Spain

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Asturias - by VITI Pisapraos

A land of marvellous nature and astounding contrasts, Spain has made remarkable progress over the past decades in developing hiking trails and facilities. All thanks to the efforts of the Federación Española de Alpinismo (Spanish Mountain Federation) and its many regional branches.

The Spanish Pyrenees are probably the best known hiking area, with the GR11 running all the way across from west to east, parallel to the French GR10. The most beautiful parts of the Pyrenees are protected, like Aigüestortes and Ordesa, and these can get very busy in summer. Another popular hiking area are the Picos de Europa, a limestone massif west of the Pyrenees. The rest of the Cantabrian mountain range, which runs al the way to the northwestern tip of Spain, is much less known. It is a relatively green area and a popular holiday destination for the Spanish themselves. Other mountain ranges, such as the Sierra Nevada, are hiking areas of old. Recent hiking tourism has resulted in the opening up of extraordinary landscapes, like the Extremadura on the border with Portugal which is well-known for its vultures and birds of prey, and of course Andalucia in the south.

Who hasn't heard of Camino de Santiago, the pilgrims' trail to Santiago de Compostela, which exerts an inexplicable attraction on hordes of people?! But there is much more and better too. Nowadays there are more than one hundred long distance trails in Spain. Like in France, these are called GR (Sendero de Gran Recorrido) and marked in red and white. Not surprisingly the "Topoguias" look the same as those of their northern neighbours.

Shorter hiking trails are marked in green and white (Sendero Local) or yellow and white (Sendero de Pequeño Recorrido).

Lastly there are several islands that deserve attention: the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands offer fantastic hiking opportunities. Some long distance footpaths have been established here.

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Hiking Trails Map Spain North-West Hiking Trails Map Spain North-East
Hiking Trails Map Spain Sourth-West Hiking Trails Map Spain Sourth-East

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Books

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  • Monte Perdido Macizo de / Valle de Ordesa / Pineta 2019
  • Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park at 1:25,000 in a set of two GPS compatible recreational maps in an extensive and very popular series from Editorial Alpina, providing more detailed coverage of this popular hiking area.Contours are at 10m intervals, with relief shading and vegetation colouring. An overprint highlights waymarked PR hiking... Read more
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  • Macizo de Monte Perdido - Valle de Ordesa - Pineta Editorial Alpina
  • Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park at 1:25,000 in a set of two GPS compatible recreational maps in an extensive and very popular series from Editorial Alpina, providing more detailed coverage of this popular hiking area.Contours are at 10m intervals, with relief shading and vegetation colouring. An overprint highlights waymarked PR hiking... Read more
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  • Costa del Sol (Axarquia) Tour and Trail Map
  • Costa del Sol (Axarquia) Tour & Trail Super-Durable Map comes with a 2 year adventurous use wear and tear guarantee against splitting or falling apart, see Discovery Walking Guides website for details. Our large 1:40,000 scale, combined with splitting the region into West and East sections with a generous overlap, produces double sided map... Read more
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2015
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2015
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2014
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2014
  • The Mountains of Nerja: Sierras de Tejeda, Almijara Y Alhama
  • Guide to walking in the compact but action-packed mountain ranges just north of the seaside town of Nerja on the Costa del Sol, in southern Spain, less than an hour`s drive from Malaga airport. The ranges that make up the Sierras Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama National Park contain 50 summits of Munros status, as well as lots of wilderness areas... Read more
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2021
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2017
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2022
  • Lonely Planet Best Day Walks Spain
  • Lonely Planet`s Best Day Walks Spain is your passport to 60 easy escapes into nature. Stretch your legs away from the city by picking a walk that works for you, from just a couple of hours to a full day, from easy to hard. Marvel at the Pyrenees, hike along the Mediterranean coast, and experience island walks in Mallorca. Inside Lonely... Read more
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2022
  • Lonely Planet Best Day Walks Spain
  • Lonely Planet`s Best Day Walks Spain is your passport to 60 easy escapes into nature. Stretch your legs away from the city by picking a walk that works for you, from just a couple of hours to a full day, from easy to hard. Marvel at the Pyrenees, hike along the Mediterranean coast, and experience island walks in Mallorca. Inside Lonely... Read more
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  • Taga - Serra Cavallera Editorial Alpina
  • Taga – Serra Cavalara area in the eastern part of the Spanish Pyrenees on a contoured and GPS compatible map at 1:25,000 from Editorial Alpina, highlighting local and long-distance hiking trails, accommodation facilities, etc.The map has contour lines at 10m intervals enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring to indicate different types of... Read more
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  • Owl Sense
  • A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKLonglisted for the Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize 2018The owl has captivated the human imagination for millennia; as a predator, messenger, emblem of wisdom or portent of doom. Owl Sense tells a new story. On `owl walks` with her teenage son, Benji, Miriam Darlington begins a quest to identify every European... Read more
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2016
  • Lonely Planet Bilbao and San Sebastian Pocket Guide
  • The Lonely Planet Pocket Guide to Bilbao and San Sebastian offers frank and informal advice on an extensive range of sights, activities, accommodation, restaurants and nightlife. Gawk at the Museo Guggenheim in Bilbao, soak in the history at Guernica and explore the perfect city beach.Written and researched by a team of experts, this book is... Read more
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  • Muntanyes de Prades Sud: Walks from l`Albiol
  • Muntanyes de Prades Sud: Walks from l`Albiol at 1:15,000 in a series of GPS compatible maps from Editorial Piolet with cartography based on Spain’s civilian topographic survey overprinted with hiking routes and other tourist information. The overprint also indicates several climbing areas. On the reverse are recommendations for local excursion... Read more
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Maps

