Pyrenees Articles

Two new guided hiking holidays for 2024

Two new guided hiking holidays for 2024

We've two new guided walking holidays for 2024 - the Beceite Spring Hiker (7-14th April) and the Catalan Pyrenees (18-25th May). Both are in fabulous hiking areas where we've run self-guided and private group trips for a number of years and are now offering as standard guided trips. Both trips are dual-level, with two hikes offered each day - a longer and a shorter option. Beceite - an...

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2024 holiday dates and Stansted-Zaragoza flights on sale

2024 holiday dates and Stansted-Zaragoza flights on sale

Our 2024 walking holiday program has been published and London Stansted-Zaragoza flights are now on sale. We’ve dual level guided walking holidays in the beautiful mountains of the Valle de Tena, Ordesa National Park and the Picos de Europa. Come and hike with us next summer!

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The Pasarelas of Panticosa

The Pasarelas of Panticosa

Pasarelas are routes that follow a metal walkway through a gorge or across a cliff face. There’s a great new pasarelas route in Panticosa which I tried out with Isabel this weekend. The route isn’t long at just over two kilometres, but has fantastic views

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Snowshoeing in the sunshine

Snowshoeing in the sunshine

Our snowshoeing holiday last week was a great success and I'm pleased to say we snowshoed under blue skies and sunshine every day. I don't think any of us were expecting to snowshoe in t-shirts but we did on several of the days - what a treat! Snow conditions in the...

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Ski touring Canal Roya with David

Ski touring Canal Roya with David

Last week I finally got the skis out and headed out ski touring with our guide David. We've had beautiful sunny weather pretty much all January and this day was no different with brilliant blue skies overhead. We headed up to the Spanish-French border at Portalet...

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Snowshoeing holidays and new travel rules

Snowshoeing holidays and new travel rules

Happy New Year to all of our friends and readers! Yesterday, the three kings visited every child in Spain and the Christmas celebrations here are finally coming to an end. The New Year bought good news for British holidaymakers, with a relaxing of travel rules...

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2022 Walking holiday program and dates

2022 Walking holiday program and dates

We're pleased to announce that we will once again be running our full range of walking holidays in 2022. You can read the full program and dates for both our guided and self-guided walking holidays on our website. We keeping our flexible booking policy for 2022, with...

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A fantastic weeks hiking on our Peaks & Passes holiday

A fantastic weeks hiking on our Peaks & Passes holiday

Last week, we had a brilliant time hiking on our Peaks & Passes guided walking holiday. It was a great set of hikes - over a thousand metres every day and we even managed the 3000-metre peak of Garmo Negro. The holiday was based in Sallent de Gallego, a lovely...

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Finally a guided walking holiday!

Finally a guided walking holiday!

During the last week of July, we finally ran our first guided walking holiday for over a year! We welcomed five American and Danish guests, who all now live in Valencia, making it simple to travel up to the Pyrenees. We've also welcomed several couples doing our...

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Family climbing at Tramacastilla

Family climbing at Tramacastilla

The Pyrenees have some brilliant spots for sports climbing and here in the Valle de Tena, there are a dozen different bolted areas or 'escuelas de escalada' as they are known in Spanish. Several of these are perfect for families and Peña Bubon just outside the village...

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