{"id":16509,"date":"2023-03-19T19:35:29","date_gmt":"2023-03-19T18:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irv.abstractioncreative.com\/?p=16509"},"modified":"2025-03-21T11:45:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T10:45:07","slug":"natural-parks-on-ibiza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ibizaruralvillas.com\/en\/natural-parks-on-ibiza\/","title":{"rendered":"Natural parks on Ibiza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>One of Ibiza\u2019s most attractive features is the diversity and beauty of its natural surroundings.<\/strong>\u00a0There are a number of natural parks on Ibiza that are considered of particular interest on account of their ecological and scenic value and whose natural beauty makes them worth visiting. Though there are more than a dozen areas included in the\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boe.es\/eli\/es-ib\/l\/1991\/01\/30\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1991 Law of Natural Spaces (LEN)<\/a><\/u>, just two are considered natural parks <em>per se<\/em>, namely the\u00a0<strong>Ses Salines Natural Park and the Es Vedr\u00e0 and Es Vedranell nature reserves, as well as the Poniente islets.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Las Salinas Natural Park<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This extensive natural area covers 1,786.52 hectares on land and 13,611.80 at sea, encompassing the area between the south of Ibiza and the north of Formentera. <strong>It was granted World Heritage status in 1999<\/strong>, and visiting it is a must for nature lovers. The park boasts numerous ecosystems, including salt ponds, beaches, dune ridges, centenarian juniper woodlands, rocky coast lines, small pine forests, cliffs where ospreys and peregrine falcons nest and the islets of Es Freus (in the division between Ibiza and Formentera). Additionally, numerous migratory birds arrive every year, including the striking flamingo, which may easily be spotted in the salt ponds.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Natural reserves of Es Vedr\u00e0, Es Vedranell and the Poniente islets<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.santjosep.net\/en\/what-to-see\/nature\/natural-reserve-of-es-vedra-es-vedranells-and-the-illots-de-ponent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The natural reserves of Es Vedr\u00e0, Es Vedranell and the Poniente islets<\/a><\/u>\u00a0are to be found in the south west of the island, within the municipality of\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/ibizaruralvillas.com\/hire-car-in-ibiza\/\">San Jos\u00e9<\/a><\/u>,\u00a0or Sant Josep. The protected territory encompasses all these islets and their marine surroundings, and it is formed by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Es Vedr\u00e0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Es Vedranell<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>S\u2019Illa d\u2019es Bosc<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sa Conillera<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>S\u2019Espartar<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ses Bledes<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With birds of prey such as Eleonora\u2019s falcons, European herring gulls, European shags and Scopoli&#8217;s shearwaters, the area is considered of ornithological interest. The islets of Es Vedr\u00e0\u00a0and Es Vedranell\u00a0<strong>are two of the most photographed spots on Ibiza<\/strong>\u00a0and home to endemic species of lizards. That being said, access to Es Vedr\u00e0 and Es Vedranell is theoretically forbidden, although their magnificence may be admired from the sea, from the famous Torre des Savinar or from Cala d\u2019Hort, and visitors may also book diving excursions in their vicinity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Flora and Fauna on Ibiza<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>You may have heard that Ibiza and Formentera are known as the \u201cPitiusas\u201d; the name is Greek in origin and means the \u201cislands of pines\u201d. This is because for more than 7,000 years, pine forests have been closely associated with Ibiza\u2019s scenery. Other species that are typical of Ibiza\u2019s flora include vines, fruit trees such as fig trees, almond trees, citrus trees and carobs and aromatic herbs such as thyme, rosemary, lavender and camomile, which grow freely alongside many others that make up this typically Mediterranean ecosystem. Also worth mentioning is the abundance of\u00a0<strong>posidonia oceanica or Neptune grass<\/strong>, the seagrass species responsible for the transparency of the waters in the \u201cpitiusas\u201d. As for the fauna, there are large colonies of seabirds, cetaceans and sea turtles.\u00a0<strong>Being an island, Ibiza\u2019s terrestrial fauna is somewhat more limited<\/strong>,\u00a0the most representative species being certain invertebrates, crustaceans, amphibians, marsh birds and lizards. Also worthy of mention is the Ibizan hound, or Ca Eivissenc, a hunting dog species thought to have been introduced in the island by the Carthaginian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of Ibiza\u2019s most attractive features is the diversity and beauty of its natural surroundings.\u00a0There are a number of natural parks on Ibiza that are considered of particular interest on account of their ecological and scenic value and whose natural beauty makes them worth visiting. Though there are more than a dozen areas included in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":16510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ibiza-en","category-culture-en"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/ibizaruralvillas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AdobeStock_404009511-1024x682.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibizaruralvillas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibizaruralvillas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibizaruralvillas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibizaruralvillas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibizaruralvillas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ibizaruralvillas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibizaruralvillas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibizaruralvillas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibizaruralvillas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibizaruralvillas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}