Montgó rises above the towns of Jávea and Denia. This imposing promontory, which lies almost parallel to the coast, has a highest point of 753 metres and is only a few hundred metres from the coastline with which it is connected by a plain known as "Les Planes", sloping gently down to the Cape of Sant Antoni. It covers 825 hectares.

Ecosystems

Biocenosis. The reasons which justified the declaration of Montgó as a Natural Park are not human and physical, but rather basic and fundamentally, environmental and botanical causes. This is a natural area which harbours a great wealth of flora. Over 600 species, among which some unique in their genus, complete the floral catalogue.

The diversity that characterises the environmental factors present in the Natural Park allows us to identify different types of scenery where we can find distinct plant communities described bellow


Fauna


The fauna present in the Natural Park is closely linked to the scenery and the vegetation which has developed there. In the higher areas the patiamarilla gull nests and the Audouin gull hibernates along with many other birds. In the cliffs and rocks, ravens and predators are located. We can notice the nests of the perdicera eagle and the presence of a couple of royal owls. In the areas of red lavendar, many animals can be seen such as the dormouse, the country rat, rabbits, badger, gineta, fox and weasel. Due to the more or less permanent shortage of places to collect water, the least frequent vertebrates are amphibians, among which we can highlight the common toad and the corridor toad (Bufo Calamita). Reptiles are more frequent, such as the common small lizard, the ocelad lizard, the horseshoe snake, etc. Standing out in this group is the presence of the Iberian "eslizón". Within the group of invertebrate species, we can notice a great wealth of gasteropedes communities and insects.