Adventures and information on the Spanish Pyrenees
Adventures and information on the Spanish Pyrenees
As Halloween approaches, many associate the night of October 31st with spooky costumes, trick-or-treating, and carved pumpkins. However, in the Aragón region of Spain, particularly in the Pyrenees, there exists a much older and unique tradition: La Noche de las Almetas (The Night of the Souls).
I was hiking up Punta del Pacino at the weekend which is one of my favourite peaks in the valley – not high at 1965 metres but with a fantastic position right in the centre of the valley and you get superb views in all directions from the summit. The lower sunny...
The Hike Pyrenees brochure is now available to view online. We’ve used the issuu website to publish the online version and it’s a great magazine/brochure reading tool. You can also download it as a pdf. If you prefer of course you can always order a...
Our friends Dave and Elena are over at the moment with their daughter Evangeline. We all went hiking from Sallent up to the embalse at La Sarra which is a lovely spot. Isabel and Evangeline went in the backpacks and loved it. The spring flowers are really getting...
Had great lunch up at Santa Elena earlier this week with our friends Eva and Oscar. There’s a stone refugio behind the church with an open fireplace to barbeque on. Gorged oursleves on chops, pancetta and longaniza.
In bars and restaurants in Biescas and Sallent de Gállego you will see pictures of one of the valleys most famous residents – Fermín Arrudi Urieta, more commonly known as ‘the giant of Sallent’. Born in Sallent de Gállego in 1870 Fermín reached 2.29 metres (7...
Ordesa has had lots of snow this winter and you can snowshoe straight from the Pardera car park where there’s several feet of snow. The valley looks beautiful in the snow and I’ve been over there a couple of times in the past few weeks – one time...
Hike Pyrenees transfer times from Zaragoza on Sundays from 7th July onwards have changed slightly due to the RyanAir flight times changing. They are now at a better time a few hours earlier. This affect transfers from both the train station and airport as we often...
Saw my first pair of Egyptian Vultures this year while out cycling near Biescas. Lucky enough to get a couple of good pictures of them strutting around a field. Seems very early in the season to see them – they migrate to north Africa and the Middle East in the...
La Cuniacha animal park keeps animals that are or were once indigenous to the Pyrenees. They’ve lots of rare species including european lynx, bison, iberan ibex, wolves and lots of different types of chamois and deer. It’s a great place to visit any time...