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A guidebook to 50 day walks and scrambles on Spain's Costa Blanca. Exploring the dramatic scenery around Alicante, Benidorm and Calp, the routes vary from short easy routes to full-day strenuous summit scrambles.
Walks range from 3 to 20km (2-12 miles) and can be enjoyed in 2-7 hours. The routes are graded allowing you to choose routes suitable for your ability. The scrambles are mainly Grade 1 but may be exposed and require a head for heights.
1:50,000 maps
are included for each walk
Detailed information on
planning, access and parking
Brief information included on
history, culture and wildlife
Highlights include the
10,000 Steps
walk
Info autore
Terry Fletcher has walked and climbed among the mountains of the Costa Blanca for more than 30 years. His love of wild places has taken him all over Europe and North America, where he has a particular fascination for the sandstone canyonlands and deserts of the American South West. As a full time professional writer and photographer for more than 40 years, his work has appeared in almost every national newspaper as well as specialist magazines. He has also appeared on network television and radio as a commentator on the outdoors. He is a former editor of
Cumbria and
Lake District Magazine,
Dalesman and
The Countryman. He lives in the Yorkshire Dales.
Riassunto
50 circular walks and scrambles that explore the Costa Blanca mountains, around the resorts of Alicante, Benidorm and Calp, a popular European winter sun adventure destination. From 1500m peaks and knife edge ridges to deep gorges, the walks range from gentle strolls to demanding days with steep climbs, and from 3 to 20km in distance.
