Eneko and Iker Pou, climbing with Kico Cerdá, have made the first ascent of Vibora (180m, 8a) up the overhanging Urdón face close to Barranco de la Hermida in the Picos de Europa massif in Spain.

Iker Pou, Eneko Pou and Kico Cerdá have made the first free ascent of Rayu (8c, 600m) on the south face of the Peña Santa de Castilla in the Picos de Europa massif in Spain. After five hard weeks of ...

There's nothing difficult about drinking sidra—Spanish hard apple cider—in the Picos de Europa, a towering mountain range in Northern Spain. The trick is in the pouring. In one hand, you hold your cup ...

Picos de Europa - the Peaks of Europe - is rather a grand title for a mountainous region of Northern Spain that can be driven round in just a day. Close to the coast and an hour or so from Santander, ...

It was a bit Hitchcockian. As I picnicked atop the wind-whipped peak, a chough landed by my feet. I looked away, taking in the panorama from one of northern Spain’s highest peaks. When I looked back, ...

Was it Ana’s crimson heels or had something else displeased the gods? The hotel manager’s fashionable footwear aroused barely a flicker of interest from hikers assembling in the tiny Spanish mountain ...

Text description provided by the architects. Spanish practice Capilla-Vallejos Arquitectos sent us this great project, with an amazing wood and stone mix. Great transparency. The Picos de Europa ...

There's nothing difficult about drinking sidra—Spanish hard apple cider—in the Picos de Europa, a towering mountain range in Northern Spain. The trick is in the pouring. In one hand, you hold your cup ...