Adventures and information on the Spanish Pyrenees
Adventures and information on the Spanish Pyrenees
Over Easter, my son Christopher and I started an adventure on the GR11, hiking a 60 km section over four days from Cap de Higer on the Atlantic coast to Elizondo in the Baztan area of the Pyrenees. The aim is to walk the whole of the GR11 trans-Pyrenean trail all the way to the Mediterranean in stages over several years.
What are you thinking about doing this weekend? I wondered the same question last week and I decided to go snowshoeing. On the border with France, at the head of the Valle de Canfranc there are some fantastic snowshoeing routes. I decided to go to “El Bosque de las...
Yesterday, the 164 participants of La Vuelta cycled through Valle de Tena for a relatively short but very intense and maybe decisive 15th stage. Gianluca Brambilla was the fastest in climbing to Formigal together with the current leader of the race Nairo Quintana....
The Valle de Tena is now home to one of the longest zip-lines in Europe. With it being only a 15 minute drive from Biescas, and above one of the main reservoirs that help define the valley, the Embalse de Bubal, we had to have a go! Here's what it's all about:...
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!...
Anne, Andy, Anthony, Karl, Annabel and Robert are this week our guests for a new edition of our Riglos and Alquezar holiday. It is the second year we run this holiday and, after a first group in April, this week our new guests are enjoying the atmosphere of several...
The Pyrenees have a lot to offer to visitors, not only from a nature and outdoor perspective but also from an historical and cultural heritage point of view. Moreover there is some places in the area that combines on a very special way natural and cultural heritage,...
My friends Javi and Arkaitz – our Hike Pyrenees guide for Refugio week - have been working for 2 years on a climbing documentary. They have filmed 6 ascents of some of the most impressive walls of the Pyrenees. Each ascent was made with 6 of the best current...
The self guided season has started earlier than previous years in Hike Pyrenees: our firsts guests has already arrived and are walking on the beautiful paths and tracks of Guara Natural Park! Before they came, we double checked the route directions we had prepared for...
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 wine area...