Protected Natural Environments in Granada Province
In Granada province is one of Andalucia's two national parks, the
Sierra Nevada, a mountainous region containing the two highest peaks
in the Iberian Peninsula and whose summits are often snow-capped.
This is the place to come if you're into rock climbing, mountaineering,
skiing or, for the less energetic, botany, since the park harbours
an incredible array of rare and endemic plants. Limestone rocky
outcrops dominate the province's natural parks, such as the Sierra
de Huétor just outside Granada city, the Sierra de Baza and
the Sierra Castril, dominated by the imposing pinnacle of the Peña
de Castril Natural Monument that towers over the village of Castril.
Natural Parks
Sierra Nevada National Park
Sierra de Baza National Park
Sierra Castril Natural Park
Sierra Huétor Natural Park
Natural Monuments:
Peñones de San Cristóbal
Peña de Castril
Falla de Nigüelas
Cueva de las Ventanas
Infiernos de Loja
Cárcavas de Marchal
Click on a province below to find out more about nature parks:
Protected Natural Environments in Andalucia,
Spanish National Parks, Wildlife and Nature Reserves, conservation
and protection of the Biosphere in southern Spain
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