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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 which 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.

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.

And in Picos Rock and Snow you'll find guided mountain activity holidays plus trip reports of walking, scrambling, snowshoeing and ski touring as well as general mountaineering information. Catch up with the latest expeditions in the Picos Blog.

Do you have some images of the Picos de Europa? What better place to display them than right here on our photo galleries. Join us today and start uploading - or simply enjoy browsing our member's photos.

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

Reintroductions Underway

Wildlife - Birds
Written by Lisa
Wednesday, 03 March 2010 11:48
With the official sanction now given by the Picos de Europa National Park, the process is underway for the return of the Lammergeier, Gypaetus barbatus, to the Picos de Europa from the only remaining Spanish colony in the Pyrenees. The Bearded Vulture Foundation, FCQ based in Aragon, have taken two eggs from a nest under observation since 1988 and unsuccessful in those 22 years apart from producing one chick last year, the first Lammergeier to be born in captivity in Spain after the egg had been taken from the failing nest.
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Bears Looking for a New Home

The San Glorio Ski Resort Project
Written by Lisa
Thursday, 25 February 2010 07:00
For the last seventeen years Luna and Ponderoso have been living in a zoological park in the city of León. The brown bears arrived illegally with no papers though are believed to be of Eurasian origin, and are now looking for a new home. In 2008 "El Coto Escolar" was reported to the authorities by a group that monitors zoos.
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