by Phil | Sep 13, 2021 | Hiking in the Pyrenees, Peaks & Passes, Pyrenees, The Pyrenees, Valle de Tena
Last week, we had a brilliant time hiking on our Peaks & Passes guided walking holiday. It was a great set of hikes – over a thousand metres every day and we even managed the 3000-metre peak of Garmo Negro. The holiday was based in Sallent de Gallego, a...
by Phil | Dec 15, 2020 | Hike pyrenees guides, Pyrenees, Skiing, The Pyrenees, Valle de Tena, Winter
Last weekend, I got the skis out for the first time this season. We’ve had some really heavy snow here in the Pyrenees over the last ten days, but Sunday was one of the first clear days to get out and enjoy it. The first winter outing of the season –...
by Phil | Aug 24, 2020 | Guided walking holidays, Hiking in the Pyrenees, Pyrenees, The Pyrenees, Valle de Tena, Walking holidays
Well, we started running hiking trips again in early July with the situation in Spain at the time improving greatly and travel within Europe starting up again. We had some brilliant hikes with our long-standing guests Anne and Danny here for a week’s private...
by Phil | Jun 26, 2020 | Biking, Pyrenees, The Pyrenees, Valle de Tena
The glacial valley of the Serrablo stretches south from Biescas and is home to many beautiful Romanesque or Mozarabic churches and to one of my favourite cycle routes. The quiet country lanes have virtually no traffic and lovely views. The cycling isn’t too...
by Phil | Mar 25, 2020 | Guided walking holidays, Pyrenees, Snowshoeing, The Pyrenees, Valle de Tena, Winter
It’s hard to believe with the current chaos in the world that only a few weeks ago we were out snowshoeing in the mountains and enjoying two great snowshoeing weeks! We had every weather condition imaginable from artic blizzards and whiteouts, to beautiful...
