After a long drive, interrupted by stops due to road works on the windy roads through Cantabria and Asturia, we arrived at our beautiful destination.
Straight to the cable car for the quick (4-5 min) 800 metre ascent to the central massif of Picos de Europa. The man at the ticket booth questioned our 1-way ticket purchase. We mustn't look like hikers because he stressed 14km and 4 hours before selling us the ticket.
The views at the top spectacular in all directions!!
After taking pics and Jeremy braving the canterlever platform looking at the drop below, we began our walk back. The last of the melting snow on some peaks, lush greenery on others, surrounded us.
The pics do not even come close to just how beautiful this walk was.
Jeremy unfortunately twinged his knee, so the last half of our descent was slow. A fellow hiker kindly gave her walking sticks to Jeremy to use and some ibuprofen, which helped.Read more
May 29–30, 2024 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
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