Andalucia Tourist Information
The Magnificent National Parks of Andalucia
Besides great sunshine, delicious cuisine and a rich architectural heritage, Andalusia also offers visitors many opportunities to enjoy its varied flora and fauna that abound in its two magnificent national parks, 23 parks and 31 nature reserves varied. The two national parks: National Park of Doñana and the Sierra Nevada National Park have been designated as such because of its wide range of geological and climatic diversity has given rise to unique ecosystems including desert areas, forests, mountains, dunes and wetlands. With minor modifications made by man, both parks are of great scientific importance, ecological and educational.
Doñana National Park
Declared a national park in 1969 as National Park Doñana National Park Doñana in Andalucia is one of the most important ecological systems in Europe. Of particular importance are wetlands and marshes are an important nesting and resting for migratory and local birds.
This park is located 507 km mainly in the southeastern part of the province de Huelva in Andalusia, with a small portion falling in the province of Sevilla.
La Donna National Park has three predominant forms of landscape – wetlands or the marsh, the dry desert as their health or Coto fixed dunes, and the area near the coast with dunes or dune porn.
The vegetation can see in the park is determined by its different ecosystems, depending on whether it is sand dunes, freshwater lakes or sandy soils. Rich in flora and fauna, the National Park Donna is home to many unique species, including pardina Lynx. This exotic carnivore is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula and has been adopted as the emblem of the Park.
Sierra Nevada National Park
Designated as a national park in 1999, Sierra Nevada National Park is the second national park Andalusia. Almost eight percent of this mountainous National Park is located in the province of Granada and the rest in Almería.
The snow cover Mulhacén (3,482 m) and Veleta (3,392 m) two of the highest peaks of the Iberian Peninsula are in the midst of the majestic Sierra Nevada National Park. The extraordinary landscape of this area is the result of erosion resulting from the melting of glaciers in these mountains and forests and the different areas of natural vegetation. While part of the mountainous area is very dry and arid, the remaining trees and especially the middle of high mountain areas of the park are home to a wide variety of flora and fauna. In fact, over twenty-five percent of the total species of plants found in Spain can be found in the Sierra Nevada National Park. Apart from this, the park is home to more than sixty species of plants found only here and nowhere else. One is the spectacular Sierra Nevada violet.
Vulture of geese, hawks, eagles are top predators birds found here, while other species of pen, like the great tit, the great tit coal, tomtit, the JayBird, the woodpecker, larks and finches can also be found in abundance. The park's wooded area is home to weasels, foxes, badgers and civets. The mountain goat is one of the most characteristic species found in the park.
Special purpose vehicles are available for go to the mountains while the more adventurous can join a walk on foot to reach the higher regions.
Both parks offer tourist services information including the visitor centers, marked trails, paid campsites, recreation areas with water and firewood, sites of mountain bike trails, marked trails, viewpoints, observatories and camping.
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