Region: Galicia Province: La Coruña Declared a Natural Park: 1992 Park surface area: 1000 hectares Nearest town: Riveira Points of interest The Dunas de Corrubedo y lagunas de Carregal y Vixán Natural Park covers about 10 km2 and is situated at the end of the Barbanza Peninsula between the Arosa and the Muros y Noya … Read more
Region: Galicia Province: La Coruña Declared a Natural Park: 1997 Park surface area: 9126 hectares Towns and villages: Cabañas, A Capela, Monfero, Puentedeume, Puentes Points of interest The Fragas del Eume Natural Park is home to one of Europes best-preserved examples of a riverside temperate rainforest where oak such as (Quercus robur and Quercus pyrenaica) … Read more
Region: La Rioja Nearest town: Alfaro Declared a Reserva Natural: 2001 Protected surface area: 476 hectares Points of interest No trip to the region of La Rioja would be complete without a visit to the Reserva Natural de los Sotos de Alfaro and the town of Alfaro (The city of storks) that holds a huge … Read more
English: Andalusian Wall Lizard Scientific: Podarcis vaucheri Spanish: Lagartija andaluza French: Lézard Andalouse German: Andalusischen Mauereidechse Italian: Lucertola Andalusa Portuguese: Lagartixa-andaluz Distribution: southern Spain (Western Andalucia), central and northern Morocco, northern Algeria and northern Tunisia. Similar species: Iberian wall lizard (Podarcis hispanicus) Lagartija ibérica (Basically if you are anywhere other than Western Andalucia its probably … Read more