La Breña y Marismas del Barbate Natural Park

In a landscape of great beauty, the pine forest of La Breña overlooks the edge of impressive cliffs.

The natural park is an area located on the coast of the province of Cádiz. It has a large pine forest that is known here as La Breña. This is developed on a platform up to the coastline, which is structured in a cliff that reaches heights of almost one hundred metres. In other areas, the pine forest gently slopes down to the beach itself. The landscape unfolds with a unique balance and beauty.The other most significant part of the park is formed by the marshes of the last stretch of the Barbate river, to the north and east of the town of the same name and very important for waterfowl. Nearby was the Janda lagoon, one of the largest in Spain, dried up in the middle of the 20th century and which in very rainy years resurfaces for a few days.The site is also of great interest from a geological and biological point of view. Its flora and fauna are also of remarkable value. We can find cattle egrets, jackdaws, peregrine falcons, yellow-legged gulls, otters and numerous migratory and wintering birds.