport

Travelling with your pet

Parks, beaches and places to stay that OpenStreetMap marks as dog-friendly. Many places allow dogs without it being marked: ask when you book.

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Connectivity

  • Fibre broadband· of homes97 %
  • 4G mobile coverage· of homes100 %
  • 5G coverage· of homes99 %

No data on: train station, motorhomes, street market.

Data from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), extract from October 2026: we count what is mapped within the municipal boundary. "No data" means OpenStreetMap doesn't have it, not that it doesn't exist. Completed with Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0): the pharmacies, health centres, petrol stations, banks, cash machines, food shops and schools that OpenStreetMap was missing. Town hall contact details: General Database of Local Entities (Spanish Ministry of Finance); tourist offices: each region's open registry, where it publishes one. Connectivity: Spanish Ministry for Digital Transformation, % of homes covered in June 2025.

Aracena Town Hall

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Where to sleep in Aracena

183 registered places to stay

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