Aizkorri-Aratz Natural Park

Aizkorri-Aratz Natural Park
  • Parque natural de Aizkorri-Aratz
  • Aizkorri-Arazko natura parkea
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
The fields of Urbia, with Aizkorri in the background
Location within the Basque Country
LocationÁlava and Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain
Area159.2 km2 (61.5 sq mi)
Established4 April 2006
Official nameAizkorri-Aratz
DesignatedMay 2016
Reference no.ES2120002[1]

The Aizkorri-Aratz Natural Park is the second-largest natural park in the Basque Country. Straddling the Cantabrian-Mediterranean watershed, it is named Aizkorri and Aratz, the two most notable mountains in the park. Declared a natural park in 2006, the area contains limestone mountains and as well as dense beech forests.[2]

  1. ^ "Site factsheet for Aizkorri-Aratz". EUNIS. European Environment Agency. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Aizkorri-Aratz Natural Park". Tourism Euskadi. Basque Government. Retrieved 7 October 2022.