3 Places In Spain With A Lot Of Magic

In Spain there are magical corners and idyllic landscapes that seem to be taken from a storybook. Nature plays a fundamental role in the beauty that can be admired in these places. 

Romanticism, mystery, admiration or peace are some of the sensations that these exotic and magical places in Spain transmit . Fantasy and surreal places that exceed everything imaginable and that invite the visitor to get lost in them.

The corners that we are going to visit resemble a canvas  on which the most sublime work of art of nature has been captured.

1. Las Médulas, Castilla y León

In the Leonese region of Bierzo is the natural wonder of Las Médulas, a site of great archaeological wealth par excellence. A landscape declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

 It is characterized by its relief shapes, molded by mining started by the Romans in ancient times and stands out for its reddish and ocher colors. During the heyday of the Roman Empire, 800,000 kilos of gold were extracted from these mines.

To understand how the extraction of the precious metal was carried out there is an archaeological classroom. In it you will be surprised by the impressive engineering work that this mine entailed, in which the ground was drilled by streams of water to obtain the gold. Plinio explained the entire process in detail, thus describing the moment in which the land gave way due to the force of the water:

Las Médulas has a large area, but at the entrance of the park there is a visitor center where you can find out about the most interesting points to visit. In it you can see audiovisual material that shows the most prominent rural areas in 360-degree images.

This place, in addition to its impressive landscape, stands out for being a bird conservation area.  The flora also plays a fundamental role, it has lush oak, walnut and red oak whose intense green color alternates in a sublime way with the red of the rock.

2. The Caves of Drach, Mallorca

These caves are located on the eastern coast of the island of Mallorca. They offer a magical show to their visitors, who travel by boat through them. Formed by stalactites and stalagmites, the walls of the Drach Caves have pointed shapes. They have great height and a length of considerable width.

In the Caves of Drach you can enjoy a personalized guide that narrates the secrets that inhabit the caves. In addition, the tour includes a live classical music concert  while touring the caves.

One of the most enchanting moments occurs when touring Lake Martel, you will enjoy seeing how the blues and turquoise of this are reflected in the stone walls.

3. Bardenas Reales Park, Navarra

This is a place that shows a desert landscape, populated by plateaus, eroded soils and hills with particular shapes, sculpted by the hand of nature.

This strange paradise  has been the setting for television commercials, movies, and music videos. Among the films he has served as the stage are The world is never enough , Pride and passion or Airbag . This place has also inspired painters, sculptors and poets.

This park was declared by UNESCO as a Biosphere Reserve. A mysterious and enigmatic place divided into three great natural reserves:  Vedado de Eguaras, Rincón del Bu and the Falls of La Negra, which show natural oases, ruins and inhospitable vegetation.

In Las Bárdenas you can enjoy bird observatories, such as the so-called “Balcón de Pilatos”.  In this place a very beautiful species, the eagle owl, has one of its favorite ecosystems.

If you just want to enjoy the landscape, there are also viewpoints from which to contemplate wonderful images. And you can have a great time if you love cycling or hiking, in fact, some of the routes can only be traveled by bicycle or on foot.

They are three places full of magic and wrapped in the mystery that you must know. They will surprise you.