Region: Comunidad Valenciana Province: Alicante, Valencia Declared a Natural Park: 2002 Park surface area: 17,257 hectares Towns and villages: Agres, Alcoy, Alfafara, Bañeres, Bocairente, Cocentaina, Muro de Alcoy Points of interest The Pico del Montcabrer dominates the mountainous limestone Sierra de Mariola Natural Park at 1390 m above sea level. This part of the Sierra … Read more
Region: Valencian Community Province: Alicante, Valencia Declared a Natural Park: 1995 Park surface area: 1,255 hectares A listed Ramsar wetlands site Towns and villages: Pego, Oliva (Nearby cities of Gandia, Denia and Javia) Points of interest A crescent shape of mountains curves around the marshy area of the Marjal de Pego-Oliva Natural Park. The sand … Read more
Region: Pais Vasco Province: Vizcaya Declared a Natural Park 2006 Park surface area: 3,519 hectares Towns and villages: Carranza and Trucíos Points of interest The Armañón Natural Park is the ninth and most recently declared protected area in the Basque country. Located in the region of Las Encartaciones in Vizcaya here you will find the … Read more
Region: País Vasco Province: Guipuscoa Declared a Natural Park: 1994 Park surface area: 10,596 hectares Towns and villages: Abaltzisketa, Amezketa, Ataun, Zaldibia and Bedaio Points of interest The Sierra de Aralar Natural Park is known for its beech forests that were pollarded in the past and used to make charcoal. It is a place of … Read more