The best trekking routes in Spain

Teide / Photo: Izja
Teide / Photo: Izja

Spain includes some of Europe's top hiking destinations, from the high mountains of the Pyrenees in the north to the tranquil valleys of Andalusia in the south, also with mountains over three thousand metres high.

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The most impressive places in Spain for trekking and mountaineering:

You can enjoy hiking in the mountain ranges and parks in Spain:

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Central System


Sierra de Gredos

  • High Route of Gredos (5 days, Moderate high difficulty)
  • Route of the five lagoons of Gredos (1/2 days, Moderate difficulty)
  • Emperor's Route (7/9 hours, medium difficulty). Ancient path that connected Jarandilla de la Vera with Aldeanueva de la Vera, Cuacos de Yuste and Garganta la Olla. Route followed by Emperor Charles V on his retreat to Yuste.
  • Sierra de Candelario (2 days, moderate)

Sierra de Guadarrama

  • Fuenfría Valley (5/6 hours, moderate)
  • Cuerda Larga (3 days, Moderate-high difficulty)

Pyrenees " 

Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park / Photo: @peremartell (Instagram)

The Pyrenees are one of Europe's finest mountain ranges, with valleys and peaks straddling the French and Spanish borders. The landscape is full of diversity and contrast, with alpine style peaks, peaks of 3.000m"The area is home to small glaciers, small glaciers, deep ravines and more than 1,000 mountain lakes.

" Discover the most emblematic circular hiking routes in the Pyrenees".

The Trans-Pyrenees

Gr 11 - Pyrenean Path. The classic on foot to cross the Pyrenees from sea to sea, from Cape Higuer in the Cantabrian Sea to the Cap de Creus in the Mediterranean Sea.

Andorra

  • Basses de les Salamandres
  • Estanys de Siscoró
  • Pic de l'Estanyó

Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park.

This park in the Catalan Pyrenees is dotted with lakes and rugged ridges. In the valley bottoms you will find beautiful villages and Romanesque churches.

  • Llong Lake
  • Colomina Refuge
  • Port de Ratera d'Espot

Aragonese Pyrenees and Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park

Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Parkone of the most spectacular places in the Pyrenees.

  • Cregüeña Lake
  • Port of Barrosa
  • Sestrales and Añisclo Canyon

Basque Mountains


  • Ojo de Atxular and Itxina Massif
  • Urkiola: Amboto ridge
  • Aralar
  • San Sebastian to Pasai Donibane
  • Irati Forest
  • Baztan

Cantabrian Mountains


Saja-Besaya Natural Park

  • Saja-Besaya Crossing

Picos de Europa National Park

Photo (cc): JConnolly74 (wikimedia commons) / Picos de Europa. Torre Bermeja and Peña Santa from the road to Collado Jermoso

Rugged peaks with steeply sloping trails, a wild and rugged mountain range that rises from the sea, next to the Bay of Biscay, and that will certainly dazzle you.

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  • Ring of Picos de Europa
  • Viewpoint of Ordiales
  • Vega D'Ario
  • Bulnes
  • The Cares Gorge
  • Andara Massif
  • Tresviso Route
  • Ports of Áliva

Galicia


Costa Da Morte

  • Monte Pindo

Galician Atlantic Islands. Cíes Islands

  • Illa do Faro
  • Monte Agudo Island

Serra Dos Ancares

  • Os Ancares Route (3 days)
  • Piornedo

Serra Do Courel

  • Devesa da Rogueira Loop
  • Lor Meander River

Valencia


Tinença de Benifasà Natural Park

  • Els Ports Loop

La Marina

  • La Marina Alta Route
  • Bernia mountain range

Andalusia


Cazorla Natural Park

  • Sierra de Cazorla Route
  • Barosa River

Sierra Nevada and the Alpujarras

North face of Mulhacén / Photo: Carlos Serra [CC-BY-SA-3.0].
North face of Mulhacén / Photo: Carlos Serra [CC-BY-SA-3.0].

Breathtaking scenery and wildlife in the shadow of the highest mountain in mainland Spain, the Mulhacén (3.478,6m).

  • Alpujarras
  • Sierra Nevada Crossing

Cabo de Gata

  • Cabo de Gata Coast

Sierra de Grazalema

Rugged mountains and white villages in the heart of Andalusia.

  • Grazalema
  • Benamahoma to Zahara de la Sierra

Sierra de Aracena

  • El Ocho De Alájar

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Islands


Mallorca

  • Monestir de Sa Trapa
  • Sóller to Deià
  • Barranc de Biniaraiz anda Embassament de Cúber
  • Valldemossa
  • Sóller to Sa Calobra
  • Torrent de Pareis

Canary Islands

Teide / Photo: krzysztof kowalik
Teide / Photo: krzysztof kowalik

The Way of St. James

Camino de Santiago de Compostela: a modern pilgrimage / Photo larahcv (pixabay)
Camino de Santiago de Compostela: a modern pilgrimage / Photo larahcv (pixabay)

The Way of St. James. One of the most famous pilgrimages in the world, with routes the length and breadth of the country. All you have to do is choose your route and put on your boots.


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