The culture of rice between the sea and the land

Rice cultivation in the Ebro Delta is relatively recent. It was not until the 19th century that agricultural activity began to develop around rice, with the opening of canals that allowed large areas of the Delta to be flooded with fresh water, facilitating the rice-growing cycle.

A whole ethnographic culture has developed around rice cultivation in a place where sea and land come together, opening a window to an authentic Mediterranean pantry. Those thousands of hectares of rice fields, along with their natural water purification, turn the Delta into a paradise for all kinds of crustaceans.