Adventures and information on the Spanish Pyrenees
Adventures and information on the Spanish Pyrenees
Our guided snowshoeing holiday is a special way to discover the mountains in winter — perfect for anyone who loves dramatic landscapes, snow-covered valleys and guided outdoor adventure. This 7‑night fully guided snowshoeing trip takes you into the heart of the Pyrenees, exploring both the Valle de Tena and the Valle de Aragón, with routes that cross both the Spanish and French sides of the range.
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 of year but...
After a week of staying in due to high winds, snow and too much officework the sun finally came out today so I headed up to the villages of Espierre and Barbenuta on my bike. Conditions were pretty snowy and icy on the 4x4 tracks I usually cycle on so headed up the...
The Costa Blanca's a great place to climb. Anna and I along with Ken and Hannah have been there climbing a few times. Great in the autumn as you can still be climbing in shorts in November. There's a huge number of crags there and I haven't even scratched the surface...
Zaragoza is the nearest major city to the Aragonese Pyrenees and one of the easiest places to hire a car from if you're coming to the Pyrenees. There are two main places to rent cars from - Delicias train station or the airport. Both have National/Atesa, Europcar and...
Ibon de Piedrafita is in a beautiful spot under the cliffs of the Sierra de Partacua and yesterday I headed up there with Berute - a friend from the village. In summer this is a really popular walk with guests on our walking holidays but I'd never seen it completly...
2012's drawing to a close - it's been a great year here in the Pyrenees and I thought it would be a good time to show some of our favourite photo's from this summer - there's lot's of photos of our guests so see if you can spot yourself! The photo above was on the way...
La Cuniacha - the wild animal park in Piedrafita - yesterday announced that they will be opening a vulture feeding station next spring. This is fantastic news and will give Hike Pyrenees guests even more opportunities to see Lammergeier, griffon vultures, egyptian...
Snow finally arrived to the Pyrenees last week so we took advantage of some great weather Saturday to get out onto the snow for the first time this season. Rafa and I headed up to the border at Portalet which is a great place for snow-shoeing, skiing and generally...
A new interprative trail has opened in the eastern French Pyrenees celebrating the watercolours of the Scottish architect/artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The trail features 30 reproductions of Mackintosh's work placed where he painted them from allowing you to see...