❓We are looking for this place #181
We continue the challenge! Each week we are looking for a place in the Pyrenees. Looking at the picture and with the help of the clues, are you able to find the place we are looking for?
We are looking for this place 2024
As we have done in previous years, we begin this year 2025 with a compilation of...
The 11 best mountain books in Pyrenean literature
This week we bring you a careful selection of mountain books set in the Pyrenees. Ten books that you can't miss in your Pyrenean library.
Chinebral de Gamueta (2,329m) from Linza.
The Chinebral de Gamueta is an ideal mountain for beginners in the Pyrenees. This circular route climbs up the usual route of the Paso del Caballo and Paso del Oso and descends through the Barranco de Gamueta ravine.
Cascade d'Enfer, at the headwaters of the Lys valley
The Cascade d'Enfer, 11 km from Bagneres de Luchon, is one of the most beautiful waterfalls in...
Circular route in the Irati Forest: Akerreria and Malgorra from the Houses of Irati
We are going on a route to the heart of Irati, one of the largest and most important beech and...
Ascent of D'Acher Castle (2,384m) from Oza Bridge
The Château D'Acher, in the Parc Naturel des Vallées Occidentales, is one of the must-see climbs in this part of the Pyrenees.
Chemin de la Mature, the Way of the Masts
Chemin de la Mature: the path carved out of the rock over the Gorges d'Enfer and the Sescoué gorge. Discover it with this beautiful circular route.
In the footsteps of Norbert: an underground glacier in the Casteret Ice Grotto
The Casteret Frozen Grotto, in the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, is one of the last caves with fossil ice in the Pyrenees.
The 10 most beautiful mountains in the Pyrenees
The 10 most beautiful mountains in the Pyrenees, a difficult choice, because how do you measure the beauty of a mountain?
The legend of the Rolando Gap
The Rolando or Roland Gap, in the Monte Perdido massif, is a...
Exploring lonely peaks: Western Valleys of the Pyrenees
Our Pyrenees hide an endless number of mountains where you can find solitude in the middle of the wilderness, and there are hundreds, if not thousands, of peaks that are rarely climbed. Here are the essential ones in the Western Valleys.
Solo es Andar. We interviewed Sergi Latorre.
The GR11 is a path of more than 800 km that crosses the Pyrenees from Cape Higuer, in the Cantabrian Sea, to Cap de Creus, in the Mediterranean.
The bucardo, the extinct mountain goat of the Pyrenees
In 2000, the last female of this subspecies of ibex, which had inhabited the Pyrenees since prehistoric times, was found lifeless.
Okoro (1,259m) via the Artesiaga pass and Mount Erreguerena.
This week we are going on a route through the north of Navarre to climb up to the...
Saioa (1,418m) from Lantz via Loiketa (1,138m), Algorrieta (1,160m), Okolin (1,360m), Zuriain (1,411m) and Iturrondo (1,340m).
Saioa is one of the main peaks of the Navarrese mountains. It is the highest in the Baztan valley and the highest in the group of mountains between the Velate and Artesiaga passes. Its dominant position and proximity to Pamplona make it a much-loved and much-visited summit.
The enigmatic ruins of the Royal Munitions Factory in Eugi
In the Navarrese Pyrenees, hidden under a thick beech forest, are the ruins of the Royal Munitions Factory of Eugi. An amazing place that will take us back in time through history and reminds us of the industrial past that once existed in this area. All of this in the midst of a privileged natural environment that is well worth a visit.
Climb to Adi (1457 m) from Urkiaga
El Adi (1457m) is a well-known mountain in the north of Navarre, situated in the...
