S’Albufera des Grau Natural Park
This protected natural area on the north-east coast of Menorca brings together a great variety of habitats, shaped to a greater or lesser degree by human activity: wetlands, farmland and grazing land, woodland, a coastline of cliffs and beaches, islets and a marine area.
S’Albufera des Grau Natural Park was declared by Decree 50/1995 of 4 May, after years of public campaigning for the protection of the area. In 2003 the boundaries of the Park were extended to a total of 5,006.7 hectares of land and sea, and five nature reserves were declared – the Addaia islands, s’Estany, the Morella pond, es Prat and the island of En Colom – in order to conserve the most sensitive places and those of greatest interest.
Almost the whole area is also an Area of Special Natural Interest (ANEI), is part of the Natura 2000 network and forms the core zone of the Menorca Biosphere Reserve.
Visitor leaflet and maps
General leaflet of s’Albufera des Grau Natural Park (English): download the PDF.
Public use map
Cover photo: Nicolas G. Mertens, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0