We live in a landscape protection area (Paisaje protegido de Pino Santo), in a wild olive tree forest, in the Guiniguada valley that is very spacious compared to the rest of the area, and still has arable lands and animal husbandry. There are no luxury hotels here, but there are poorer people, as well as substantial estates of the most privileged wealthy, orange groves, avocado and banana plantations, guava and papaya trees, etc. What we know as houseplants in Europe are giant trees growing outdoors here. There is also a lot of abandoned farmland and natural environment that is not under cultivation, with indigenous plant specialties; they tend to bloom in winter and spring, and in summer, the drought is characterized by the balmy scent: eucalyptus, lavender, sage grow in the wild in abundance. There are no poisonous spiders or snakes, mosquitos are very rare, but there are ticks when you stride off the paths and wade in the knee-high grass. Lizards live around the house, they grow to the length of a span, and we are also lucky to have geckos in the house at night. Rabbits, rock partridges, thrushes, falcons, owls, and: canary birds!

In the sea, there are sea urchins in a few places, Portuguese man-of-war also rarely occurs, but it is monitored on the official beaches. Angelsharks, dolphins, extreme nudibranchs, squid, octopus, starfish, colorful and tasty fish, many kinds.