Málaga Natural Reserves
Los Alcornocales Natural Park
Los Alcornocales natural park contains the greatest amount of
cork trees (alcornoques) of the Iberian Peninsula and of the world.
This park is in between the provinces of Cadiz and Malaga.
Sierras de Tejeda - Almijara y Alhama natural park
The 40,600 hectares of Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama Sierras Natural
Park (Parque Natural Sierras de Tejeda, Almijara y Alhama), is
an impressive mountainous mass which forms a geographical barrier
between the provinces of Malaga and Granada.
El Torcal de Antequera
It is a beautiful zone characterized by a kárstica formation
which is marked by a labyrinth of alleys, passages and blocks
of different shaped rocks.
Natural Place Desfiladero de los Gaitanes: El Chorro
This impressive gorge, declared a place of natural beauty, is
where the Guadalhorce river passes through great stratified limestone
plates which reach up to a height of 400 metres.
Sierra de Grazalema natural park
A declared Reserve of the Biosphere by UNESCO, this park to the
northeast of Cadiz and to the northwest of Malaga, has the best
Spanish fir in the country. It fluctuates between an altitude
of 250 and 1654m above sea level.
Natural Park Sierra de las Nieves
This natural park is located in the mountainous region of Ronda,
in the province of Malaga. Its mountainous territory is etched
by deep ravines and spectacular sheer drops such as la Caina.
Montes de Málaga natural park
With its particular hill formation and small valleys littered
with pines, this park has its own beauty that makes it different
from other mountainous areas.
Laguna de Fuente de Piedra nature reserve
Is the most extensive lagoon in Andalusia. It has the largest
colony of flamingos in the entire Iberian Peninsula. It is the
second most important in Europe after the Camargue in France.
Natural Place Reales de Sierra Bermeja
It is a splendid amphitheatre of las sierras béticas which
stretches from the Costa del Sol from Marbella to Estepona.It
was formed by crystalline rocks that were perforated by a powerful
erruption.
Natural Monuments of Málaga province
These natural areas and monuments in Málaga are renowned
for their rare beauty and should be officially protected.
The Risco
Calcárea mountain range integrated in the Serranía
de Ronda, constituting a torcal of seemed characteristic to the
one of Antequera, and adopting stones infinity of strangers and
capricious forms.
Tajos de Alfarnatejo
The surroundings of the municipality of Alfarnatejo are integrated
by the most spectacular Edges of the province of Malaga, that
are the one of Gómer, the one of Doña Ana, and the
Alto del Fraile.
Pine groves of Torremolinos
In the Pine groves of Torremolinos springs known in all Andalusia
by the quality of their waters exist and at the present time they
are four: the one of San jOse, the one of the Pellejera, Inca
and Spring of the King.
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