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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 21/06/2026 00:03:00

A freshwater lagoon ringed by rice fields and reed beds, the Albufera lies about ten kilometres south of Valencia, separated from the Mediterranean by a wooded sandbar known as the Dehesa del Saler. It is the largest lake in the Iberian peninsula and the centrepiece of a protected wetland covering more than 21,000 hectares. The name comes from the Arabic al-buhayra, meaning the little sea. The lagoon was a royal hunting and fishing ground from the 13th century, passed to the Spanish state in 18...