Hiking in the Pyrenees Articles

How to travel from London to Lourdes and Gavarnie by train

How to travel from London to Lourdes and Gavarnie by train

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.

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Summer 2019 hiking brochure

Summer 2019 hiking brochure

Our Summer 2019 is now ready so order your copy today and start planning your next adventure in the Pyrenees. Next summer we’ve a new itinerary – the Canyons of Ainsa – that explores the eastern side of the Ordesa National Park with hikies in the...

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Village to Village – a self guided adventure

Village to Village – a self guided adventure

One of our many holiday options here at Hike Pyrenees is to explore the Pyrenees at your own speed with one of our self guided holiday options. We introduced the first of these holidays to our itinerary back in 2012 – Village  to village self guided, which is in...

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Mountain – a new documentary film

Mountain – a new documentary film

Mountain is a new documentary film from Jennifer Peedom – the maker of the recent Sherpa documentary. The film explores the beauty of the mountains rather than a particular expedition or peak and from the look of the trailer has some stunning footage. The film...

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Hike Pyrenees 10 year anniversary week

Hike Pyrenees 10 year anniversary week

They say that time flies when you’re having fun. Well, Hike Pyrenees is now in it’s 10th season of running hiking holidays in the Spanish Pyrenees, and those 10 years have flown by very quickly! To celebrate this, we put on a special hiking holiday, based in the...

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A day hiking on the Tour de Mont Blanc

A day hiking on the Tour de Mont Blanc

I’m in Chamonix at the moment for the BAIML (British Association of International Mountain Leaders) annual meeting. We have the AGM, a few days training and put the world to rights over a few beers! I’ve never actually been to Chamonix before so I came a...

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Hike Pyrenees, season so far…

Hike Pyrenees, season so far…

We kicked off our 2016 hiking season 6 weeks ago with a superb meal in Ricon el Montañes in Biescas.  Since then we have welcomed, explored and shared the Pyrenees with many new as-well as familiar faces returning for their second, third or even fifth holiday with us!...

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