Ecotourism 04. Inland Andalusia
During the last decade of last century, the segment of tourism to nature areas opened up in Andalusia, inland Andalusia is a unique offer within Spain and among the best in Europe.
During the last decade of last century, the segment of tourism to nature areas opened up in Andalusia, inland Andalusia is a unique offer within Spain and among the best in Europe.
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eptional refuge for flora and its bio-diversity<br />
e of its geographic isolation<br />
the mountain sides collecting<br />
water from the thawing<br />
snow to water small market<br />
gardens.<br />
Sierra Nevada is an exceptional<br />
refuge for flora and<br />
its bio-diversity because of<br />
its geographic isolation, the<br />
steep sides of the ecological<br />
slopes and the diversity of<br />
its ecological nooks. It has<br />
2.100 catalogued vegetal<br />
species, 116 of them are<br />
endangered.<br />
Places of special interest<br />
close to Sierra Nevada:<br />
• Mulhacén (3.481 m),<br />
Veleta, el Alcazaba and<br />
el Cartujo Peaks<br />
• Trevenque Needle<br />
• Altera glacial lagoons (at<br />
3.146 m.)<br />
• The Mulhacén hollow, la<br />
Caldera, Corral del Veleta<br />
or de Valdeinfierno.<br />
• Aguas Verdes and Guarnón<br />
and the area of the<br />
lagoons (Larga, Caldera,<br />
Mosca, Aguas Verdes,<br />
Sietre Lagunas and<br />
others)<br />
• Ski resort of Borreguiles<br />
and Pradollano<br />
• And of course, all the villages<br />
in the Alpujarras in<br />
the provinces of Granada<br />
and Almería.<br />
DOCTOR CANON<br />
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