The first settlers that came to Ayamonte came here 4,500 years ago. Even though Ayamonte did not become a city until the arrival of the Tartessos, and from then on the arabs, and christians started developing around the Mouth of the Guadiana River. The first settlements in Ayamonte in southern Spain in the region of Huelva, Andalusia date back all the way to the Bronze Era.

Some confirm the human existence in Ayamonte dating back to 4,500 years ago, but the origins of Ayamonte as a city dates back to the Tartessos era. From then on, the romans, arabs and christians began to develop this land. The development began around the shores of the Guadiana River.

As to it´s legacy, there are Roman fortress remains, and centuries later in the 13th century, Sancho II from Portugul threw out the arabs. Finall Alfonso 11th gave these lands to the Niebla County.

In the yeawr 1664 Felipe IV gave title to this locality of Ayamonte, Huelva. The last important historic even was the inaguration of the Centenario Bridge, that unites the shores of the Guadiana. Un until this they had to get from side to side by boat.

During the 15th and 16th centuries Ayamonte became one of the most important cities in Huelva, in the southern Region of Andalusia in Spain. In the 19th century the scarseness of products from this land was becoming a problem, so the population of Ayamonte started relying on the ocean and the fisherman slowly but surely pulled economy back up, making it the most important development motor in this area.

Today Ayamonte, part of the Costa de la luz basis it´s source of income on agriculture, fishing and tourism.