Spain's Sendero Historico: The GR1. John Hayes

      

      SPAIN’S SENDERO HISTÓRICO: THE GR1

      by John Hayes

      2 POLICE SQUARE, MILNTHORPE, CUMBRIA LA7 7PY

      www.cicerone.co.uk

      About the Author

      John Hayes is a retired management consultant with degrees from Liverpool University and University College London. Immediately after finishing work in 2011 he embarked on an epic 5000km trek across Europe, walking from Tarifa in Spain to Budapest. The veteran of numerous long treks in the Alps, Spain and the Himalayas, John has written for numerous walking and trekking magazines. John first walked the GR1 in early 2013 and has made two return trips.

      When exploring new routes in Spain, John enjoys the advice and support of Juan Holgado, whose website JuanHolgado.com is one of best-known local sources on Spanish walking.

      © John Hayes 2015

      First edition 2015

      ISBN: 978 1 85284 569 8

      Printed by KHL Printing, Singapore

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

      All photographs are by the author unless otherwise stated.

       Route mapping by Lovell Johns www.lovelljohns.com Contains OpenStreetMap.org data © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA. NASA relief data courtesy of ESRI

      Updates to this Guide

      While every effort is made by our authors to ensure the accuracy of guidebooks as they go to print, changes can occur during the lifetime of an edition. Any updates that we know of for this guide will be on the Cicerone website (www.cicerone.co.uk/569/updates), so please check before planning your trip. We also advise that you check information about such things as transport, accommodation and shops locally. Even rights of way can be altered over time.

      The route maps in this guide are derived from publicly-available data, databases and crowd-sourced data. As such they have not been through the detailed checking procedures that would generally be applied to a published map from an official mapping agency, although naturally we have reviewed them closely in the light of local knowledge as part of the preparation of this guide.

      We are always grateful for information about any discrepancies between a guidebook and the facts on the ground, sent by email to [email protected] or by post to Cicerone, 2 Police Square, Milnthorpe LA7 7PY, United Kingdom.

      Front cover: The Pyrenees – the backdrop to the GR1

      CONTENTS

       Map key

       Overview map

       Introduction

       Topography of the route

       Climate and vegetation

       Agriculture and wildlife

       History

       What the trails are like

       Staying in Spain

       Eating in Spain

       When to go

       Breaking the GR1 into chunks

       Planning your walk

       What to take

       Finding your way

       Using this guide

       The Sendero Histórico

       1 Puerto de Tarna to Reinosa

       Stage 1 Puerto de Tarna to Salamon

       Stage 2 Salamon to Prioro

       Stage 3 Prioro to Camporredondo de Alba

       Stage 4 Camporredondo de Alba to Cervera de Pisuerga

       Stage 5 Cervera de Pisuerga to Brañosera

       Stage 6 Brañosera to Reinosa

       2 Corconte to Berantevilla

       Stage 1 Corconte to Pedrosa de Valdeporres

       Stage 2 Pedrosa de Valdeporres to Salazar

       Stage 3 Salazar to Paresotas

       Stage 4 Paresotas to Bóveda

       Stage 5 Bóveda to Espejo

       Stage 6 Espejo to Fontecha

       Stage 7 Fontecha to Berantevilla

       3 Berantevilla to Olite

       Stage 1 Berantevilla to Peñacerrada

       Stage 2 Peñacerrada to Bernedo

       Stage 3 Bernedo to Santa Cruz de Campezo

       Stage 4 Santa Cruz de Campezo to Los Arcos

       Stage 5 Los Arcos to Larraga

       Stage 6 Larrage to Olite

       4 Olite to Murillo de Gállego

       Stage 1 Olite to Ujué

       Stage 2 Ujué to Sos del Rey Católico

       Stage 3 Sos del Rey Católico to Petilla de Aragón

       Stage 4 Petilla de Aragón to Biel