Map showing the distribution of the national parks in Spain as of 2021. There are sixteen national parks in Spain : eleven in the Iberian Peninsula , four in the Canary Islands and one in the Balearic Islands . Twelve of the seventeen autonomous communities of Spain have national parks. Canary Islands has the most with four, followed by Andalusia with three, and Castile-La Mancha and Castile and León with two each. There are five autonomous communities that have no national parks: Basque Country , La Rioja , Murcia , Navarre , Valencian Community .
As of 2017[update] about 15 million people visited Spain's national parks, with Teide accounting for about 28% of all visitors. The second most visited park was Picos de Europa (17%), followed by Ordesa y Monte Perdido (13%). The least visited parks were Cabrera Archipelago (0.81%) and Cabañeros (0.72%).[1] With more than 2.5 million visitors in 2013, Teide was the most visited national park in Europe that year, and sixth most visited in the world.[2]
National parks See also References ^ https://www.miteco.gob.es/es/red-parques-nacionales/la-red/gestion/visitasppnn_tcm30-67283.pdf [bare URL PDF ] ^ Millet, Daniel (10 February 2014). "El Teide se sitúa entre los diez parques nacionales más visitados del mundo". La Opinión de Tenerife (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 November 2015 . ^ "Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici: El medio natural". magrama.gob.es (in Spanish). Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment . 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015 . ^ "Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici: Ficha técnica". magrama.gob.es (in Spanish). Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment . 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015 . ^ "Cabañeros: Valores naturales". magrama.gob.es (in Spanish). Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment . 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015 . ^ "Cabañeros: Ficha técnica". magrama.gob.es (in Spanish). Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment . 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015 . ^ "Archipiélago de Cabrera: La isla". magrama.gob.es (in Spanish). Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment . 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015 . ^ "Archipiélago de Cabrera: Ficha técnica". magrama.gob.es (in Spanish). Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment . 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015 . ^ "Caldera de Taburiente: Ficha técnica". magrama.gob.es (in Spanish). Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment . 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015 . ^ "Doñana: Ficha técnica". magrama.gob.es (in Spanish). Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment . 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015 . ^ "Garajonay: Ficha técnica". magrama.gob.es (in Spanish). Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment . 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015 . ^ "Sierra de Guadarrama: Ficha técnica". magrama.gob.es (in Spanish). Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment . 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015 . ^ "Islas Atlánticas de Galicia: Ficha técnica". magrama.gob.es (in Spanish). Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment . 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015 . ^ "Monfragüe: Ficha técnica". magrama.gob.es (in Spanish). Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment . 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015 . ^ "Ordesa y Monte Perdido: Ficha técnica". magrama.gob.es (in Spanish). Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment . 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015 . ^ "Picos de Europa: El medio natural". magrama.gob.es (in Spanish). Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment . 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015 . ^ "Picos de Europa: Ficha técnica". magrama.gob.es (in Spanish). Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment . 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015 . ^ "Sierra Nevada: Medio natural". magrama.gob.es (in Spanish). Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment . 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015 . ^ "Sierra Nevada: Ficha técnica". magrama.gob.es (in Spanish). Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment . 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015 . ^ miteco.gob.es (in Spanish). Ministry for the Ecological Transition. 2023 de las Nieves: Ficha técnica https://www.miteco.gob.es/es/red-parques-nacionales/nuestros-parques/sierra-de-las-nieves/ficha-tecnica/default.aspx=Sierra de las Nieves: Ficha técnica. Retrieved 18 January 2023 . ; ^ Álvarez-Cobelas, M. & Cirujano, S. 1996. TDNP: Aquatic Ecology and Society (in Spanish). National Parks Autonomous Agency , Ministry of Environment . ^ "Tablas de Daimiel: Ficha técnica". magrama.gob.es (in Spanish). Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment . 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015 . ^ "Teide: Ficha técnica". magrama.gob.es (in Spanish). Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment . 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015 . ^ "Timanfaya". Gobierno de Canarias . Retrieved 14 January 2021 . ^ "Timanfaya: Ficha técnica". magrama.gob.es (in Spanish). Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment . 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015 . External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to National parks of Spain .
An introduction to the new Sierra de las Nieves National Park Official website (in Spanish) Spain's National Parks (in English)