Best Places to See Spain's Vultures? (Or... Recommended Sites for Nature Enthusiasts?)

I'm also wanting to just generally have a good overall experience. I'll be going over to Spain with a grant, so I'm not sure when I'll be back!

Well, I know diddly squat about vultures, but we are nature lovers and photography enthusiasts who have spent decent time in Spain. Three areas come to mind:

1. Head north into Galicia and "Green Spain." This region looks nothing like the Spain of our popular imagination; more like Ireland. Of course, it rains a lot, hence the green. But especially the region around Rio Sil and Río Miño is where I would focus, between Ourense and Ponferrada. And both of those are great destinations in and of themselves.
2. Basque Country coastline is stunning. It is extremely rocky and can be tempestuous, so I'm not sure what kind of wildlife/birdlife there is, but for scenic beauty, it is hard to beat.
3. Although the Douro River is more famous in Portugal, it also flows through Spain and is quite gorgeous. Zamora, Tordesillas, and Simancas (technically on a tributary) are all really nice towns along the river.

Not Spain but we regularly see vulutures in the Cevenne National Park in southern France

A quick search came up with Miradores de Revilla in the Pyrenees. A location that I’ve been to is the Foz de Lumbier. It’s a couple miles round trip walk through a gorge. We did see some some vultures. You need a vehicle to get to it. When we visited we were staying in Sos del Rey Católico.

One other location we saw them was in El Cañón del Río Lobos. A vehicle is needed to get to it too.

The Lumbier Gorge (Foz de Lumbier) east of Pamplona is a great place to see vultures. And other birds.

There used to be a pair of quebrantahuesos or lammergeiers there.

The walk through the gorge is quite nice and rather easy.

Here is the Visit Navarra link about the Gorge of Lumbier and Arbaiun.

https://www.visitnavarra.es/en/lumbier-arbaiun-limestone-gorges?p_l_back_url=%2Fes%2Fbuscador%3Fq%3Dlumbier%26start%3D2

The valley of Carranza (Karrantza) and the mountains of Orduña in the Basque Country have lots of vultures. Some pics here, https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10205892709451524.1073741946.1072346576&type=3, for a good Google search look for "buitrera". There´s a buitrera in Liendo, Cantabria, too. Monfragüe in Cáceres is a great place for vultures, but it´s so big that you may need to walk for a long time.

Parque Nacional de Monfragüe is where you want to go for vultures and other birds of prey in Spain.

Parque Nacional de Doñana, south of Sevilla, is another excellent place for birding in Spain.

Thanks for the help, everyone!

We've decided to take a few days after Ainsa to visit Foz de Lumbier, and have decided to spend at least five days in Monfragüe. I'm waiting to hear back from my advisor to see if its possible for to visit some of the other suggested locations!

With the Foz de Lumbier there may have been a nominal charge for parking, but I’m not certain. There was a booth, but it wasn’t manned when we arrived. There was a rather rustic restroom, but there was no place to buy drinks. Ensure you have water. The short route along the gorge is only a couple miles. If you wanted to return by a different route, continue along the path after the gorge then cut up the steep hill. That path is mostly uphill all the way back to the parking area before a quick downhill. It is also further from the gorge with a lesser chance of seeing any vultures.