Ordesa National Park is situated in the Pyrenees of Huesca, Aragn (Spain), in the centre of North Eastern Spain.

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Ordesa National Park is situated in the Pyrenees of Huesca, Aragón (Spain), in the centre of North Eastern Spain. It was created on August 16th of 1918 by a Royal Decree which declared Ordesa Valley a National Park of 21 square kilometers of extension. In July 13 of 1982 it was enlarged to the 156.08 km² it has today and its official name changed to Parque nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido. It's included in the Biosphere Reserve of Ordesa-Viñamala declared by UNESCO in 1997. Ordesa is situated next to three valleys among which the Ordesa Valley is the most known. The park itself is situated in part of this valley and is characterized by counting with important amounts of limestone as well as wide extensions of forests.

Ordesa Valley's mountain climate produces chilly winters with an abundance of ice and snow, while summers are hot with frequent storms. Be prepared for sudden changes of weather!! At any moment the Ordesa Valley hiker may be surprised by a shower of rain or snow, depending on the time of year. Five vegetation types have been described: submediterranean, collinean, montane, subalpine and the alpine type. A total of two million tourists visit the site each year.
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Ordesa is a place for people to get close to nature. There is a very wide variety of animals to meet as well as many possibilities to spend energies by climbing, hiking and walking while meeting this park. Also, if you don't want to hike around the nature, you can visit the small towns nearby, eg. Torla.

The park protects animals such as the ibex, but takes care of many other species (It is home of around 170 different species of birds, 5 amphibians, 8 types of reptiles, and 32 mammals.

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