Adventures and information on the Spanish Pyrenees
Adventures and information on the Spanish Pyrenees
Rising above the plains of Huesca, the Castle of Loarre is one of Europe’s best-preserved Romanesque fortresses. Built at the frontier of the early Kingdom of Aragon and later used as a filming location for Kingdom of Heaven, Loarre stands at the gateway to the Sierra de Guara — a landscape best explored on foot, where history, geology and walking trails come together naturally.
We´ve had some really intense months, preparing a new stirring hiking season. Now, after this first effort, we are already enjoying the beginning of the summer. The snowy and rainy spring has led to an amazing landscape, full of colourful flowers, spectacular...
It’s great living near a ski resort and skiing is part of the lifestlye here. On Wednesday afternoons the kids have ski lessons with the school and last Sunday we ventured out to Panticosa for our first day’s skiing with the whole family – and to...
The great snow conditions continue in the Pyrenees and yesterday we got the snowshoes out. The weather didn’t look that great up the valley so we headed across to Cotefablo – the pass halfway between Biescas and Ordesa/Torla. It’s south of the high...
With the holidays over, the tourists gone and the pistes empty once again I headed up to Formigal yesterday for my first days skiing of the season. We’ve had a lot of snow over the Christmas period – a couple of really big dumps but mixed in with a few...
Last night Los Reyes Magos – the three kings – visited every house in Spain bringing gifts and I was lucky enough to be left the Catherine of Aragon biography by Giles Tremlett. Although Catherine was the Queen of England for over twenty years, I feel she...
The Quebrantahuesos (bone-crusher!) bike race is on the 23rd June this year and there’s still time to sign up with entries closing on Jan 10th. It’s one of the biggest cycle events in Europe with over 10,000 cyclists competing over the weekend. If you...
The Hike Pyrenees 2018 brochure is now printed and ready to order. It has everything you need to know about our guided and self guided holidays next summer. Order your copy today! New holidays for 2018 Route of the Three Kingdoms – self guided A new hotel to...
This superb Pyrenees nature and wildlife guide is now available to order from the Hike Pyrenees website – click here for details. A superb new book on Pyrenees wildlife in English has been published and is a must for any nature lover visiting the Pyrenees. This...
We all know that the flowers here in the Pyrenees are spectacular, particularly during June. With this in mind along with knowing that many of our guests love combining hiking with the study of the all the beautiful flowers here, we decided a flower specific Lakes and...