Guide - Picos de Europa & Cantabrian Coast, the most beautiful hikes | Rando Editions (French)

60 hikes and suggestions from Treks to discover this land of hiking that are the Picos de Europa, west of the Pyrenees.

This region of northern Spain, close to the Cantabrian coast, is essentially composed of three limestone massifs (Karst and Lapiaz) traditionally called Western or Lel Cornion, Central or Los Urielles, and Oriental or Andara. In the north of this chain, the coastal zone has two small secondary cordillera. This is the Sierra del Sueve and the Sierra de Cuera. In the west we find the mountains covered with forests of the Ponga cordal and the Natural Park of Redes. To the east stands the mountains of the Pena Sagra, and south the mountains of Riano and Fuentes Carrionas.
This is the whole perimeter as the author, in very good connoisseur of places for more than a quarter of a century, proposes to discover, on foot, in sixty routes meticulously described, around the sanctuary of Covadonga at the peaks circusing the circus of Fuente Dé (and its cable car), via The desfiladero of Los Beyos (notch dug by the Rio Sella) and the cliffs overlooking the Atlantic. All complemented by several - day hiking suggestions - crossing or circuits - to better immerse yourself in the intimacy of places. Monfrechu, Pica de Macondiu, Priniello and Mirador de Ordiales, Recento, Pena Vieja and Coriscao, Pico Pandian are some of the destinations of this guide , unique in its kind, only access tool to these spectacular landscapes on the León, the Asturias and Cantabria.