The Wild Side
Feel the Power of Pyrenees
Do you crave adventure? Discover the thrilling activities that await in the Pyrenees, including mountaineering, canyoning, rafting, and climbing. Embark on challenging hikes and treks to hidden spots, and experience adrenaline-pumping activities like kayaking, rafting, via ferrata, and climbing. If it’s action you seek, these experiences won’t disappoint.
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Type: Adventure Experiences
Duration: 10 days
Start: Barcelona, San Sebastian
Activity: Hiking, trekking, rafting, Kayaking, Climbing, and Cultural Visits
Dates: May, June, September
Daily Itinerary
An adventure-packed 10-day trip through the Pyrenees, featuring hiking, canyoning, via ferrata, rafting, kayaking, cultural tours, and stunning natural landscapes, blending adrenaline and heritage.
Day 1: Pick-up in the city and trasfer to Hotel Barosse
Pick-up at Barcelona, Zaragoza or San Sebastian
Transfer to Hotel Barosse.
A Welcome Reception in the terrace of this charming hotel and informative meeting about the programme. Check material.
Day 2: Hikking in Ordesa and Mont Perdido National Park
After breakfast we head towards Ordesa and Mont Perdido National Park. Majestic mountains, endless forests and beautiful valleys await us to make today a special day, one to remember! We enter a known path used by hunters to reach the Faja Racon/Canarellos, one of the best excursions in Pyrenees.
Distance: 16 Km, positive slope: 750 meters, maximum altitude 1970 meters, minimum altitude 1,350m, route type:Circular. Time 8-9h. Moderate.
Day 3: Via Ferrata in Mallos de Riglos Natural Monument
After breakfast we set course for Los Mallos de Riglos, an unmatched place for its rock formations. We climb VIA FERRATA through high rock towers, home to many raptors.
In the afternoon, we will visit San Juan de la Peña Monastery, a Romanesque jewel from the Pyrenees.
Day 4: Tena Valley. Reserva de la Biosfera Ordesa-Viñamala
We open the day in the Tirolina Tena Valley, a few minutes with too much adrenaline and It’s longest and highest double zip line in Europe. With its 1,270 meters of altitude. After this experience we will enjoy a nice views to Ibon de Sabocos in Electric Bikes.
Day 5: Canyoning in Sierra de Guara Natural Park
After breakfast and checking-out (we change hotel today) we will carry on to Sierra de Guara Natural Park to explore its mesmerising canyons. You will find that this place is the European paradise for all things canyoning! It is full of jumps, slides made from rock, crystal-clear water pool.
In the afternoon, we go to our new accommodation in Casa Muria Hotel, Sole will be waiting for us with their arms wide open to welcome us to this exclusive rural hotel, a little jewel in the Aragonese Pyrenees
Day 6: Hikking in Posets Maladeta Natural Park
Today we will enjoy a walk to the top of Salvaguardia Mountain at almost 3000 metres altitude. It’s a relatively easy walk up the way, along a centenary old path used in the past by pilgrims, merchants and smugglers to cross over to France. There aren’t any views in the Pyrenees quite like the ones you can enjoy from here, you feel like you can touch the sky.
Day 7: Rafting Ésera River. Ainsa.
After breakfast and We move to Campo. If there is an exciting and fun activity for anyone, this is Rafting. Navigating on inflatable rafts down the river Ésera in the Benasque Valley is something you should not miss. Beautiful landscapes in calmed stretches combined with exciting rapids, waves and even some drops! Our guides will get you to live an unforgettable adventure.
In the afternoon we visit a village called Ainsa, possibly the prettiest village in Pyrenees.
Day 8: Kayak in Congosto de Montrebei
Do you imagine paddling between vertical walls of 500 metres high separated by only 20 metres of distance? Congosto de Mont-Rebei is a tour between impressive calcareous walls and many paddlers value this route as one of the most spectacular kayaking routes in Catalonia.
Day 9: Return shuttle to Barcelona
The depopulated areas of Pyrenees: Muria Valley, past, present and future of our people, culture, heritage and traditions.
Our last day of amazing trip! Today we will take a tour of the oldest towns in the Muria Valley. Mountain life about to disappear due to depopulation. A beautiful journey through the history of our ancestors to put the icing on the cake!
Day 10: Return shuttle to the City
Breakfast and pick-up.
The hotels
Hotel Casa Muria
El Acebo de Casa Muria is a beautiful 18th-century house located in the picturesque village of Renanué, at an altitude of 1,230 meters and close to the Pyrenean Axis (N260), where you can enjoy 360º of breathtaking views.
Like a wonderful lookout, to the north, you will see the immensity of the Benasque Valley and fascinating mountains like El Posets and El Gallinero, and to the south, you will enjoy a sensational view of a wonderful high mountain forest.
Hotel Barosse
Barosse invites you on a journey through the senses. Exquisite details in your rooms. Music and expert hands that pamper body and mind. Genuine flavors and aromas of this mythical land. Nature and infinite spaces. Warmth and calm. Shared emotions. Let yourself be captivated.
The Barosse experience would be impossible without your hosts. José and Gustavo have been able to capture the essence of the beautiful environment that surrounds them to transform it into a personal style that transmits peace in each of the corners, and that makes this place so special.
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