Created in 1995, the Pinares de Rodeno protected landscape is located in the Sierra de Albarracín region of Teruel, Aragon. The area covers around 6,829 hectares, with altitudes ranging from 1,095 meters in the Tobías ravine to 1,602 meters at Cruz de Montoyo. Local villages include Albarracín, Bezas, and Gea de Albarracín. Much of the forest grows on red sandstone (rodeno), shaped over time into ravines, taffoni (hemispherical holes in the rock wall), and large circular depressions called pilancones. Limestone areas feature softer relief, higher plateaus, and holm oak forests.
The Lomaza de Belchite Wildlife Refuge
The Lomaza de Belchite Wildlife Refuge is located in the Campo de Belchite region in the southwest of the province of Zaragoza, Aragón. The refuge has an area of 961 hectares and was declared a protected natural area in1995.
Reserva Natural de los Galachos de la Alfranca de Pastriz, La Cartuja y El Burgo de Ebro
A bit of a mouthful even by Spanish standards but the Reserva Natural de los Galachos de la Alfranca de Pastriz, La Cartuja y El Burgo de Ebro is well worth a visit if you are in the area.
The nature reserve is located in the middle of the Ebro valley in the province of Zaragoza.
Also well worth a visit are the nearby villages of Alfajarín, El Burgo de Ebro, Fuentes de Ebro, Nuez de Ebro, Osera, Pastriz, La Puebla de Alfindén, La Cartuja Baja and of cource the city of Zaragoza.
Refugio de Fauna Silvestre de la Laguna de Sariñena
The Refugio de Fauna Silvestre de la Laguna de Sariñena (in Aragonese Refuchio de Fauna Silvestre d’a Lacuna de Sarinyena ) is a wildlife refuge located in Los Monegros in the south of the province of Huesca. The refuge, which has an area of 604 hectares was declared as a protected natural area for the first time on April 4 1995. It is located within the municipality of Sariñena between the basins of the Alcanadre and Flumen rivers. In 2001, the natural space was also declared a Special Protection Area for Birds (ZEPA) together with the other nearby lagoon of the Balsa de la Estación.
The Sariñena lagoon is endorheic meaning that its waters have a very high concentration of salts.