In Cantabria there’s a small but very impressive forest of sequoia trees

In Cantabria you’ll find the Secuoyas del Monte Cabezón Natural Monument, which has had protected status since 2003. Its origins go back to 1940, when this sequoia forest was originally planted to produce wood, but the trees were never felled. The result is a dense forest of sequoias that soar up to 40 metres in height and have trunks with a circumference of up to two metres. If you want to give one of these a hug, you’ll need to look for some help, as sometimes it’s not possible even for two people to encircle these magnificent trees with their arms. 

As well as the sequoias you’ll find many different types of vegetation in the forest, and you’ll enter worlds of different colours as you walk along the paths.And in thousands of years’ time, these sequoias will no doubt still be a part of the forest as we know it today. Come and take a close look at this imposing species of tree, the Sequoia sempervirens, remember its lifespan, and imagine the visitors of the future admiring the landscape that you’re looking out at today in the year 3940!