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  • Cabo de Gata / Nijar 2023
  • Gedetailleerde wandelkaart van een interessant wandelgebied. Uitstekend leesbaar, inhoudelijk een goede kaart met allerhande informatie op topografische basis waarbij wandelroutes, campings en hutten. Bij een aantal Alpina kaarten is een boekje bijgevoegd met routes. Door de toevoeging van gradengrid is deze kaart bruikbaar voor GPS. Cabo da... Read more
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  • Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park Editorial Alpina
  • Cabo da Gata area on the south-eastern tip of Andalucía on a contoured and GPS compatible map at 1:50,000 from Editorial Alpina highlighting hiking and cycling trails, plus a booklet with English language descriptions of recommended routes, accommodation lists, etc.Topography is shown by contours at 20m intervals, with relief shading and... Read more
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  • Garraf - la Morella - Eramprunya Editorial Alpina
  • Massíf de Garraf in an extensive and very popular series of walking maps from Editorial Alpina covering the Pyrenees, Catalonia and other selected hiking areas in Spain, including Picos de Europa, Sierra Nevada and parts of Andalucía, Majorca, etc. Scales vary from 1:50,000 to 1:10,000, with the majority of the titles at 1:25,000. The maps have... Read more
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  • Puigpedros - Tossa Plana de Lles - Cerdanya carte&guide 2019
  • Zeer gedetailleerde wandelkaart van een klein deel van de Spaanse Pyreneeen. Met ingetekende wandelroutes en andere informatie. Spaanstalig, maar uitstekende kaart. Met symbolen voor campings, hutten. • Mapa excursionista i guia • Escala: 1:25.000 • Equidistància: 10 m • Corbes mestres: a 50 m • Ombrejat • Usos del sòl representats a 3 nivells... Read more
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  • Bearn - Aspe - Ossau - Pyrenees NP 2015
  • Uitstekende wandelkaart met veel toeristische informatie en bijzonder gedetailleerd. Wandelroute en hutten / campings zijn ingetekend, met hoogtelijnen. Andere dorpen op deze kaart: Etsaut - Col du Somport - Fabrèges - Col du Pourtalet - la Pierre Saint Martin - Arette - Arudy - Laruns - Arrens Marsous - Argelès Gazost (Frankrijk - Pyreneeen)... Read more
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  • Béarn - Aspe - Ossau - Pyrenees National Park Rando Editions 3
  • French Pyrenees of the Béarn region, from Tardets-Sorholus to the western part of the Pyrenees National Park including the Ossau and Balaïtous massifs, on a contoured and GPS compatible map at 1:50,000 from Rando Editions with topographic base provided by the IGN, highlighting local and long-distance hiking trails, cycle and mountain bike... Read more
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  • Aiguestortes Et Le Lac De Sant Maurici - Cartes Pyreneennes (1:25000)
  • Mooie bijzonder gedetailleerde wandelkaart van een klein deel van de Pyreneeen. De wandelroutes zijn ingetekend, ook zijn met symbolen veel praktische zaken weergegeven als campings, hutten maar ook opvallende aspecten in het landschap. In de (Franstalige) gids vindt u vijftien routes met betrekking tot wandelen, fietsen en klimmen in de... Read more
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  • Sierra de Aracena Tour & Trail Map
  • Sierra da Aracena Tour and Trail is an double sided map at a scale of 1:40,000 which is primarily designed for walkers but will also be of use to motorists. The map highlights twenty seven walking routes of between three and fourteen kilometres.Main and minor roads, dirt tracks, footpaths, trails are very clearly marked. Petrol stations and... Read more
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  • Sierra de Aracena Tour & Trail Map
  • Sierra da Aracena Tour and Trail is an double sided map at a scale of 1:40,000 which is primarily designed for walkers but will also be of use to motorists. The map highlights twenty seven walking routes of between three and fourteen kilometres.Main and minor roads, dirt tracks, footpaths, trails are very clearly marked. Petrol stations and... Read more
