Pagoeta Natural Park is a park in Gipuzkoa, Basque Autonomous Community, Spain. Mount Pagoeta is closest to the villages of Aia and Laurgain, and near the coastal towns of Zarautz and Orio. The park features a park house, a museum, and picnic areas. Group guided tours are available.[1]
The natural park, covering an area of 2,860 hectares, was created by the agricultural activities of the village and differs from many parks for that reason. Instead of demonstrating only natural landscape, it shows the impact of human intervention in the environment. For example, installations remain throughout the park for making charcoal from wood and the water-powered Aborregi forge has been reconstructed. In addition to demonstrating historical practices, the park continues to display human intervention in the environment, with reforestation and the formation of an exotic speciesbotanical garden. There are also archaeological remnants of the prehistoric occupants of the area, with dolmens, barrows and cave deposits.
