Exploring the Spanish Pyrenees | Travel SPAIN
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- čas přidán 9. 06. 2024
- Join us on our travel adventures around Spain! We leave the Basque Country of Northern Spain and head east to the beautiful Spanish Pyrenees mountains!
Our first stop after leaving the Basque Country, was a visit to the beautiful Foz de Lumbier Gorge, located in the Navarre region of Northern Spain. We walked along the bottom of the gorge, including a visit to the panoramic lookout at the Foz de Arbayún, before heading to our next destination in this region: Castillo de Javier.
Our last historic attraction of the day was a visit to the beautiful Royal Monastery of San Juan de la Peña. The monastery was considered one of the most important monasteries in the Aragon region of Spain in the Middle Ages. San Juan de la Peña means "Saint John of the Cliff", a fitting tittle as the monastery is etched into the side of a rock cliff.
We continued our journey through the Spanish Pyrenees into the stunning Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park. There are countless hiking trails in the park, but we decided on one called Faja Racon. The hike takes you along the base of a mountain cliff with panoramic views in all directions and even the chance to see some wildlife like the Pyrenean chamois.
After our time in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, we leave the Spanish Pyrenees briefly to drive back into the region of Catalonia. Our main destination in this region was a kayak trip through Mont-Rebei Gorge. The Gorge is a part of the Congost de Mont-rebei nature reserve which has various protected species and flora, and don't forget the beautiful cliffs themselves!
On our final stretch in this region of Northern Spain, we drive north back into the Spanish Pyreness to visit on last park: Aigüestortes i Estany of Saint Maurici National Park. We ventured off on one of our favourite hikes in Spain in this national park. The views from the trail were just incredible! Varied landscapes throughout, cumulating to a viewpoint with panoramic views overlooking the park. Just stunning! After our week in this region, we absolutely fell in love with the Spanish Pyrenees.
Chapters
0:00 Heading to the Spanish Pyrenees!
1:39 Foz de Lumbier Gorge
2:30 Castillo de Javier
3:26 Royal Monastery of San Juan de la Peña
4:31 Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park
6:07 Mont-Rebei Gorge
7:50 Aigüestortes i Estany of Saint Maurici National Park
If you find yourself travelling around Spain, be sure to head over to the Spanish Pyrenees in Northern Spain! Watch our video of our time driving across this region with a detailed travel guide and itinerary of the various hikes / towns in the area.
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Wow
I know right?!
beautiful places
Agreed -- gorgeous part of the world. Thanks for watching :)
@@LukeandTylerTravel you're welcome!
the road from Jaurrieta to Abaurrea alta has a river Zatoya cave just below its bridge, acces from its fluvial piscina by a narrow fishermen's path as you can google, too
Thanks for the comment! We’ll have to check that out next time we’re in the area
foz de lumbier has a short bike trail being connected to pamplona & sanguesa in about 3 years
foz de arbayun has 2 more entrances from either side - parking from river salazar's entrance near biguezal bridge, the other one from river's exit's bridge near Usun & Domeño, but this via ferrata = ''wired path'' needs an insurance against accidents being contracted before or a guided activity (insurance included) or federation license (for 1 year about 80€?) for barranquismo or montañismo (casa del deporte, pamplona)
Beautifull nature, just loved the scenery and ancient architecture. Thanks for a lovely journey.
Glad you enjoyed! 😊
Thank you for the beautiful video!
Because of your video i now know what we gonna do next year!
❤️
Thanks! Glad to help!
Nice video, thanks for posting! That’s a part of Spain we haven’t visited but want to.
Thanks for watching! It’s a lovely part of the country 😍
This was a great video! Thank you for the names of the places in the video description, It makes all the difference. I am adding some of these places to our trip itinerary! How long / strenuous were the hikes, especially the last one? Thank you! (hoping to kayak!!)
The first one (Faja de Racon) was about 9km (4-5 hours) and had some climbing to it although doable if you just take your time. The second hike is a similar level of difficulty but again doable with breaks. It takes about 3 hours from Sant Maurici Lake but you have to walk from the town of Espot to the start of the trail so that’ll add a bit more time (probably another hour return give or take). The hikes are stunning! Hopefully you get a chance to do them. And definitely yes to kayaking in Mont-rebei 👌🏻
we are looking to visit the area June 2024.. video is helpful.
Glad it helped! Enjoy your trip, you’ll love it 😍
I recommend that you cross borders in the Pyrenees. It's spectacular on both sides (as well as Andorra). Nature doesn't care about borders. Spanish side - French side sounds arbitrary to me.
Good point! We haven't explored much of the French side of the Pyrenees but would love to in the future. For us this was part of a larger trip around Spain but I could see how a Pyrenees itinerary that incorporates Spain, Andorra, and France would be a good idea as well. Thanks for watching :)
This is really helpful in planning my upcoming trip to this area! Thank you!
If we were to go to only one place, would you recommend Aigüestortes i Estany of Saint Maurici National Park or Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park? (Such long names! haha)
Thanks for watching! If you only had time for one park, I would say to visit Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park. The combination of the lakes and mountains is stunning.
@@LukeandTylerTravel thanks for the tip!
This is my grandfather lands the Pyrenees, these lands belong to a residents that becomes Muslims 1400 hundreds years ago , they were massacred by the Christians so they run away to north africa to save their live. Iam a real Pyrenees decedent we have a tribe in north Africa having the Pyrenees name,thats our lands and we will get it back someday ❤
Thanks for your comment! An interesting history
Antes de eso que cuentas, ya había otro pueblo.
Before you were Muslim you were Christian.
The Muslims were not the original inhabitants of these lands , and you will not ever get it back .
Lo dudo mucho. Los musulmanes llegaron a los Pirineos pero no se establcieron. Enseguida fueron expulsados a tierras mas al sur.
not interested in your love life
Then don’t watch our videos 🤷🏻
@@LukeandTylerTravel found the homophobic hater
Oh Gary , I think you are. 😂
¿Love life? I must have missed that part. The video was about the Spanish Pyrenees as far as I could see.