Ponta de Baleeira – The Chamber and Jardim Escola
More seacliff fun at Sagres, you’ll find the crags of Ponta de Balleria tucked out of sight, somewhat incongruously, a few hundred metres from the town’s swankiest hotel: the Pousada […]
Monthly Archives: January 2020
The Mirror, Cabo San Vicente – Sagres
The Mirror is probably the most impressive seacliff in Portugal, and ranks somewhere high up the all-corners list – it’s a stunning bit of rock. We had a shufty from […]
Rocha da Peña
We’re down near the Algarve and things are looking a lot sunnier! It’s the nearest climbing area to the southern Spanish border, and likely to be the only one that […]
Fleeing South via Redinha and Cabo Carvoeiro
We managed a remarkable spell of almost 2 weeks in Basque Country and then Galicia, climbing almost every day – that’s unheard of in this rainiest corner of Spain in […]
Monteferro
Monteferro is a small forested peninsula just south of Vigo with a few scattered crags amidst nature walks and fishing spots. The Donde Escalar write up gets it bang on: […]
Monte Tecla
We’ve established a base at Camping Santa Tecla in A Guarda for the last couple of days, on the banks of the River Miño, which separates Galicia from Portugal. Monte […]
Faro de Budiño
This is the other major crag in southwest Galicia, and occupies a really commanding position just north of the Portuguese border, visible for miles. The shapely granite domes are just […]
