Hiking in Spain

Walking holidays in Spain

Walking holidays in Spain (lots of great ideas with walking tours and self-guided walking holidays)
Walking holiday in Catalonia. Eight-day hiking adventure is an ideal way to get to know this region of Spain, famous for its dense forests, rolling hills, dormant volcanoes and stark cliff faces.

Walking guides to Spain

Hiking in Spain (Lonely Planet Walking Guide) An excellent starting point. 58 hikes and walks are included from the Camino de Santiago to Mallorca.

Trekking and Climbing in Northern Spain Covering 16 treks and 12 climbing peaks, this guidebook is designed for both first-time trekkers and experienced climbers visiting the Pyrenees and Cordillera Cantabrica – northern Spain’s “trekking paradise”.

The Rough Guide to the Pyrenees A great resource to start planning your trip though not so hot on actual hiking specifics.

Trekking in the Pyrenees

One of the best trekking guide out there, with lots of specific information.

Rough Guide Map Northern Spain A good map for anyone exploring the North of Spain.

Walking holidays in Andalusia

Andalusia with its rugged mountains and stunning scenery offers some of the best hiking in Europe. Here are a selection of some guided walks available with different people. More here Walking in Andalucia This is a week’s walking tour in the beautiful Axarquia. Accommodation in a white hillside village near Nerja, enjoy spectacular views and spend relaxing evenings enjoying the local restaurants. More here

Self guided walking tours in Andalucia Guided tailor-made walking tours for people who love the real Spain, and prefer to have the organisation and research of their walksorganised, but do not want the hassle of repacking and moving on each day. More here

Andalucia self guided walking holiday Off-the-beaten-track, self drive walking holidays in Andalucia in some one of the best walking areas in Europe. More here

Walking in Andalusia Rolling plains planted with sunflowers, olives and wheat stretch to the distant mountains and beyond the southern sierras, while long fertile valleys add to the varied scenery. More here

Self guided trekking holiday in Southern Spain Hike through varied and stunning landscape complete with wooded gorges, fertile olive terraces and over craggy ridges at highter altitudes. More here

Aracena walking holiday Hike through a little known corner of Andalucia, following peaceful paths through villages, forests and hills. Enjoy well-paced days and relax as your bags are delivered ahead for you. Accomodation is in comfortable village inns and hotels with tasty fresh food. More here

Walking in Andalucia The definitive guide to walking in the Sierras and Natural Parks of Western Andalucia. This is one of the finest regions in Spain to plan a walking holiday. Few other regions can offer you the variety that you can experience within a week, or even a few days, walking.

Guides to walking in Spain

Trekking in Spain , hiking in Spain Excellent site with loads of routes. Click on the map for region.

Walking guided routes to Valencia: Each of the 60 walking routes in Topwalks website is accompanied by a detailed description, contour profile, map, GPS waypoints, etc. The description includes driving instructions, a full account of the route with altitude readings, slide show and photos linked to the text. Rest of Spain coming. Very nice idea.

Viaverdes The vías verdes are a network of more than 1,800 kilometres of disused railway tracks which have been converted into cycling and walking routes.

Senderista Excellent online directory with walks and routes all over Spain and islands. Spanish only.

Cirerone Guide Books The Cicerone range of titles includes guidebooks on The Pyrenees, Picos de Europa and the Condillera Cantrabrica, plus many more.

Trekking in Andorra

Walking tours

Spain active holidays – Specialised in mountain areas ideal for walking holidays. Choose from the varied range of small group, independent self drive or inn to inn walking holidays. Their main destinations are the Picos de Europa, Pyrenees, La Rioja, Andalucia, Camino de Santiago, Aracena and Mallorca. Pura Aventura is an English/Spanish company. Two of its founders live in Spain permanently and spend a good deal of time either leading groups or researching new destinations

Wildsideholidays have this interesting list of outfits which do hiking tours in Spain

Ebrotours – providers of guided hiking/birdwatching trips in the natural parks of Ebro Delta & Els Ports mountains, Catalunya, Spain. Also rural accommodation

Butterflyadventures – Fully inclusive guided walking holidays in the Alto Genal, an unspoilt part of Andalucia close to Ronda and the Costa del Sol

Walk Tentudia Walking holidays in remote Sierra de Tentudia (Biosphere Reserve ), just one hour away from Seville

El Brogit Guiatges Our aim is to introduce visitors to the natural and cultural heritage that surrounds our little city. We want to be of use to visitors as well as native hikers that want to rediscover their territory. We offer the hikes in multiple languages. Specifically, hikes are available in Catalan, English and German. During the hike we will talk about the natural and cultural heritage of the areas while enjoying the landscape and the mountains.guiatges@elbrogitdelavall.com Tel+34 689 00 61 99

walkingworld.com -Spain

Spanish walking portals

mendiak.net (excellent Spanish mounatineering and hiking site – loads of routes)

piedrasobrepiedra.com (as above)

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