Tourism and cultural engine

The Cultural Landscape of the Añana Salt Valley intrinsically possesses the character of a multi-experiential tourist product, with heritage, cultural, natural and gastronomic attributes of the first order. From its beginnings, the activities and guidelines of the Management Plan have made the sustainable recovery of the valley compatible with a series of tourist and cultural activities to offer citizens unique experiences.

In the Salt Valley, the differentiating elements are a unique and exceptional landscape where tradition and modernity are harmoniously combined; a great variety of historical, architectural, archaeological, geological and natural attractions; and residents and salt workers proud of their culture, their past and their heritage.

In the Salt Valley, visitors have the opportunity to participate in a recovery and conservation project to ensure the sustainability of a salt exploitation with more than 7,000 years of history. Under a recovery approach open to the public, maintenance, study and salt production works are made compatible with tourist visits. The result is a living and evolving landscape in which the visitor is the main protagonist.

Thanks to these activities, the Añana salt flats are a cultural and experiential tourist destination through which thousands of visitors pass every year. The enhancement of the Salt Valley is not only helping to preserve a Cultural Landscape of exceptional value, but is also a clear example that investment in heritage is profitable and a powerful engine for tourism, cultural, economic and social development for the local community and its environment.