Moncayo Natural Park

Moncayo is the highest point in the Iberian Mountain Range (2,373 m) and offers a great diversity of landscapes: From glacial remains at the summit to lush forests of beech, holm oak, oak, pine and juniper on its slopes.

The park is part of the Sierra del Moncayo and encompasses several municipalities, including Tarazona. It is located in the province of Zaragoza and is a natural frontier between the autonomous regions of Aragon and Castile and Leon. This is an area of transition from the climate of the Ebro valley and the plateau of Soria. Its peculiarities are: Mild, short summers with some stormy precipitation and long, cold winters. Mount Moncayo is unusual among the Iberian System mountain range in Aragon, as the only mountain with clearly delineated levels of flora. Therefore, visitors can find plenty of holm oaks and kermes oaks up to 900 m, Pyrenean oak forests at an altitude of 900 to 1,100 m, pines at an altitude of up to 1,800 m, beeches between 1,100 and 1,650 m and meadows from 1,800 m and at higher altitudes. The fauna that inhabits the Park is very abundant: Rabbit, partridge, fox, wild boar, robin, badger, roe deer, golden eagle, goshawk, etc.