Hikers look for parks and natural spaces to explore wherever they go - and we are no exception. Pulling out the map, we spied Urkiola Natural Park, in the heart of Basque Country just south of Durango in northern Spain. A quick internet search unearthed hiking options worth … [Read more...] about Exploring Northern Spain: Hiking Urkiola
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Exploring Northern Spain: The Painted Caves of Cantabria
Cave paintings - they are history, art and exploration all rolled into one sweet package. How could we come to northern Spain and not check out some of their painted caves? First up, the star of northern Spain’s painted caves - Altamira. Disclosure: This post contains Affiliate … [Read more...] about Exploring Northern Spain: The Painted Caves of Cantabria
Exploring Northern Spain: Fuente De
Zipping up close to 700 metres (2300 feet) without breaking a sweat sounds like heaven. Indeed, the cable car at Fuente Dé is a little slice of bliss. Exploring the hiking trails of Picos de Europa in Northern Spain just got a whole lot easier! Disclosure: This post contains … [Read more...] about Exploring Northern Spain: Fuente De
Exploring Northern Spain: Cares Gorge
More than 500 workers carved over 70 tunnels to carry water from Cain to Poncebos for a hydroelectric project. The project started in 1915 and was finished in 1921. Eleven workers died. Of course we didn’t know any of this when we started out. All we knew is that we were going to … [Read more...] about Exploring Northern Spain: Cares Gorge
Picos de Europa: Spain’s First National Park
For me, the thought of travel to northern Spain was always about hiking the Camino de Santiago. That was always the goal. While it’s good to have a goal, some trips have a way of morphing from an original idea to something even better than you could imagine. Discovering Picos de … [Read more...] about Picos de Europa: Spain’s First National Park