Spain is a walker's paradise offering endless possibilities for walking and hiking enthusiasts. It has an enormous variation of landscapes, ranging from the snow capped Pico's de Europa to the oak and chestnut forest of the Serrania de Ronda in Andalusia. Each region has its own colorful history and cultural cities to temp the walker further to enjoy the wonders of Spain. Furthermore Spain has an excellent tourist infrastructure making it easy to get to and from your chosen destination and easy to find quality accommodation where ever you go.

Andalusia in southern Spain is one of the most popular tourist destinations primarily because of the beautiful beaches. Just a short distance inland from the tourist centers are many possibilities for the guided and independent walker to experience a rich variety of scenery and walking levels. Parts of Andalucia is rather mountainous while other areas have rolling hillside with lush forests. Andalusia is also home to a number of national parks where you can hike.

To the northeast, Spain is tremendously mountainous, bordering the Pyrenees to the north and the Terres de Lleida to the west. In the former high peaks there are lakeland areas of outstanding beauty and much of this landscape is a natural park preserving the unique landscape and ecosystem.

Cantabrian is situated on the Atlantic coast between the Bay of Biscay and the Cantabrian mountain range towards the Basque region. It is a popular destination for many of the Spanish escaping the intense summer heat of central Spain. The region has many diverse landscapes with valleys created by strong flowing rivers and supporting a wide variety of fauna. Its outstanding beaches and marshes are a haven for wildlife, especially birds.

The region of Extramadura shares its borders with Portugal and Andalusia, and the inland regions of Castilla la Mancha and Castilla y Leon. The national parks of Monfrague and Cornalvo play a vital role in preserving this Mediterranean areas wildlife and flora, and are easy to walk and explore. The area is also rich in culture traditions and the old Roman road, Via de la Plata, is the north-south divide of the region and travels through many of the provinces key cities, Plasencia, historic Ceceres and Merida.

Probably the most famous Christian pilgrimage route of all is the medieval route to Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain, alleged burial place of St. James, brother of John the Evangelist and one of Christ's twelve apostles. Pilgrimages began in the 10th AD and by the 15th century tens of thousands of pilgrims were making the journey from all over Europe. There were four principal routes across France leading into Spain. Even today thousand of walkers follow this route each year, some only walk smaller parts of the route and return next year to walk some more parts, others walk for several weeks.