Tag: walking
Treacherous trails: Six Spanish hiking routes that will make your knees tremble
1. Caminito del Rey, Malaga Let’s start with the one everyone knows. Pinned into the steep walls of El Chorro gorge, this 3km boardwalk rises...
Escape to Arcadia with a week in Asturias
It’s said the rain in Spain falls mainly in Asturias … But when Olive Press editor Jon Clarke swapped the crowded Costas for a summer break in this peaceful pastoral paradise, he only wore his raincoat once.
Six new walk routes in Spain’s Malaga to inspire daily exercise
THE Sports Department of Malaga City Council has designed six new routes for the 'Walk around the city' programme. With these additional routes, Malaga city...
Spanish app Wikiloc revolutionising the hiking world
Spanish app Wikiloc fuels hiking resurgence with 13 million routes, writes Dimitris Kouimtsidis
My long road to Ronda – mostly on foot, reveals walking guru
WHEN I first came to Andalucía in the ‘80s Alastair Boyd’s travelogues The Road from Ronda and In The Sierras of the South were...
Walking Can Help You Reduce Your Hospital Readmission Rate for Cancer: Here’s How
Cancer is difficult to recover from. Aggressive forms of cancer like mesothelioma can make you feel fatigued all the time. It can be tempting...
Sierra de las Nieves moves one step closer to becoming national park
The park is home to the largest population of Spanish firs in Andalusia and more than 150 species of birds.
Angry Camino de Santiago towns crack down on defecating walkers
Walkers taking on the world-renowned Camino de Santiago are being urged to stop defecating outdoors
British expat embarks on 1,300km Camino de Santiago
A BRITISH expat is walking 1,300km in her third trip along the Camino de Santiago
Nearly half of Spaniards never get any exercise, according to EU-wide survey
Spain has one of the worst exercise rates in Europe
Back to Africa
Nature sneaks up on me year after year. I think I've got it all figured out (at least more or less) and understand the cycles and patterns in the flow of life in the mountains around us
A scenic walking tour of Andalucia’s La Brena forest
Walking guide Guy Hunter-Watts suggests a great shady summer walk around Canos de Meca
Rain in Spain – Let’s not complain!
I am the first person to admit that glorious, blue sky days make me deliriously happy
Slow walking
Join our new Olive Press blogger Eva M Bratek on a walk in the Guadiaro Valley, south of Ronda
Video of the ‘most dangerous path in the world’ sends adrenalin junkies flocking to Spain
A clip on YouTube of the Caminito del Rey has gone viral
‘I was a little stupid’ admits Dutch woman lost in Spanish mountains for 18 days
Mary Anne Goossens, who spent 18 days lost on hillside near Nerja, survived by thinking of her favourite dishes and family
Expat walking appeal
Briton set to walk the length of Spain to raise money for cancer charities is appealing for help with accommodation on his travels
‘Walking in the Ronda Mountains’ book launch
New book features 30 half-day walks in the Serranía de Ronda
Take a walk in the Axarquia for Alzheimers
It's the seventh annual fundraising walk in aid of the Axarquia Association AFADAX
Lost in the Alcornocales
Driving over Lemons writer Chris Stewart on his mammoth journey walking through the Alcornocales natural park
Caminito del Rey: My journey up adrenaline alley
EXCLUSIVE: Reporter Anatoly Kurmanaev tests the soon-to-be upgraded Caminito del Rey - dubbed the ‘world’s most dangerous path’
Toll road alternative for Andalucia
A new walking and cycling route now links Ronda and Marbella
A hiking miracle
Walkers survive three days lost in atrocious conditions drinking water from rivers and without food
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