The Pyrenees' answer to Yosemite: the Ordesa canyon runs beneath kilometre-high striped cliffs to the horseshoe wall of the Cirque de Soaso, on a broad path that grazing horses share amiably. First-time trekkers can sleep at the Refugio de Góriz and make a weekend of it, with the ascent of Monte Perdido waiting once your legs have earned it. In peak summer access is by shuttle bus from Torla — catch the first one and beat the canyon heat.
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