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SpainAndalucia AndaluciaAndalucia, Spain's dazzling deep south, is one of Europe's most entrancing regions, with a highly distinctive Moorish culture. The mountains and pueblos blancos (white villages) are dramatically beautiful.
Andalucia's White Towns | walk
(for autumn, winter & spring) | ExtremaduraExtremadura is a mysterious region even to Spaniards - the homeland of the conquistadors who seized the Americas for the Spanish kings, this is the beautiful, unspoiled cradle of the Spanish empire. Andalucia & Southern Extremadura | journey | ValenciaJust twenty-five kilometres from the Costa Blanca rise the mountains of Alicante. This is another world completely, where terraced slopes climb towards craggy limestone peaks that soar over a thousand metres into the sky. The Mountains of Alicante | walk (for summer, autumn, winter & spring) | MurciaSunny and verdant, the Sierra de Espuña Natural Park rises dramatically from Murcia's coastal plain, its mountains crowned by limestone ridges and hollowed by cultivated valleys planted with almond orchards. A true wilderness, the sierra is home to a variety of wildlife: wild boar, mouflon, red squirrels and eagles. Mountains & Valleys of Murcia | discovery walk | AsturiasGreen and unspoiled, Asturias is dominated by the magnificent mountain range of Picos de Europa, just a few miles inland from the Atlantic coast of quiet beaches, sweeping bays and friendly fishing ports. From the Picos to the Sea | walk
| La RiojaLa Rioja is Spain's most famous wine-producing region, with handsome villages and a rugged range of hills, the Cantabria Sierra. Rolling Hills & Vineyards | cycle | CataloniaMore like a country than a region, with its own language and proud traditions,
Catalonia is endlessly fascinating. The Pyrenees are spectacular, the
coastal region of just south of the French border wild and unspoiled, and the capital city
of Barcelona is simply world-class. GaliciaLargely undiscovered except for its famous cathedral city, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia remains wild and unspoiled. The fjord-like coastline is dotted with fishing villages whose inhabitants have for centuries eked out a precarious living from the bountiful Atlantic, while the lush green interior possesses a timeless quality, with rolling moorland interspersed with steep valleys. In the Footsteps of Pilgrims | discovery walk | Mallorca & MenorcaPerhaps Mallorca's most alluring part is the north-west corner - here, the rugged mountains of the Tramuntana Sierra plunge into the sea, and honey-coloured villages nestle amid immaculate orange and lemon groves. The plain below is just as enchanting, however, with sleepy villages, old windmills, orchards and market gardens. Discovery of Menorca, meanwhile, reveals an interior of red sandstone mountains, green rolling hills and wooded gorges that gradually gives way to rocky coves, sandy beaches and tiny fishing villages. Mountains & Villages of Mallorca | walk
(for spring, summer & autumn) | Canary IslandsWidely considered the most dramatic of the Canary Islands, La Palma is surprisingly varied, the lush north contrasting with the south's stark volcanic landscapes. Such variety is shared by Gran Canaria, where you could seemingly discover a different landscape each day for a week. On La Gomera, deep ravines, ancient tropical forests and groves of palm trees lend a special enchantment to this pretty island, while Tenerife is dominated by the seemingly omnipresent El Teide, Spain's highest peak. All four islands are paradises for walkers. Tenerife & El Teide | discovery walk (for autumn, winter & spring) | |
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