Adventures and information on the Spanish Pyrenees
Adventures and information on the Spanish Pyrenees
Travelling from London to the French Pyrenees by train to hike in the dramatic cirque of Gavarnie, is a relaxed way to reach the Pyrenees, avoiding flying and taking in the French scenery on the way. You can travel from London to Lourdes in a day, and from there the excellent hiking bases of Luz-Saint-Sauveur and Cauterets, where our French Pyrenees guided holiday is based, are nearby.
It's all go, go, go here in the Spanish Pyrenees! We've had plenty of self-guided guests exploring the Valle de Tena, and last week saw the first of the guided guests arrive, on a Lakes & Valleys holiday. The Pyrenees, along with much of Europe, has experienced...
I was hiking up Punta del Pacino at the weekend which is one of my favourite peaks in the valley - not high at 1965 metres but with a fantastic position right in the centre of the valley and you get superb views in all directions from the summit. The lower sunny...
The Hike Pyrenees brochure is now available to view online. We've used the issuu website to publish the online version and it's a great magazine/brochure reading tool. You can also download it as a pdf. If you prefer of course you can always order a printed brochure...
Our friends Dave and Elena are over at the moment with their daughter Evangeline. We all went hiking from Sallent up to the embalse at La Sarra which is a lovely spot. Isabel and Evangeline went in the backpacks and loved it. The spring flowers are really getting...
Ordesa has had lots of snow this winter and you can snowshoe straight from the Pardera car park where there's several feet of snow. The valley looks beautiful in the snow and I've been over there a couple of times in the past few weeks - one time with Anna and Isabel...
Ibon de Piedrafita is in a beautiful spot under the cliffs of the Sierra de Partacua and yesterday I headed up there with Berute - a friend from the village. In summer this is a really popular walk with guests on our walking holidays but I'd never seen it completly...
2012's drawing to a close - it's been a great year here in the Pyrenees and I thought it would be a good time to show some of our favourite photo's from this summer - there's lot's of photos of our guests so see if you can spot yourself! The photo above was on the way...
The summer 2012 season is over and we'd like to thank all of our guests for making it another fantastic summer for Hike Pyrenees. We got up same great peaks, saw fantasic flowers and wildlife, ate plenty of tapas and had a fantastic time showing you all the Pyrenees....
I've wanted to do some of the peaks of the Sierra de Tendeñera and yesterday finally got up there. It's a magnificent 12km long ridge with imposing cliffs on both the north and the south. We approached from Ibon de Asnos up the north slopes. It was pretty cold up...