Walking on the Costa Blanca 50 Mountain Walks And Scrambles

by Fletcher, Terry

• ISBN13: 9781852847517
• ISBN10: 1852847514
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781783622689
• Additional ISBN(s): 9781783622672
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2016-01-30
• Publisher: Cicerone Press Limited
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Summary

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

Author Biography

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.