We will explore the characteristic landscape, the native flowers and fauna -either insects or birds. This territory is characterized by a microclimate marked by low rainfall, low winter temperatures and high summer temperatures. Here we find a Mediterranean vegetation consisting mainly of holm oaks (Quercus rotundifolia) and cork oaks (Quercus suber). Also noteworthy is the formation of juniper (Juniperus oxycedrus), nettle trees (Celtis australis), pyrenean oaks (Quercus pyrenaica) and portuguese oaks (Quercus faginea).
It is a territory with low human occupation, which has long been able to shape this landscape through traditional farming practices and which provided a mosaic of habitats highly important for biodiversity. It is this ruralized landscape among with the wild ones, that makes the Douro area a very scenic one.
