Dalias – La Hormiga and Sanson
Dalias is a small town, halfway between the Sierra Nevada and the Costa del Sol. We were looking for options to extend our stay in the Alpujarra, having decided that […]
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La Genara in the Alpujarra, Almería
We’ve based ourselves at the lovely Almócita campsite, in the foothills of the Alpujarra. After stumbling into the path of the giant white motorhome migration, when passing Granada, it’s a […]
Cacín – into La Sierra de Gádor
As we left Jean, skirting Granada, on the way to Almería, the wall-to-wall olive groves gave way to the white and pink blossoms of the almond trees; all set against […]
Jaén – Castillo de Santa Catalina and Reguchillo
We’d pretty much wrung the last drops from the climbing available in Portugal, which coincided perfectly with the first day of dodgy weather in ages. Time to head East! We […]
Puerto Roque – back into Extremadura, but only just
We’re staying just west of the Portuguese – Spanish border, near Marvão (in sight of its Marvã-ous castle)… in order to climb at Escusa. We thought that it was completely […]
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 […]
Monte Galineiro
Monte Galineiro is one of Galicia’s major climbing areas, tucked in the southwest corner of the region, a couple of dozen km from the border with Portugal, and is one […]
Castro de Barona
We arrived at Castro de Barona late on Sunday afternoon, just in time for a quick recce. The place was heaving, but with tourists rather than climbers, as the place’s […]
Peton do Xalo
We’re heading west to Galicia to try to outflank a major weather system blowing in from the Atlantic, but that did mean an unpleasant few hours driving through the eye […]
Back to Berodia
We visited this great little crag towards the end of our Roca Verde tour in 2016 and enjoyed it then. Berodia It’s the ideal stop off as we head west […]
Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara is a small crag a few miles south of San Sebastian – not a destination venue, but a super-convenient spot nonetheless. Think Witches Quarry or Hartington if you […]
Atxarte – Urkiola Natural Park
Here’s another destination crag that you’ve probably never heard of. Just south of Bilbao, in the Basque Country / Pais Vasco is the Urkiola Natural Park, made up of the […]
Ramales de la Victoria
We’re back on the road again! We caught the Portsmouth – Santander ferry, and after a delayed departure (7 hours due to bad weather in the Bay of Biscay) we […]
Planeta Zarza
Another toasty day (our last of the trip), another 4 karabiner crag and another approach from above into another narrow N-S Canyon. Actually, into the same narrow Canyon as yesterday, […]
Arico – Arriba y Abajo
Arico is the premier climbing area on Tenerife, at least in terms of numbers of routes (250), and also one of the first to be developed (over 30 years ago). […]
El Rio
Another crag to achieve the acclaim of a 5 karabiners rating in Donde Escalar, El Rio also has sectors that face multiple directions and a range of grades – sounded […]
Tamadaya
Perhaps the biggest weakness to Tenerife as a sunrock destination is the relative lack of easier sports routes – the rock architecture doesn’t seem to lend itself to slabs and […]
Guaria
This crag gets quite a write up in the guidebook and warrants 5 karabiners in Donde Escalar – “a spectacular climbing area with the longest sports routes on the island”. […]
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