Blogging from the Pyrenees

Adventures and information on the Spanish Pyrenees

Blogging from the Pyrenees

Adventures and information on the Spanish Pyrenees

The Pyrenees Articles

Hiking in Ordesa

Safety in the mountains: Why we use Garmin inReach on all our walking holidays

by | Dec 19, 2025

When hiking in the Pyrenees, a sense of freedom and remoteness is part of the experience. Wide valleys, high passes and quiet trails are what draw people here. At the same time, these are serious mountains, where weather can change quickly and mobile phone coverage is not always reliable. A Garmin InReach allows you to call for help if something goes wrong and for people to see your location and keep an eye out for you.

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Visiting the Sommos bodega

Visiting the Sommos bodega

by | Feb 16, 2016

Last Friday we went to Sommos, a winery in Barbastro in the Somantano wine region. We are going to include a visit to this bodega on our Riglos & Alquezar holiday so needed to check it out – it’s a hard job but somebody has to do it 🙂 The Somontano...

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Mountain biking in the Valle de Tena

Mountain biking in the Valle de Tena

by | Feb 8, 2016

Mountain biking is really popular in the Pyrenees and like all mountain ranges over the last twenty years mountain biking has become one of the most popular outdoor activities. Valle de Tena, as well as being a great base for hiking is also a major mountain biking...

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Grenache wine tasting

Grenache wine tasting

by | Feb 3, 2016

Our good friends George and Annie ran a wine tasting – or a cata as they are called in Spanish – in their village hall last week. They run wine tastings quite regularly, Annie puts on a great buffet and it’s always a fun evening. George has lived in...

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Ski touring afternoon to Col des Moines

Ski touring afternoon to Col des Moines

by | Jan 26, 2016

Last week we had a beautiful afternoon of ski touring with my American friend Nick. After a period of bad weather and snow, some sun shining days always come in our mountains!! Starting from Astún ski resort in Aragon Valley, we chose to follow one classical summer...

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Quebrantahuesos bike race 2016

Quebrantahuesos bike race 2016

by | Jan 11, 2016

Quebrantahuesos is a huge bike race in the Pyrenees that shares its name with our famous Lammergeier vulture which is called ‘Quebrantahuesos’ in Spanish or the ‘bone-crusher’! It’s a appropriate name for this beast of a race which is...

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A great season – Many thanks!

A great season – Many thanks!

by | Oct 2, 2015

Well, we can’t believe it, another hiking season at Hike Pyrenees has come to an end! It’s been a superb season with beautiful weather including the heat wave near the beginning of the season. We’ve found some great swimming holes, had some superb...

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The Pyrenees through September

The Pyrenees through September

by | Sep 29, 2015

September here is a beautiful month. The villages are winding down after a busy August and we start waking up to fresh crisp mornings. The leaves on the trees start to change colour and the hill sides turn a mixture of orange and red. We’ve even had a dusting of...

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