Walking on the Costa Blanca by Terry Fletcher
Behind Spain's most popular holiday coast lies a dramatic landscape of limestone peaks, knife-edge ridges, and deep gorges that most visitors never see. The Costa Blanca mountains around Alicante, Benidorm, and Calp are one of Europe's finest winter sun walking destinations, with 1500m summits, wildflowers, and T-shirt conditions under blue skies from late autumn through to early spring. This Cicerone guidebook by author Terry Fletcher, who has walked and climbed in the Costa Blanca mountains for more than 30 years, describes 50 circular walks and scrambles ranging from 3 to 20km (2 to 12 miles) and taking 2 to 7 hours. It combines detailed route descriptions with practical planning information to help walkers of all abilities explore these remarkable mountains with confidence. The 50 routes are graded and organised across five areas, from the north around Montgo and Serra Segaria to inland from Calp, inland from Benidorm, the Serrella, and Alcoi and the west, giving comprehensive coverage of the Costa Blanca mountains Scrambles are mainly Grade 1 but may be exposed and require a head for heights, whilst walking routes range from gentle strolls through mountain villages to demanding full-day summit ascents to suit all abilities Every walk is illustrated with 1:50,000 maps and supported by detailed information on planning, access, and parking, making it straightforward to reach each trailhead from the coastal resorts of Calp, Altea, and Benidorm Background information covers the geology, wildlife, plants, flowers, and history of the region, adding context to the limestone peaks, deep ravines, and plunging sea cliffs you encounter on the trail The Costa Blanca mountains are at their best from late autumn through winter and into early spring, making this the ideal guidebook for walkers seeking an escape from the British winter to blue skies and wildflowers From the high summits of Aitana and Puig Campana to the jagged crests of the Serra Bernia, Cavall Verd, and the plunging sea cliffs of the Serra Gelada, this guidebook covers the full dramatic breadth of walking on the Costa Blanca. Explore Spain's most popular winter sun walking destination with confidence.
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781852847517 |
| ISBN 10 | 1852847514 |
| Title | Walking on the Costa Blanca |
| Author | Terry Fletcher |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cicerone Press |
| Year published | 2023-04-17 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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