Navigation Walking Spain walking - trekking - hiking :: Home :: Greek islands .... Spain ::.. Sierra Nevada ::.. El Camino :: Poland :: Turkey Spain The Pyrenees in the north, north/east and the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the south attracts walking and trekking people from all over. The Sierra Nevada mountains and the region of La Alpujarra has been the object of most of our visits in Spain but also the long distance walk in northern Spain, known as The Camino de Santiago. Picture: Sierra Nevada, La Aloujarra, Bubion. The White Villages. The Mediterranean coast has been a tourist attraction for years because of the pleasant temperatures. While the Mediterranean coast has mostly temperate climate with mild summers, it is hot summers and cold winters in the inland and along the northern Atlantic coast the climate is precipitations mostly in winter with mild summers. Spain in brief Area: 504,782 sq km Population: 40 mill. Capital: Madrid Currency: Euro. 1 euro = 1.20 usd and 0.69 gbp. Language: Castilian Spanish Religions: Roman Catholicism. Highest peak: El Teide 3718 m a.s.l. (Tenerife, Canarian Isles) Updated 09-12-2005 Copyright: Erik Petersen All rights reserved epwalks.com