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Natural Parks cover about 1.36 million hectares or 17% of Andalucía. There are two National parks and numerous Natural Parks. There are also many other mountainous regions in Southern Spain that are not nature parks, but have been officially designated as protected areas or nature reserves.
Four Natural Parks are located in the Province of Cádiz (for more detailed information on each Park, please click on the links above):
1. Bahía de Cádiz
This park is an estuary of beaches, mud and salt flats and marshland, situated in the municipalities of San Fernando, Chiclana de la Frontera, Puerto Real, Puerto de Santa María and Cádiz.
2. La Breña and Marismas del Barbate
This park, one the three terrestrial-maritime nature parks in Andalucía, is situated not far from the Atlantic entrance to the Straits of Gibraltar. It has cliffs, small areas of dunes, marshland and pine forests, and includes the town of Vejer, one of the most beautiful of the white villages of Andalucía, within its boundaries.
3. Los Alcornocales
This is one of the most important cork oak forests in the world, extending from the southern tip of Cádiz province to Cortes de la Frontera, in the north west of the province of Málaga.
4. Sierra de Grazalema
This park, declared a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO, extends over 13 municipalities in the Cádiz and Málaga provinces. The village of Grazalema is famous, apart from being a very beautiful mountain village, for being the wettest place in Spain, and the park is certainly one of the most pleasant in Andalucía for trekking in.
These parks are all within day-trip distance of Conil and the coast, although to explore the Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park at least an overnight stay in the area is recommended.
Protected Natural Environments in Andalucia are divided as follows:
Natural parks are locations of great ecological, scientific and educational value. They have ecosystems that have been altered little by man. Together they demonstrate an enormous range of geology and climate, from salt flats and dunes to mountain ranges and woods.
Natural areas are moderately protected areas due to the risk to or the uniqueness of the fauna, flora or landscape.
Natural Reserves are small enclaves to protect an ecosystem or natural fragile element. Natural reserves offer the greatest level of protection. To enter a Natural reserve special permission is required from the warden of the reserve.
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