Blogging from the Pyrenees
Phil & Anna have been living in the Pyrenees for over 17 years and love the culture, wildlife and mountains here. We run Hike Pyrenees, which organises guided and self guided hiking holidays in the Pyrenees and other areas of Spain. Our blog tells about our adventures hiking, snowshoeing and skiing in the Pyrenees and we hope to explain some of the fascinating flora, fauna and history of the area. We hope you enjoy reading!
Canyons of Aínsa: a guide’s story
Our new Canyons of Aínsa guided walking holiday explores one of the quieter and most varied walking regions in the Spanish Pyrenees. In this post, Juanma, one of our local guides, shares what makes the area so special — from the dramatic canyons of Añisclo and Escuaín…
The Charles Rennie Mackintosh trail
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…
Zaragoza flights now on sale
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…
Legend of the creation of the Pyrenees
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….
Thanks for a great walking season
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…
Peña Roya and Peña Blanca
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…
Workshop on animal tracks
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…
Ladys Slipper Orchid
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…
First walking holidays of the season
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…
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The Ordesa NP
Guide to hiking the spectacular canyons of the Ordesa National Park
Pyrenees butterflies
Gallery of the spectacular butterflies and moths we have in the Pyrenees
Village to Village
Hotel to hotel hiking in the high Pyrenees
Geology of the Pyrenees
Discover how the Pyrenean range was formed
Hike the GR11
A practical guide to hiking the GR11
Wildflowers
Discover the spectacular flora of the Pyrenees
Bearded vulture
This huge bone eating vulture is one of the Pyrenees emblamatic species