Adventures and information on the Spanish Pyrenees
Adventures and information on the Spanish Pyrenees
The mountains of the Pyrenees are stunning whatever the season. This week we've seen the beautiful autumn colours covered with the first snowfall of the winter and everyone is now itching to get their skis and snowshoes on! Whether you prefer the mountains glistening white or bathed in summer sunshine we've got the right trip for you. Our snowsheing holiday is running on the 22 February - 1...
Ryan Air flights from London Stansted to Zaragoza are now on sale. Our transfers meet the flights on Sundays with flight times as follows: Outbound journey Depart Stansted: 16.45 Arrive Zaragoza: 19.55 Return journey Depart Zaragoza: 20.20 Arrive Stansted: 21.35 I've...
There are several versions of the legend of Hercules forming of the Pyrenees. The one I've read recently involved Atlas and Hercules - two of the most powerful gods. Atlas lived happily in his city of Atlantis. He had a peacful and placid caracter. Hercules on the...
The summer 2012 season is over and we'd like to thank all of our guests for making it another fantastic summer for Hike Pyrenees. We got up same great peaks, saw fantasic flowers and wildlife, ate plenty of tapas and had a fantastic time showing you all the Pyrenees....
I've wanted to do some of the peaks of the Sierra de Tendeñera and yesterday finally got up there. It's a magnificent 12km long ridge with imposing cliffs on both the north and the south. We approached from Ibon de Asnos up the north slopes. It was pretty cold up...
There's a workshop and excurison on identifying animal tracks, birds nests, feathers and lots of other interesting stuff this Wednesday at 6pm in Riglos - you need to call and put your name on. It's a beautiful area with beautiful high red conglomerate cliffs and a...
The wonderful and very rare Lady's Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium calceolus) has been in flower again this June. The Valley de Tena is luck enough to have a population of around a dozen of these fantastic plants. It's one of only 3 populations left in the Pyrenees - the...
The season is well underway here in the Pyrenees and we've had a couple of Lakes & Valleys guided walking holidays as well as lots of guests doing self guided walking holidays. We've been blessed with some fantastic early season weather with lots of warm sunny...
The peak of Pelopin can be reached from the Cotefablo pass which is half way between Biescas and Torla. The pass is over 1400m so it makes a great place to quickly get up into the mountains from. Friday afternoon I was suffering from cabin fever after a week of bad...
This 16th century bridge is called ‘el viejo’ or ‘del Paco’ as it links the district called ‘El Paco’ with the main part of the village. A wooden bridge has existed here since 1427 and was replaced by the stone bridge around 1565. A lot of bridges were constructed in...