Spend a week trekking Spain’s Picos de Europa, capturing spectacular valley and limestone-crag vistas while experiencing local flavour at welcoming, family-run lodgings.
  • Explore Sotres, the highest village in the Picos de Europa.
  • Trek to Naranjo de Bulnes and the Vega de Urriello Refuge.
  • Hike beech forests to Tresviso, then descend the Balcon de Pilatos.
  • Ride the Fuente Dé cable car and walk the Aliva glacial valley.
  • Trek the dramatic Cares Gorge from Poncebos to Cain.
  • Taste Cabrales blue cheese aged in mountain caves at Tielve.
  • Explore medieval Potes, the village of bridges between four valleys.
  • Visit Santo Toribio de Liebana Monastery near Fuente Dé.
Stay at Hotel Rural Casa Cipriano in Sotres, a family-run base with comfortable, ensuite rooms styled with wooden furniture and tiled floors. Enjoy its rustic restaurant, cosy bar and small shop. On most departures we spend one night at Hotel Infantando in Potes; August stays return to Sotres.