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Tel. +34 986246550 +34 986246517 /Fax +34 986246553 |  | |
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Sea refuge in the Rías Baixas (southern coast of Galicia).
Located in the province of Pontevedra, the National Park of the Atlantic islands including the Cíes Islands, and Ons, Cortegada and Sálvora all in the Rías Baixas (southern coast of Galicia).An ecosystem sea-land with an interesting and important colony of sea birds that live on it.
The park has four groups of islands that are distributed between the estuaries of Vigo, Pontevedra and Arousa. Home and shelter to one of the most numerous colonies of seagulls on the Spanish coast and other species such as the shag, cormorant, the common shag, etc.
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 | | | | Type of area: National Park | | | Surface: 8000 Hectares | |
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| Restricted access by boat to the Cíes Islands from Vigo, Baiona and Cangas (maximum 2,200 people per day). You can also visit Ons from Sanxenxo-Portonovo, Marín and Bueu. There is a Nature Centre in the monastery of Santo Estevo (Tel. +34 98 680 5469) and an Information Point in Ons.
Salvora does not have regular contacts with the Peninsula. The island of Cortegada is located in front of the town of Carril, in the Arosa estuary. | |
| Natural assets | | | | | In this ecosystem sea-land there have been more than 200 alga types recorded and 400 land plant species.For curiosity sake, it is home to the largest laurel forest in Europe.As for the fauna, there exists 200 species of different animals including an important colony of sea birds as well as diverse species of turtles, dolphins, seals, whales, shell fish and molluscs. | |
| Cultural surroundings | | | | | The park is located in Rías Baixas (southern coast of Galicia) with tourist towns such as Pontevedra, Baiona, Vigo, O Grove, Sanxenxo, and Vilagarcía de Arousa. In Cíes you can visit a pre-Roman settlement. | |
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