Walking Holidays in Spain - Walking Tours

Discover Spain

The graceful terrain, sprawling vineyards, and sleepy whitewashed villages of Spain offer travelers here some of the most pleasurable walking experiences in all of Europe. At once breathtaking, mysterious and wholly engaging, your walking tour of Spain will guide you across quiet farm country, through green and golden grasslands and past of fields of sunflowers that stretch to the horizon.

The unspoiled fields and emerald green hillsides add a shimmering sheen to the Basque country, where you can stroll through the vast olive groves that yield ingredients utilized in the region’s wonderful cuisine. Sample quintessential dishes like bacalao a la bizkanina—salt cod gently sautéed in olive oil and dressed with a sauce of red choricero peppers, or marmitako—the gently spicy stew made from local potatoes and tomatoes, often served with fresh tuna from the nearby Cantabrian Sea.

Spain’s cities offer up their own pageantry, a rich blend of mosque-cathedrals and palaces, lively tapas bars, and raucous flamenco halls where the country’s unparalleled culture of hospitality is always palpable.

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Country Highlights

Follow in the footsteps of pilgrims along the Camino de Santiago.
Sample the succulent flavors of small-plate tapas at a typical tapas bar.
Explore the medieval roads, bucolic farmlands, and centuries-old monasteries of Basque country.
Sip red Rioja or white Txakoli wine after a rewarding day of walking.

Experience Authentic Flamenco

In southern Spanish cities like Granada and Seville, you’re more than likely to witness a heartfelt outburst of flamenco in a bar or public square. Southern Spain’s proud musical tradition is recognizable by the sound of clapping hands, melancholy singing and the vocal encouragement of those fortunate to be gathered for the moment of magic.

Visit a Rioja Winery

Explore La Rioja, one of Spain’s most famous winemaking regions, where the vintage is less than a drink and more of a shared culture. Here the use of handmade oak barrels a centuries-old aging process help to bring a distinct vanilla flavors to Rioja’s range of wine selections.

Camino de Santiago de Compostela

Follow El Camino de Santiago—one of the most important Christian pilgrimage routes during the Middle Ages—a beautiful hiking experience that remains popular today for pilgrims and secular travelers. The trail follows earlier Roman trade routes, and traverses mountains, fields and ancient villages before concluding in the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia.

Featured Walking & Hiking Tours in Spain

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Spain: A Walking Tour Of Basque Country 4

Spain: San Sebastian, Bilbao & Basque Country

Guided-Flex Easy

Days 7 From $2,848 Tour Only

Maps claim otherwise, but Basque Country, with its unique cross-border culture, is a nation unto itself.

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Spain: Classic Camino de Santiago

Guided-Full Easy to Moderate

Days 9 From $6,798 Tour Only

Centuries of walkers have trod the Camino, but few get to see it like this.

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Spain: Catalonia & the Costa Brava

Self-Guided Easy to Moderate

Days 8 From $3,298 Tour Only

On the rugged coastline Dalí called home, Catalonia fires the imagination—and the appetite.

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Spain: Camino de Santiago

Self-Guided Easy to Moderate

Days 9 From $4,398 Tour Only

Walking Europe’s oldest pilgrimage route is a revelation. Our curated “best of” version? Even more miraculous.

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Spain: Andalusia & Seville

Self-Guided Easy to Moderate

Days 8 From $3,148 Tour Only

From flamenco flamboyance to tranquil mountain trails, exploring Andalusia and Seville on this walking tour means embracing the moment.

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Expert Local Guides

Experience your destination like an insider with people who call it home.

Jaime Lahoz

Born in Madrid, Jaime Lahoz went from working in the cabin crew for Iberia Airlines to beginning a new life as a ski instructor and mountain guide in the Pyrenees and Picos de Europa Mountains of his native Spain. In 2004, his passion for photography turned into his profession, working his way from freelancer to staff photographer to editor of Snowplanet. Searching for subjects to shoot, he has traveled extensively throughout Canada and the United States, Argentina, Japan, Turkey, Switzerland, Austria, Sweden, France and, of course, Spain! Jaime was awarded Best Snow Photographer of the Year in 2014 and soon began working as a filmmaker. Besides photography and outdoor adventure, Jaime enjoys playing the guitar.

Elisenda Balcells

The multilingual (she speaks seven languages!) Elisenda Balcells was born in Girona and eventually studied and worked in tourism in her hometown, having done everything from running restaurants and hotels to working at a local travel agency before becoming a certified guide in 2004. Elisenda loves sharing the unique culture and history of her native Catalonia with visitors from around the world.

Pol Roig Iniesta

Pol Roig Iniesta was born in Barcelona and first walked in the mountains with his father when he was just 3 years old, although it was not until 2009 when he realized his dream of becoming a mountain guide. He has travelled extensively in Scotland and Morocco, loves photography, mountain adventure sports like climbing, snowshoeing and canyoning, and grows his own organic food. He also enjoys cooking and has a tradition of preparing a tortilla, or Spanish omelette, whenever he returns home (in the Pyrenees) from a mountain trip!

Xabier Etxarri

Xabier Etxarri, or Xabi as he’s known (pronounced ’shabby’), hails from Navarra, in the Basque Country and is a true Renaissance man. Originally a science teacher and physicist with a specialization in astrophysics, he decided to leave it all behind and travel to southern Chile where he unlocked his passion for poetry, writing over 14 volumes since! He soon became a fully-licensed trekking guide with a particular interest in nature and the natural sciences. His passion for the mountains of his native Pyrenees remains undiminished and he now splits his time between Patagonia and Spain. What Xabi brings to this journey is an intimate knowledge of the local wines and the flora of northern Spain.

Stories from Spain

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Travel Tips from Our Innkeepers

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