In 2024 our scheduled treks will be offering a comprehensive tour package including all meals, accomodation, guided routes, telepherique tickets, and transportation from the moment you are picked up at the airport until drop-off on the last day. Throughout the duration of your trip you will receive constant dedicated attention and support from Rafael. The tour is called:

Six-day linear traverse of the national park, plus two half-days for the trips to/from the park (six walking days and seven nights accommodation in total). You are expected to walk for between six and seven hours everyday during six consecutive days, though it can be softened by skipping any day’s walk and taking a taxi instead (see ‘Level of walking). We arrive at a different village at the end of each day’s walk, and so sleeping in a different country hotel every night (two nights in the last village: Potes). This way you can sample a variety of places and rural customs, and at the end of your last stage you will have a rewarding sense of achievement having traversed all three massifs of the national Park from one end to the other.

This type of holiday you will have to transport your personal belongings in your backpack (overnight gear, some spare clothing, etc) some days, though maximum number of days without access to your extra baggage will be two, as a vehicle containing the extra baggage will meet us at intervals.

There will be an informal and friendly atmosphere on the treks, and the small group size (maximum group size on scheduled treks is eight) permits flexibility regarding various aspects of the trek according to the wishes of the group members as a whole.

All guides and talks will be conducted in English. For those non English-speaking clients, Rafael will make every effort to make himself understood. Furthermore, every person will be provided with map, route details and local information.

E-mail us and we will gladly send you a detailed account of the itinerary (daily distances, heights gained and lost, etc). However, the outline itinerary must be taken only as an indication, considering the kind of treks we offer. While starting and destination points will have been set in advance every walking day, usually there are at least two (sometimes even more) alternative routes to arrive at our destination. Which one to follow will be decided by Rafael every morning in the interest of the group based on circumstances such as weather conditions, group progress or other unforeseeable events.

Our traverse (see white dotted lines on the map below) includes most of the highlights of the park such as the Cares gorge, the route up to the remote village of Bulnes, and the cable-car ride at Fuente De, as well as staying overnight at some of the most remote and isolated villages of the national park (see blue dots on the map below).

‘Six-day linear traverse’        960 Euros       JUNE: 20 –> 27       SEPTEMBER: 14 –> 21

Six walking days  and seven nights accommodation.

Price includes VAT. There is a 12% supplement if you opt for single accommodation.

Price includes: Accommodation, on a dinner-bed-breakfast basis in double rooms with private facilities, all meals (wine included) except lunch (food for pic-nic can be bought every morning), transfer from/to Bilbao or Santander airport, daily guided walks with frequent informal tutorials on different aspects of the Park, maps, route details and local information, Fuente De cable-car tickets. Last meal included is breakfast on the last day of the trek.

Prices will not be inclusive of personal travel insurance. We strongly recommend that you take out holiday insurance. Other dates are available for tailor-made treks, on request by parties of five people and up.

Accommodation will be country house and hotel based, in double rooms with private facilities. We will be offering simple but clean accommodation in small family-run hotels, run by friendly locals, in chosen villages so that you can taste the magic of Picos de Europa.

Hostel accommodation is also available on some of the nights of every trek (sleeping-bag or sheet required), allowing for a discount in the price. Ask details.

Tailor-made treks can be arranged upon request by groups bigger than four, subject to availability of dates. 

1.Contract: Contract is made with WALK PICOS, registered in Spain as an autonomous trading company, in the name of the legal owner Rafael Rey, who is responsible for all operations carried out by the company. It is subject to Spanish law and the exclusive jurisdiction of Spanish court. Once we receive your deposit, a confirmation will be sent out together with an invoice for the amount paid, at which time a legally binding contract will be created, subjected to terms and conditions as stated here.

2.Cancellations by customer: If you wish to cancel your booking, the following refunds will be available:

– More than 50 days prior to departure: 100% of the deposit paid.

– Between 30 and 49 days prior to departure: 70% of the deposit paid.

– Between 20 and 29 days prior to departure: 30% of the deposit paid.

– Less than 20 days prior to departure: 0% of the deposit paid.

The customer can request a transfer to another date anytime before starting date, and if that happens we will do our best to arrange it. In case an agreement can not be reached, we reserve the right to treat it as a cancellation and to apply cancellation charges as stated before. If you opt to transfer us your balance before your starting date, we will always refund the balance to you in case you cancel your holiday any day prior to the start of your holidays. Once the holiday is in progress, no refunds will be given for any activity or walk you decline to take part in.

3.Cancellations by WALK PICOS: We reserve the right to cancel any holiday up to one month prior to starting date, in case the minimum number of bookings (four) is not reached. In this case we will contact you and will try to come to some arrangement about a possible transfer to another date. Should you prefer to cancel your holiday you will be reimborsed 100% of the money already paid plus any expenses incurred by you as a result of air/ferry ticket cancellation (including full fare in case of tickets of the type ‘no-refund’).

4.First aid: Medical advice and first aid will be given in good faith and to the best of our ability. You agree not to take any legal proceedings against us, for any treatment, advice, information or medicine given or administered during the holiday.

5.Your booking is accepted on the understanding that:

– you realize the hazards involved in this kind of holiday, including injury, disease, loss or damage to property, discomfort, physical exertion, weather subject to sudden and unexpected change, being far from normal medical services and evacuation difficulties if you are disabled.

– you realize that this kind of holiday is always open to flexibility, and so no exact itinerary can be guaranteed prior to the event.

6.Tour leader: You must abide by the tour leader’s decisions and authority. If your health or conduct appears to be endangering the progress of the group, you may be excluded from the whole, or part, of the trip without recourse to any refund.

7.Our liability to you: We will be under no liability or obligation for any illness or injury (fatal or otherwise), or damage to personal property or baggage caused to or suffered by you during your holiday.

8.Force Majeure: We will not pay compensation for any loss, damage or inconvenience which you suffer or for the modification, reduction or cancellation of the holiday arrangements arising out of or consequent upon war, threat of war, riot, epidemics, strikes, terrorist activity, natural disasters, adverse weather conditions, fire, transport or other technical problems or any event or circumstance amounting to force majeure and/or Act of God.

9.Insurance: We strongly recommend that you are covered by insurance before starting your holiday. This insurance must cover personal accident, medical expenses, loss of effects, repatriation costs and all other expenses which might arise as a result of loss, damage, injury, delay or inconvenience. This insurance policy must explicitly cover mountain walking activities.

10.Price guarantee: We guarantee that the price of your walking holiday will not be subject to surcharges once the booking has been confirmed and the deposit paid.

11.Booking conditions: When you book with us, you warrant to us that you and any person you might be booking on behalf of, have read, understood and agree to be bound by each and all of these booking conditions.