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The scenery in the Picos de Europa is spectacular. Immense slopes and dramatic gorges, lush green valleys and beautiful forests, crystal clear streams and jagged peaks dominating the horizon. Added to this there is a wonderful variety of flora and fauna with vultures soaring in the skies and mountain pastures filled with a wealth of wild flowers and butterflies. The region is also rich in culture, a traditional style of farming and small settlements of attractive old stone buildings.
Very characteristic of the Picos de Europa is the Karst landscape. This is produced by the action of acidic rain water eroding the limestone and forming an underground drainage system. Above the 1,600-meter line there is virtually no surface water - just a dramatic landscape with vast slabs of limestone and a sub alpine flora.
Our trips here have been designed by Geraldine Westrupp, known to many who have travelled with High Places to Iceland, South America and India.
Picos De Europa
8 Days
See also our other treks in Europe.
11 Days
Tel: 0114 275 7500, Email: treks@highplaces.co.uk
