Isla Mayor
In a unique geographical location 41 km from Seville, our little paradise borders and encompasses one of the areas alongside the Doñana Nature Park. A UNESCO Biosphere Reserve; a Special Protection Area (SPA) for birdlife; on the Green List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN); a UNESCO World Heritage Site; along with a series of recognitions such as the European Charter for Sustainable Tourism (ECST) and the Council of Europe Management and Conservation Diploma, renewed every five years down to the present day. Our region is included on the Ramsar Convention list of wetlands and is part of the Doñana Biosphere Reserve, which means that the region is compatible with the protection of natural flora and fauna.
An idyll providing food and shelter for birdlife including such notable species as the purple heron, squacco heron, little bittern, flamingo, spoonbill, black stork, glossy ibis, gull-billed tern, collared pratincole, kingfisher, bluethroat and willow sparrow.
Seville is the largest rice-growing province in Spain, with 38,000 ha, and our area covers 13,000 ha. Considered to be the leading rice-growing region in Spain, and the second most important in Europe. It accounts for 40% of national production.
That is what makes ours a multicultural town, combining ecosystem and biodiversity, an economy with low levels of carbon and heavy metals, along with comprehensive integrated and controlled production processes, from seed to preparation and packaging for domestic and international sales.
Our purely rice-growing region also stands out for its potential in the seafood business thanks to the red swamp crayfish. What began as an invasion has now become another key driver of the regional economy. Making the whole area around the town even more exotic and special.
Seville is the largest rice-growing province in Spain, with 38,000 ha, and our area covers 13,000 ha. Considered to be the leading rice-growing region in Spain, and the second most important in Europe. It accounts for 40% of national production.
That is what makes ours a multicultural town, combining ecosystem and biodiversity, an economy with low levels of carbon and heavy metals, along with comprehensive integrated and controlled production processes, from seed to preparation and packaging for domestic and international sales.
Our purely rice-growing region also stands out for its potential in the seafood business thanks to the red swamp crayfish. What began as an invasion has now become another key driver of the regional economy. Making the whole area around the town even more exotic and special.
