El Montgó Natural Park
The Montgó Natural Park is located between the Alicante municipalities of Denia and Jávea. It is marked by the impressive Montgó, a huge and isolated limestone massif that rises to 753 metres high just 4 kilometres from the Mediterranean Sea and includes a coastal area that stretches for more than 3 kilometres.
The geological composition of this natural park in Alicante is characterised by Cretaceous materials. Thus, in the lower parts of the area there is an abundance of marls and marl limestones, while the escarpments are made up of compact limestones. The flora of this natural space is dominated by native Mediterranean scrubland formations, such as the kermes oak scrub, a shrub community made up of species such as kermes oak, mastic and buckthorn.
El Montgó Natural Park
El Bosc de Diana Estate (Visitor Centre)
Camí de Sant Joan, 1
03700 Dénia, Alicante - Alacant (Region of Valencia)
What you need to know
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Cultural information
The natural park itself includes elements of archaeological value such as schematic paintings, Phoenician amphorae and remains of Iberian settlements.
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Environmental information
The marine avifauna includes the yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis), the sandwich tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) and the Audouin's gull (Larus audouinii), among other species.
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Information for visits
The reserve's visitor centre is located in the town centre of the touristic but nearby town of Dénia, specifically in the municipal gardens of the Bosc de Diana. It will allow visitors to learn about the Montgó and the Strict Nature Reserve of Cabo de San Antonio and its seabed.
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