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Spain for Hikers

Spain is one of Europe's great hiking countries, and most travelers never know it. The Picos, Ordesa, the Canary Island calderas, the Camino, and the gorge-walk of the Cares — six trails to build a trip around.

What's Inside
  • Cities & Villages3
  • Sights & Nature12
Where It Goes

Andalusia · Aragón · Asturias · Basque Country · Canary Islands · Catalonia · Extremadura · Navarra

The Frame

Trail-based trips across Spain's mountains and islands

How To Use It
  • Worth a Detour3
  • Essential3
  • Recommended8
  • Optional1
Why This List

Ordesa and the Picos are summer walks; the Canaries hike year-round; the Cares needs dry weather.

The List

15 places

Caminito del Rey
Recommended
Hike

Caminito del Rey

Andalusia

A restored cliff-side boardwalk near Málaga that offers a thrilling and safe passage through a massive gorge

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Flysch de Zumaia
Recommended
Coastline

Flysch de Zumaia

Basque Country

Cliffs of vertically tilted rock between Zumaia and Deba, with a coastal path along the top.

Anaga Rural Park
Recommended
Natural Park

Anaga Rural Park

Canary Islands

Mystical, mist-covered laurel forest preserving a rare ecosystem untouched for millennia

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Bardenas Reales
Essential
Natural Park

Bardenas Reales

Navarra

A cinematic UNESCO semi-desert landscape defined by surreal sculpted clay formations and isolated monoliths

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Urkiola
Recommended
Natural Park

Urkiola

Basque Country

Mountains between Bizkaia and Álava, and the cave where Basque mythology puts its goddess.

Las Hurdes
Worth a Detour
Comarca

Las Hurdes

Extremadura

Terraced valleys and slate villages in the mountains north of Extremadura, cut off for centuries.

Somiedo
Worth a Detour
Comarca

Somiedo

Asturias

High mountain valleys, working summer pastures and brown bears, an hour inland from the coast.

Picos de Europa
Essential
National Park

Picos de Europa

Asturias

Spain's most rugged limestone range rising from the Atlantic, offering world-class mountain scenery and hiking

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Montserrat
Recommended
Natural Park

Montserrat

Catalonia

A serrated mountain monastery near Barcelona offering spectacular hiking, a historic boys choir, and unique rock formations

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Jerte Valley (Cherry Blossoms)
Optional
Valley

Jerte Valley (Cherry Blossoms)

Extremadura

A fleeting, spectacular mountain event where millions of cherry trees bloom to blanket the valley in white

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Teide National Park
Essential
National Park

Teide National Park

Canary Islands

Spain's highest peak surrounded by a dramatic, otherworldly volcanic crater landscape

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Garajonay National Park (La Gomera)
Recommended
National Park

Garajonay National Park (La Gomera)

Canary Islands

Ancient cloud forest and UNESCO site offering a glimpse into prehistoric European landscapes

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Ruta del Cares
Recommended
Hike

Ruta del Cares

Asturias

The classic Picos de Europa day hike, tracing a limestone gorge along an old cliff path.

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Ordesa y Monte Perdido
Recommended
National Park

Ordesa y Monte Perdido

Aragón

A glacial valley in the Aragonese Pyrenees, with serious summer hiking above the valley floor.

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Matarraña
Worth a Detour
Comarca

Matarraña

Aragón

Olive groves, gorges and medieval towns in the corner of Aragón that nobody crosses.

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