Spain+Environment+and+Weather

Peaks of Europe Mounties
 * Environment**

Are situated in the area of north of the country and is shared between three regions: Castilla y Leon, Asturia and Cantabria Region where the high peak is situated, to a distance of 30 km of the sea, has 2.648 meters, where a spectacular landscape can be contemplated. Great part of the mountains are included in the National Park Peaks of Europe where itself preserve the flora and fauna of this zone. The towns are of a great beauty and they are an attraction for the visitant. Fuente Dé (Source Give) is a very pretty zone where you can rise with the cable railway 1.000 m where is the Parador (State-run Hotel) with the same name and can rise more to 1.800 m of height and can enjoy of beautiful landscape. Other beautiful places: Puertde San Glorio, Puerto de Pandetrave, Pass of Beyos, Road of Covadonga and the Lakes and many more. Pyrenees Mounties:

Are situated between Spain and France, the highest peaks are situated in,
 * Pyrenees of Aragon**, Spain, in the Natural Reservation Posets - Maladeta. Accumulates the greater heights of the mountain range, Peak of (Pico Aneto) 3.404 m, Posets 3.355 m. The formations calcareous outskirts of glacial origin have a pore vegetation and eventful relief. Various places to go: Natural Reservation of Ordesa y Monte Perdido, Benasque Town, Congosto de Ventamillo, Ainsa with the s.XI architecture, Canfranc, Somport.

Pyrenees of Catalonia, from Vale of Aran (Valle d’Aran) is prolonged till the Mediterranean Sea and has heights around 3.000m: d' Estats Peak of 3.145m, Puigmal Peak 2.910m. It has many beautiful places and different modalities to enjoy the mountains by doing sport and adventure, ski, escalation, hunt and fishing. Beautiful places for see and visit are Vall de Camprodon, Vall de Ribes, Vall de Nuria, La Cerdanya, Vall de Segre, Vall dÁran and many more.

Sierra Nevada,

Is situated to 80 km of Costa del Sol in Andalusia Region in south of the country, near of Granada city. The most highly peaks are Veleta 3.394 m and Mulhacen 3.482 m, are the panoramic view points where can be seen when the sky is clear, beautiful landscapes. Is one of the better stations, than has 60 km of skiable trails, more of 40 trails, 20 mend and many hotels. You can do an itinerary by Alpujaras, a eventful mountain and with pretty landscapes. Also can visit the touristic villages like Lanjaron, Pampaneira, Bubion, Campaleira, Treveles and many other...

Beaches Spain has various types of coasts, Mediterranean coasts and Atlantic coasts (Bay of Biscay coasts), long beaches, rocky coves, fine sand, wild beach or estuaries coasts, that receive a lot of tourists to spend the holidays, to make sports or just for visit new places. Costa Verde

Costa del Sol (Andalusia) the prettiest zone is between Malaga and Marbella that are the localities most visited. There are many beautiful houses, golf courses, and long beaches for excursions and holiday. Also can visit pretty towns between the mountains and the coast, Banus Harbor, Estepona, Mijas, Salobrena... The climate is pleasant during the year with mild winters and warm summers.

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Weather Overview The meseta and Ebro basin have a continental climate: scorching in summer, cold in winter and dry. Madrid regularly freezes in December, January and February and temperatures climb above 30ｰC (86F) in July and August (locals describe it as: nueve meses de invierno y tres de infierno - nine months of winter and three of hell). Valladolid on the northern meseta and Zaragoza in the Ebro basin are even drier, with only a little more rainfall per year than Alice Springs in Australia. The Guadalquivir basin in Andaluc僘 is only a little wetter and positively broils in high summer. This area doesn't get as cold as the meseta in winter. The Pyrenees and the Cordillera Cant畸rica backing the Bay of Biscay coast bear the brunt of cold northern and northwestern airstreams, which bring moderate temperatures and heavy rainfall (three or four times as much as Madrid's) to the northern and northwestern coasts, including cities like A Coru. Even in high summer you never know when you might get a shower. The Mediterranean coast as a whole, and the Balearic Islands, get a little more rain than Madrid and the south can be even hotter in summer. Barcelona's weather is typical of the coast, milder than in inland cities, but more humid. In general you can rely on pleasant or hot temperatures just about everywhere from April to early November (plus March in the south, but minus a month at either end on the northern and northwestern coasts). In Andaluc僘 there are plenty of warm, sunny days right through winter. In July and August, temperatures can get unpleasant, even unbearable, anywhere inland (unless you're high enough in the mountains). Snowfalls in the mountains start as early as October and some snow cover lasts all year on the highest peaks. (http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/europe/spain/essential)

Climate in Seville

Has a Mediterranean climate, to a large extent of the year the weather is pleasant and sunned, but with highest temperatures during the summer. The winters is mild and rains only slightly in autumns

Climatically, the ideal times to show up in Andalucía are April to June and September to the first half of October - when temperatures are pleasantly warm, and you'll avoid the winter torrents. Culturally, spring festivals present Seville at its prime, but room rates rise like the mercury does in summer. In July and August, when daytime temperatures typically reach a sweltering 36°C (97°F), there's a crush of Spanish and foreign tourists, and locals sensibly flee the city for breezier coastal climes. From December to February, average daily highs hover around 16°C (61°F). Rain falls mainly from October to March (50-100mm or 2-4in per month, comparable to rainfall in London). http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/popup.cfm?i=/worldguide/wgmaps/wg-seville-34036-400x300.gif

Weather Overview
Make no mistake, Seville gets //hot// during summer. Temperatures average around 36°C (97°F) in July and August with very little rain to cool you down. Winter has an opposite range, with plenty of rainfall between November and February and several days per month of below-zero temperatures. On average though, over 230 days per year have temperatures above 20°C (68°F).

Average Annual Sunshine


Climate, temperatures and weather in Granada: 6ºC - 13ºC (45ºF - 57ºF) from November to April, 25ºC - 32ºC (76ºF - 89ºF) from May to October with most of the precipitation falling in the winter and nice sun throughout June, July and August.

Weather Overview
Between June and September the weather remains hot enough in Granada to lease a sombrero and sleep with the windows open. The heat remains for much of the year during the day, cooling down at night in autumn and spring. From November to April the windows stay closed and the layers come out, though umbrellas are seldom needed.

Average Annual Rainfall


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