Adventures and information on the Spanish Pyrenees
Adventures and information on the Spanish Pyrenees
Travelling from London to the French Pyrenees by train to hike in the dramatic cirque of Gavarnie, is a relaxed way to reach the Pyrenees, avoiding flying and taking in the French scenery on the way. You can travel from London to Lourdes in a day, and from there the excellent hiking bases of Luz-Saint-Sauveur and Cauterets, where our French Pyrenees guided holiday is based, are nearby.
Another year is upon us and we've chosen some of our favourite hiking adventures in Spain to give you inspiration for a healthy active holiday in 2019. Explore the spectacular canyons of Ordesa, the limestone spires of the Picos de Europa or the undiscovered Puertos...
A very merry Christmas to all our friends, guests and readers. Happy hiking for 2019, we hope you scale more summits than ever in the New Year and we hope to see you in the Pyrenees. From the Hike Pyrenees team – Phil, Anna, Hannah, David, Arkaitz, Juanma, Rosa,...
The church of Santa Elena, near Biescas, has since last Monday a new attraction, a newly discovered Neolithic dolmen, located just 50 meters from the existing one. Both date from about 5,000 years ago. Until Monday only one was known, and the other, although there was...
Next February we are running a guided snowshoeing holiday in the Valle de Tena. We’ve been asked about this lots of times by readers of the blog, so hopefully some of you will be able to come and join us for this advenure! Snowshoeing is brilliant fun and...
Our Summer 2019 is now ready so order your copy today and start planning your next adventure in the Pyrenees. Next summer we’ve a new itinerary – the Canyons of Ainsa – that explores the eastern side of the Ordesa National Park with hikies in the...
A new launderette has been opened at Biescas. So, from now on, our hikers will have the option to clean and dry their clothes before continuing with their hiking holidays. The laundrette opens every day from 8am to 23pm, so you will have time enough in the afternoon...
After the busy month of August, we can look back and discover how many great weeks of hiking we´ve had this summer. Both at Tena Valley and Ordesa National Park, our guests have enjoyed an amazing summer of good weather and incredible landscapes that look spectacular...
At 3404m Aneto is the highest peak in the Pyrenees with Posets at 3371m and Monte Perdido 3355m being the second and third highest. Neither Phil or myself (Hannah) had climbed Aneto before so in July this year we both set a date for the adventure. We had a great time...
One of our many holiday options here at Hike Pyrenees is to explore the Pyrenees at your own speed with one of our self guided holiday options. We introduced the first of these holidays to our itinerary back in 2012 – Village to village self guided, which is in...