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National and natural parks

The GR11 passes through two national parks and six natural parks:

 Parque Natural de Valles Occidentales

 Parque Nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido

 Parque Natural de Posets-Maladeta

 Parc Nacional d’Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici

 Parc Natural Alt Pirineu

 Parc Natural Valls de Comapedrosa

 Parc Natural Val del Madriu

 Parc Natural Cap de Creus

The Valles Occidentales (western valleys) of Aragón is predominantly composed of limestone and is a relatively gentle introduction to the tough alpine terrain ahead of you.

Ordesa and Monte Perdido, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is the largest limestone massif in Western Europe. The highest peak is Monte Perdido (3355m) but it is the deep valleys, with thundering cascades and waterfalls edged by towering limestone, which attract the tourist.

Posets-Maladeta is a granite massif containing half the 3000m summits in the Pyrenees including Aneto (3404m), the highest mountain in the Pyrenees. Highly glaciated granite mountains provide some of the most spectacular mountain scenery in the world with thousands of little sparkling lakes nestling in a landscape dominated by bare rock.