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Laguna Larga de Villacañas is one of the most important wetlands in the Toledo region of La Mancha, ideal for nature and photography lovers. Type: Endorheic saline lagoon (landlocked). Area: Approximately 178 hectares. Protection: It is part of the Natura 2000 Network and has been declared a Nature Reserve. Flora: Halophilous vegetation (adapted to saline soils), such as glasswort and esparto grass. Fauna: A wide variety of aquatic and steppe birds: Flamingos, avocets, and black-winged stilts. Migrating harriers, great bustards, and cranes.

To the south of El Romeral are the so-called Sierras de El Romeral, rocky outcrops covered with holm oaks and kermes oaks. At their feet springs of water emerge from the source of the Butarque River. The areas where the water flowed became permanently flooded land. An example of these springs is La Alberca, a spring that was transformed during the 80s with the dual purpose of supplying irrigation water to crops, and as a bathing area for the people of Romeral.

We have a wooden hut to observe the birds found in the lagoon. This installation has wooden seats so we can sit and observe them.

These accumulations of water are an ideal place for numerous species of birds that live here for much of the year. This lagoon contains a large proportion of salt.

Villacañas has a Lagoon Complex with several wetlands: Laguna Larga, Laguna de Peña Hueca Natural Reserve, Laguna de Tirez Natural Reserve, Laguna La Redondilla and Laguna La Gramosa. The set add an area close to 380 hectares of surface. When there is enough water it is a good place to observe hundreds of flamingos and other aquatic birds.

The Longar lagoon is part of the largest and most extensive saline lagoon complex in Spain with more than 400 hectares distributed in 2 lagoons. It is a favorite place for bird watching and it is worth doing it to see the sunset that is usually worthy of a postcard.

The Larga lagoon is one of the many that make up the well-known "La Mancha wetlands", all of them protected for their great scenic and ecological value. Here you can find a booth for bird watching, particularly flamingos that can be seen all year round.