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Welcome to The Picos de Europa,

your complete English guide to these beautiful mountains of Northern Spain.

Here you'll find information on the area's wildlife in the nature pages Picos de Europa wildlifewhich are part species identification guides on plants and animals found around the Picos de Europa and part English translations of Spanish news regarding rare species such as the Cantabrian brown bear or threats to their habitat such as the San Glorio ski resort project. Check out the special interest holidays too, such as bear-watching and birdwatching.

Find a friendly place to stay in Picos Holiday Rentals from our selection of self-catering holiday houses and apartments to let in Asturias, Cantabria and Castile-León.

For planning excursions into the mountains you'll need to check current weather conditions and forecasts for the Picos de Europa.

Picos Rock and Snow
And in Picos Rock & Snow you'll find guided mountain activity holidays such as walking and trekking, snowshoeing and ski touring - plus trip reports as well as general mountaineering information. Catch up with the latest expeditions in the Picos Blog. Independent travellers can find trip packages, support and bag transfer services for self-guided routes.

We hope you enjoy your visit to the Picos de Europa, whether virtual or real!

 

Find a Place to Stay in Asturias

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Find a Place to Stay in Cantabria

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Find a Place to Stay in Leon

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Picos de Europa Weather Forecasts

Important for excursions of any kind into mountains anywhere, the weather forecast has to be the first thing to check. Here are the best weather information sites, widgets and webcams for the Picos de Europa that we've found.

This first one is a link for the weather forecast for the Cantabrian mountains - https://www.infonieve.es/meteo/cordillera-cantabrica/

This next live feed is for weather conditions around Potes, the main town of Liébana in Cantabria.

Indispensable for checking winter snow conditions

And one from Meteored.com, a highly interactive Spanish weather site with great photos and a busy forum. This prediction is for Cabrales in Asturias including the north end of the Cares gorge.

Here's one for the Atlantic coast, based on the beach near San Vicente de la Barquera. Check the surf conditions

Finally, a link to the webcam at Fuente De, the only cable car in the Picos, rising to the Central Massif in Cantabria - handy for checking out cloud base levels during inversions too.

Note, the image below is not live!

Image from the webcam, 14.3.09

Subcategories

Bay of Biscay

Approaching Santander on the ferry

As I make the ferry crossing fairly regularly between Santander and Plymouth (Brittany Ferries) I thought it would be nice to keep a record of my pelagic wildlife sightings here.

Bear News

Bear or Dog?

Following the recent heavy snowfalls a photo has been doing the rounds on Spanish social media and even made it to the

The Picos Blog

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