By the pyreneestravel.com team · Updated 12 October 2026 · Hiking
These are our favourite day hikes across the range, from family walks to serious mountain days. Always check the weather and conditions before setting out.
Easy
- Cirque de Gavarnie: wide path to a giant amphitheatre. Guide.
- Pont d'Espagne to Lac de Gaube: waterfalls and a mirror-lake. Guide.
- Lac d'Oô: a lake with a 275 m waterfall near Luchon.
- Estanys de Tristaina, Andorra: three lakes in an hour or two.
- Forau d'Aiguallut, Benasque: a waterfall swallowed by a sinkhole.
Moderate
- Cola de Caballo, Ordesa: the classic canyon walk. Guide.
- Tour of the Pic du Midi d'Ossau from Bious-Artigues.
- Estany de Sant Maurici and Amitges, Aigüestortes. Guide.
- Néouvielle lakes near Saint-Lary.
- La Rhune from Sare, with Atlantic views. Guide.
- Cirque de Troumouse, a vast grassy cirque.
Challenging
- Canigou summit from the Chalet des Cortalets. Guide.
- Brèche de Roland from the Col des Tentes.
- Faja de las Flores, Ordesa, for those with a head for heights.
- Aneto (3,404 m), with a guide and glacier gear. Benasque guide.
Planning a longer trek? See GR10, GR11 and HRP.
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