The “Spanish Camargue”, a paradise in perdition?

In La Doñana, the natural jewel of Andalusia, no one wants to miss out. The intense rains this spring have put a smile on everyone's face: those of the hundreds of visitors amazed by the explosion of all shades of green; that of the guide interpreter at the Acebrón Palace – one of four set in the immense park – who prides herself on the lushness of the "algaidas," the streams that widen and now overflow with water; and that of the chief curator of La Doñana and its 54,000 hectares of marshes, dunes, pine forests, and cork oaks. "It's quite astounding, " says Miguel Angel Bravo Utrera, whose office is located in the middle of the natural space. "Generally, an average of 540 millimeters of rain fall per year from September to September." With the rainfall in March and April, we've already reached 700 millimeters!

Dozens of long-dried-out lagoons near the sea are coming back to life and once again hosting colonies of herons and goslings... The heart of the park, the part