Introduction to Spanish Rock Climbing

With perfect climbing conditions from autumn through to spring, Spain has has become Europe's premier winter sun rock venue. Click here to view a map of the various rock climbing areas within Spain. There are many rock climbing areas within Spain, with new areas being developed all the time. Many of the more popular and established crags are located close to the main tourist areas and coastal Cities.

The area around Costa Blanca typifies the superb rock climbing on perfect limestone rock. There is everything from bolted routes a few minutes walk from the car, to multi pitch trad & bolted routes on the coast or in the mountains behind Benidorm.

El Chorro in the Southern area of Andalucia offers fantastic multi-pitch gorge rock climbing. Also within Andalucia there are other great rock climbing areas around Malaga and Granada.

The island of Mallorca has been a popular rock climbing venue for many years. The island offers excellent 1 & 2-pitch sports climbing on limestone rock.

The area around Barcelona offers many varied rock climbing venues, such as Sierra de Prades (in Costa Daurada), Les Bruixes & Berga to the north of the city, and the excellent rock climbing at Montserrat on the towers of conglomerate mountain rock overlooking the ancient monastery.

The premier bouldering venue in Spain is Albarracin, with its huge ancient sandstone blocks situated within the forest. There are a variety of problems to climb from quality slabs, amazing arêtes, overhanging walls on crimps and cracks, to huge roofs.

Not all of the rock climbing in Spain is situated near the coast, with some excellent multi-pitch rock climbing available just outside of Madrid. Here the rock climbing is in the easy to mid grades ( 5 to 6b) on granite rock.