The Best Hiking Trails in Picos de Europa

A lovely walk with a long continual climb to the largest refuge in the Picos de Europa; the Refugio de Vega Uriello. Nestled underneath the emblematic mountain Naranjo de Bulnes and with the sparse Uriello meadow close by, the refuge is in an amazing setting....

Starting at Pan de Carmen close to Lake Enol this is one of the classic walks in the Picos de Europa, and gives an excellent feel of the higher mountains landscape as well as magnificent views most of the way....

This is one of the classic walks in the Picos de Europa. It starts at the Lake Ercina, and goes up to the Ario meadow, dramatically situated in front of the western massif high above the Cares gorge....

Starting at Poncebos this route follows a small stream along a narrow path climbing up to Bulnes (there are some fairly steep drops on the way.) Bulnes was the last inhabited village in Asturias without road access but its isolation has been broken by the construction of the funicular railway which brings lots of tourist in the summer....

Starting at Bulnes this route goes through farmland before climbing up the steep canal de Amuesa with its impressive vertical walls. You come to some amazing summer pastures with their stone huts before a continual climb up an ever increasingly rocky track....

This very spectacular circular walk in the Eastern massif of the Picos starts at the Jito de Escarandi 4 kilometres from Sotres. The scenery is varied going through farming land, beech forests, mountain slopes and it also passes by the Andará refuge where refreshments are available (in high season)....

The cable car at Fuente Dé shoots you up over 1000 metres to amazing lunar scenery high in the Picos. You can take a detour up to the highest refuge in the Picos through the rocky landscape to the Cabaña Veronica or just follow the winding tracks through the verdant and extensive Avila pastures before following paths through oak forests back down to Fuente Dé....