La Palma Biosphere Reserve

La Palma is a veritable showcase for the vegetation of the Canary Islands. Two nature reserves and the Caldera de Taburiente National Park are clear proof of the island's enormous natural wealth. La Palma was declared a Biosphere Reserve in 2002, and is a stargazing destination for the Starlight Foundation.

Sierra del Rincón Biosphere Reserve

Sierra del Rincón, declared a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 2005, is only an hour's drive from Madrid.

Alto Tajo Natural Park

Situated between the south-east of Guadalajara and the north-east of Cuenca, this nature reserve is the largest network of canyons and gorges in Castile-La Mancha. Most of the typical characteristics of the Iberian Mountain Range can be found in the Alto Tajo region. ...

Odiel Marshes Biosphere Reserve

Between the mouths of the rivers Tinto and Odiel, in the Andalusian province of Huelva, are the marshes that make up this reserve.

Río Eo, Osco y Terras de Burón Biosphere Reserve

Gerês – Xurés Biosphere Reserve

This protected space is shared between Spain and Portugal, and is one of the largest trans-border reserves in the European Union. It was recognised as a Biosphere Reserve by the UNESCO in 2009 and includes the Baixa Limia – Serra do Xurés Nature Reserve.

Sierra María-Los Vélez Nature Reserve

Cumbre Vieja Nature Reserve

The Cumbre Vieja Nature Reserve features a unique landscape resulting from the latest volcanic eruptions.

Valle de Cabriel Biosphere Reserve

Torcal de Antequera Nature Area

El Torcal is located between the city of Antequera and the municipality of Villanueva de la Concepción. Its main feature is its impressive landscape formed over 200 million years ago, and its abundant fauna and flora.

Macizo de Anaga Biosphere Reserve

Macizo de Anaga is a Protected Nature Area that was awarded the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve designation in 2015.

Montaña de Sal Cultural Park

This site opened in the year 2003 and has an area of 100 hectares. It is situated in Cardona Saline Valley, which used to be known as El Salí. The Mountain of Salt is highly valuable as it contains many different minerals.

Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve

In the province of Biscay, between capes Matxitxaco and Ogoño, there is a 12-kilometre stretch of sandbanks that UNESCO has declared a world Biosphere Reserve (1984), along with many other ecosystems. ...

Redes Nature Reserve

UNESCO declared the Redes Nature Park a Biosphere Reserve in the year 2001. To the south of the Principality of Asturias, the beech and oak forests unfold, which shelter more than 50 mammal species and 130 bird species.

Cap de Creus nature reserve

The Park, with its diverse orography, is set at the north-east end of the coastline.

Sierra Mágina Nature Reserve

This is the home of the Spanish ibex, and also of wild boars, holm oaks, gall oaks, olive trees and cherry trees.

Sierra de Hornachuelos Nature Reserve

The reserve combines elements of great interest owing to their animal and plant resources.

Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche Nature Reserve

The Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche Nature Reserve is located in the north of the province of Huelva, in the western part of the Sierra Morena.

Cadí-Moixeró Mountains Nature Reserve

Cadí-Moixeró Nature Reserve offers several ecosystems, ranging from the forest to the valley, passing through meadow and mountainous massifs.

Lago de Sanabria and Sierras de Segundera and Porto Natural Park

The park is located in northwestern Zamora, within the natural region of Sanabria. It is a mountainous area with deep valleys, and many lagoons of glacial origin. The most important of them is Lake Sanabria.

Área de Allariz Biosphere Reserve

Área de Allariz was designated Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 2005. It is especially important for its cultural values and for the sustainable use made of its resources, allowing for the conservation of local flora and fauna.

Doñana Natural Park

Surrounding Doñana National Park like a peripheral protective cushion, the nature reserve with the same name is made up of four separate spaces that, when combined, span more hectares than the national park itself and share a mosaic of similar habitats and importance. ...

Tejera Negra beech forest

The beech trees of Tejera Negra became established in ancient times when the climate was colder and wetter. These trees now find refuge in shady valleys and on northern slopes, with fog, wind, rain and hardly any sun.

Biosphere Reserve: the island and sea of Fuerteventura

Fuerteventura has an area of 1,658 square kilometres, and is the second largest island in the Canary islands. The UNESCO declared the island and its marine habitat a Biosphere Reserve in 2009.

Spain's beech forests declared World Heritage Sites

The beech forests of Montejo (Madrid), Tejera Negra (Castile La Mancha), Lizardoia and Aztaparreta (Navarre), Cuesta Fría and Canal de Asotín (Castile and Leon) are part of the “Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe”, which have been awarded World Heritage designation by UNESCO.

Cultural Landscape of Risco Caído and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria

In this mountainous area at the heart of Gran Canaria island, surrounded by a landscape of gorges, cliffs and volcanic formations, you can still find traces of troglodyte habitats, cisterns and granaries, evidence of a long-vanished island culture. ...

Laciana Valley Nature Reserve

To the north of Leon, between the Mountains of Leon and the Cantabrian Mountains, the Laciana Valley unfolds, declared a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in the year 2002.

Real Sitio de San Ildefonso-El Espinar Biosphere Reserve

Sierra Nevada National Park

In eastern Andalusia in Granada and Almería you'll find the highest peaks in continental Spain. Its mountains, rivers and streams extend for 90 kilometres, bringing abundant life to the region. Populated for more than 2,000 years, the Sierra Nevada is the perfect place for witnessing humans and wildlife co-existing in the high mountains.

Protected Landscape of San Juan de la Peña and Monte Oroel

This Protected Landscape (Huesca region) stands out for a combination of nature and culture, as it combines the typical landscape of the Pyrenean mid-mountain with one of the most important monasteries of the Early Middle Ages and the first royal pantheon of Aragon, the Monastery of San Juan de la Peña.

Monte Santiago Natural Monument

This lies between the provinces of Burgos (Castile-León) and Álava (Basque Country).

Cultural Landscape of the Sierra de Tramuntana

The Sierra de Tramuntana mountains run parallel to the northwest coast of the island of Majorca. Its unique agricultural landscape, with irrigation systems dating from mediaeval times, have merited the World Heritage designation by the UNESCO.

Monfragüe National Park

The convergence of the Tajo and Tiétar rivers in the Cáceres has created this landscape of holm oaks, cork trees, smooth mountains and enormous rocks that are home to one of the largest colonies of black vultures in the world. The only national park in Extremadura has thus become one of the best places in Spain for bird watching. ...

Cabrera Maritime-Terrestrial National Park

One hour by boat from the island of Mallorca, the Cabrera Archipelago will definitely surprise you. This oasis has one of the best-preserved examples of marine life in the whole of the Mediterranean Sea Its almost untouched sea shore hosts a wealth of species native to the Balearic Islands. ...

Doñana National Park

Doñana is one of Europe's most beautiful and important wetlands. In addition, it has a peculiarity that makes this national park very special: in just one day you can see very different ecosystems: marshland, lagoons, pine groves, aloe veras, moving dunes, cliffs, 30 kilometres of unspoilt white beaches... ...

Timanfaya National Park

In Lanzarote, the most easterly of the Canary Islands, Timanfaya National Park dazzles its visitors. Its landscape seems as though it belongs on the moon; the result of volcanic eruptions from as recently as 300 years ago. Lava and magma have created a scene straight out of science fiction where, despite its severity, life continues to bloom. ...