NATIONAL PARKS

National Parks are created in natural areas where one or more ecosystems are unspoilt by human activities . The plants and animals in these ecosystems are of special interest.
In National Parks, special steps are taken to protect the landscape, flora and fauna.
In 1872, the United States created the first National Park in the world: Yellowstone National Park. In Spain, the first National Park, Mount Covadonga, was created in 1918. It is now renamed the Picos de Europa National Park.
At present, there are fourteen National Parks in Spain. They offer the best examples of Spain´s natural heritage: Aiguestortes and Estany of Sant Maurici, the Cabrera Archipelago, Cabañeros, Caldera de Taburiente, Doñana, Garajonay, the Atlantic Islands of Galicia, Monfragüe, Ordesa and Mount Perdido, Picos de Europa, Sierra Nevada, Tablas de Daimiel, Teide and Timanfaya.