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The Navarrese Pyrenees – Part I

martes, enero 5th, 2010

PIRINEO NAVARRO por espada977.

On the western edge of the territory of the Pyrenees Tourist Consortium Navarro is the route between Pamplona / Iruñea to St. Jean Pied de Port / Saint Jean-Garazi. Are valleys that make up the Camino de Santiago (if we do it from north to south) or Ultrapuertos (if going from south to north). (más…)

The Navarrese Pyrenees

martes, enero 5th, 2010

The Navarrese por cromlech

Between legend and tradition, between sea and high mountains, the Pyrenees Navarro deploys its plural and diverse geography. With an area of over 2,000 km. square, nearly 100 of border with France and an extraordinary nature, has remained intact for centuries, the Pyrenees Navarro is offered as a unique option. These are located north of Navarre, being a mountainous area traveled for centuries by warriors, shepherds, pilgrims, kings, heroes and smugglers. The Pyrenees form a landscape of high peaks and deep valleys, shady forests and bright alpine meadows, gorges and ravines. (más…)

Andorra – The Country of the Pyrenees

domingo, enero 3rd, 2010

PAL por Jordi Troguet.

This country, located in the heart of the Pyrenees, leads the traveler to try to understand the relationship between man and nature, and try to interpret the signs specific to the environment, colors, noise, water …. In the end to unclog senses in order to deepen the true identity of the mountain, so unknown and so attractive at a time. (más…)

The Catalan Pyrenees

sábado, enero 2nd, 2010


 

The Catalan Pyrenees is first and foremost beauty, a unique corner of paradise, where nature has scattered handfuls wholeheartedly all the best charms of creation, blending the savagery of the high mountains with the most bucolic and charming landscapes of our Pyrenees.

Cradle of culture and space persistence of old customs and traditions, the Pyrenees are the ideal destination to relax and quietly enjoy the essence of a land still true. (más…)

The Aragonese Pyrenees

viernes, enero 1st, 2010

The Aragonese Pyrenees is the purest manifestation of the Ice Age that gave rise to this range, is an area of large glaciers, beautiful forests and green meadows, lakes, countless rivers and streams of high peaks and huge masses of granite. The Aragonese Pyrenees has always been regarded, by its rugged terrain, as the mecca of Spanish mountain. Huesca province has 15,615 square kilometers, of which over 30% are above 1000 meters high and with 188 peaks over 3000 meters (270 in the whole mountain range). In Huesca there are about 200 mountain lakes and about 25 glaciers. It also has 30 caves (25% from the deepest of Spain), and the two integrals in the world. (más…)

Amotape hills, rainforest in Tumbes

martes, noviembre 24th, 2009

Amotape hills, rainforest in Tumbes

With an area covering more than 151 thousand hectares, this natural area is located in the provinces of Zarumilla, Tumbes and Admiral Villar in the Tumbes and Piura province Sullana. Hills National Park Amotape was created in the year 1975 on 22 of July in order to protect the flora and fauna of the rainforest of the Pacific and the equatorial dry forest of Tumbes region. There are five areas of life that has this natural reserve that is from 120 meters to 1538 meters. (más…)

The Galapagos Islands is beauty and natural charm

lunes, noviembre 23rd, 2009

Tortugas y turistas / Tortoises and tourists por Enrique del Campo.

The Galapagos Islands are located over a thousand miles away from the continent and part of the Republic of Ecuador, located in the Pacific Ocean on the equator, the archipelago comprises 19 major islands and 200 islets and rocks scattered in an area of 70,000 square kilometers. (más…)

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