
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.
- Cities & Villages3
- Sights & Nature12
Andalusia · Aragón · Asturias · Basque Country · Canary Islands · Catalonia · Extremadura · Navarra
Trail-based trips across Spain's mountains and islands
- Worth a Detour3
- Essential3
- Recommended8
- Optional1
- Spain Beyond the Circuit · 3 shared places
- Northern Spain in Two Weeks · 3 shared places
- Inland Water: Where Spain Swims · 1 shared place
- Inland Basque: Cider, Markets and Mountains · 1 shared place
Ordesa and the Picos are summer walks; the Canaries hike year-round; the Cares needs dry weather.
15 places

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jerte Valley (Cherry Blossoms)
A fleeting, spectacular mountain event where millions of cherry trees bloom to blanket the valley in white

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

Garajonay National Park (La Gomera)
Ancient cloud forest and UNESCO site offering a glimpse into prehistoric European landscapes

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

Ordesa y Monte Perdido
A glacial valley in the Aragonese Pyrenees, with serious summer hiking above the valley floor.

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