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Malaga´s Botanical Gardens - La Concepción

Málaga´s Botanical Gardens in La Concepción are located 8km north of Málaga city. As you start climbing away from the coast heading towards Córdoba/Granada it´s possible to see a green and white-tiled dome roof of La Concepcion´s famous mirador glinting under the Mediterranean sunshine. Pond in Malaga´s Botanical Gardens The gardens and house were built in 1855 when two wealthy, local families united through the marriage of Amalia de Heredia Livermore and Jorge Enrique Loring Oyarzabal which meant the joining of several small estates into one larger estate. They created wonderful gardens around their house, buying and ordering plants and trees from around the world. Their love of plants was, unbeknownst to them, the beginning of Malaga´s Botanical Gardens as we know it today, It has become a gorgeous oasis of nature over the 23hectares that is now the visitable Botanical Gardens site. House in Malaga´s Botanical Gardens   Another wealthy family took over the gardens in 1911 and enl...

Monday Morning Photo - Wetlands in Castilla-La Mancha

I guess it's obvious  that Castilla-La Mancha has so many wetland areas, but being so flat. I'd never given it a thought. We were planning on visiting the famous Tablas de Daimiel National Park  but we also went to the four lagoons near our hotel - Lagunas de Alcazar de San Juan. My first real bird watching session from a hide revealed lots of flamingos and many other (unknown to me) water birds.


Lagunas de Alcazar de San Juan


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