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  • Garrotxa - Zona Volcanica Editorial Alpina
  • Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park near Olot in the Catalan Pyrenees on a contoured and GPS-compatible map at 1:25,000 from Editoral Alpina, highlighting local and long-distance hiking trails, etc, plus a booklet with 26 pages in English providing descriptions of 11 recommended local walks, etc.The map has contours at 10m intervals with relief... Read more
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2009
  • Donana National Park CNIG Map-Guide SPANISH
  • Doñana National Park on the western coast of Andalucía at 1:25,000 on a contoured and GPS compatible, double-sided map from IGN/CNIG with cartography from their topographic survey of Spain. The map is accompanied by a 57-page Spanish language guide with descriptions of walks, contact details for recommended accommodation, etc. The map has... Read more
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  • Cotiella – Peña Montañesa Editorial Alpina
  • Cotiella – Peña Montañesa area of the Aragonese Pyrenees in Spain, just south of Bielsa, on a contoured and GPS compatible map at 1:25,000 from Editorial Alpina, with a booklet including English language descriptions of recommended walks, plus extensive accommodation list, etc.The map has contours at 10m intervals enhanced by relief shading,... Read more
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  • Alt Pirineu Natural Park Editorial Alpina
  • Alt Pirineu Natural Park in the Catalan Pyrenees on a contoured and GPS compatible map at 1:50,000 from Editorial Alpina. Coverage extends northwards from La Seu d’Urgell and Sort beyond the French border to Aulus-les-Bains. Accompanying booklet includes an extensive list of contact details for various types of local accommodation.The map has... Read more
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  • La Tablas de Daimiel National Park CNIG Map-Guide SPANISH
  • La Tablas de Daimiel National Park north of Ciudad Real on a large, double-sided, contoured and GPS compatible map at 1:25,000 on a from IGN/CNIG with cartography from their topographic survey of Spain. The central part of the map, the swamps between the Guadiana and Gigüela Rivers, is shown enlarged on a satellite image indicating access from... Read more
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  • Bachimala - Valles de Chistau y Bielsa Editorial Alpina
  • Bachimala area of the High Pyrenees in Spain on a contoured and GPS compatible map at 1:25,000 from Editorial Alpina, with a booklet including English language descriptions of recommended walks, extensive accommodation list, etc. With the peak of Gran Bachimala towards the north-eastern corner of the map, coverage extends west to Bielsa and... Read more
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  • Serra de Montsant Editorial Piolet Hiking Map
  • Serra de Montsant area at 1:20,000 in a series of GPS compatible maps from Editorial Piolet with cartography based on Spain’s civilian topographic survey overprinted with hiking routes and other tourist information. The overprint includes 11 recommended itinerates in the park, plus eight special walks exploring local flora.Hiking maps in the... Read more
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  • Costabona - Alta Val de Ter Editorial Alpina
  • Costabona - Alta Val de Ter area of the Catalan Pyrenees on a contoured and GPS compatible map at 1:25,000 from Editorial Alpina, highlighting hiking trails, campsites and refuges, etc. Topography is shown by contours at 10m intervals with relief shading and numerous spot heights, plus colouring for woodlands, brushwood, meadows and farmland.... Read more
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  • Cap de Creus Park Natural Editorial Alpina
  • Cap de Creus Natural Park on the Costa Brava at 1:25,000 on a contoured and GPS compatible map from Editorial Alpina, plus a booklet which includes English language descriptions several recommended hiking trails, accommodation details, etc.Topography is presented by contours at10m intervals with relief shading and plenty of spot heights, plus... Read more
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