The Rough Guide to The Pyrenees

Lingua: inglese

Editore: Rough Guides, 2001

1858287014 / 9781858287010

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592 pages. cover worn, INTRODUCTIONAnyone could find their perfect retreat in the Pyrenees, a range that encompasses in its four-hundred-kilometre length a diversity of land scapes rarely equalled in Europe. Between the balmy beaches of the Mediterranean and the more turbulent Atlantic coast lie regions of lush meadowland, peaks per manently clad in ice, sun-beaten canyons of sinuously sculpted rock, swathes of dense broadleaf forest, weirdly eroded limestone pinnacles and valleys so sheer and overgrown that scarcely a ray of light penetrates them.These mountain s challenge and invite rather than intimidate. Generally rounded and crumbling, most of their peaks are attainable even to people with little experience of such terrain. Aneto, at 3404 metres the highest summit of the Pyrenees, stands withi n reach of any determined and properly equipped walker, as do all the next ranki ng peaks – Posets, Monte Perdido and Vignemale. Other natural wonders of the ra nge are also available to the averagely fit. The Valle de Ordesa, the most spect acular of many canyons, can be traversed on nearly level footpaths, as can the g reat glaciated amphitheatre of the Cirque de Gavarnie, just to the north. The st alactite-draped cavern of Lombrives is the largest cave in western Europe to whi ch there’s unrestricted public access, while a visit to the Sala de la Verna, t he largest chamber in one of the world’s deepest cave systems – the Gouffre Pi erre-Saint-Martin – requires no great physical effort. If you join an organized group, there are any number of lively rivers to raft down on both sides of the range, including the Noguera Pallaresa in Catalunya and the Gállego in Aragon, as well as several tamer ones on the French side. Canyoners of all ability level.…

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Titolo
The Rough Guide to The Pyrenees
Autore
Marc Dubin,Brian Catlos,Lance Chilton
Editore
Rough Guides
Anno di pubblicazione
2001
Condizione
Good
Rilegatura
Paperback
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
1858287014
ISBN 13
9781858287010
Edizione
quarta edizione
Dimensioni
12.8cm x 2.4cm x 19.8cm
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European Travel

Book Express (NZ)

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