# The best national parks in Spain

The 16 national parks in Spain's network, ordered by what visitors and guides value most: scenery, trails and wildlife.

- 728 votes · 16 items
- Oct 4, 2024 · Itziar Redondo Diez
- https://even.best/en/l/73/the-best-national-parks-in-spain

## Top 15

1. **Picos de Europa National Park** (78 · ▲84 ▼6) — The oldest (1918, as Montaña de Covadonga), across Asturias, Cantabria and León, with the Covadonga lakes and the Cares gorge trail.
2. **Teide National Park** (53 · ▲57 ▼4) — Spain's highest peak (3,715 m) on Tenerife, a World Heritage Site and one of Europe's most visited parks.
3. **Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park** (52 · ▲57 ▼5) — Pyrenean canyons in Huesca, with the Cola de Caballo waterfall and the Roland's Breach; a World Heritage Site.
4. **Doñana National Park** (45 · ▲48 ▼3) — Guadalquivir marshes, a haven for migratory birds and the Iberian lynx; a World Heritage Site.
5. **Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park** (38 · ▲42 ▼4) — Over 200 high-mountain lakes in the Lleida Pyrenees; Catalonia's only national park.
6. **Timanfaya National Park** (38 · ▲42 ▼4) — Lanzarote's Fire Mountains, formed by the 1730–1736 eruptions, toured by bus on the Volcano Route.
7. **Garajonay National Park** (36 · ▲41 ▼5) — La Gomera's laurel forest, a relic of the Tertiary period and a World Heritage Site.
8. **Sierra Nevada National Park** (29 · ▲35 ▼6) — The largest national park on the mainland, with Mulhacén (3,479 m), the peninsula's highest peak.
9. **Caldera de Taburiente National Park** (28 · ▲36 ▼8) — Huge erosion crater on La Palma with the Barranco de las Angustias and the Cascada de Colores.
10. **Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park** (26 · ▲33 ▼7) — The Cíes, Ons, Sálvora and Cortegada archipelagos; Cíes has a daily visitor quota in summer.
11. **Monfragüe National Park** (25 · ▲34 ▼9) — In Cáceres, one of Europe's best places to see black vultures and Spanish imperial eagles from the Salto del Gitano.
12. **Sierra de Guadarrama National Park** (25 · ▲27 ▼2) — The peaks of Peñalara and La Pedriza between Madrid and Segovia, declared in 2013.
13. **Cabrera Archipelago Maritime-Terrestrial National Park** (23 · ▲30 ▼7) — Uninhabited islands south of Mallorca with protected seabeds and the Blue Cave.
14. **Sierra de las Nieves National Park** (20 · ▲28 ▼8) — The newest (2021), in the Ronda mountains (Málaga), with Spanish fir forests.
15. **Cabañeros National Park** (14 · ▲22 ▼8) — The 'Spanish Serengeti' in the Montes de Toledo, famous for the autumn deer rut.
16. **Tablas de Daimiel National Park** (8 · ▲17 ▼9) — La Mancha wetland on the Guadiana floodplains, a refuge for waterbirds.

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