Pyrenees Family Self Drive holiday

Fly to Barcelona or Reus this morning where you pick up your car. Your destination is the valley of the Aigües Tortes National Park – the highest stretch of the Pyrenees.

Today’s activities are designed to really get everyone relaxing and enjoying themselves. Start with two hours’ kayaking down the river before trying canyoning this afternoon.

Walk through the Aigües Tortes national park along a beautiful forested valley to cross the famous winding waters to a granite mountain circus.
Here you can have a picnic and dip in the cool waters.

The river in the valley beneath your hotel offers amongst the best white water rafting in Spain. Spend all day running grade II and III rapids through beautiful scenery.

Travel eastwards today as you drive two hours to your second hotel which is in the next valley over. Here you are in the Catalan speaking area of the Pyrenees so some of the locals struggle with their Spanish, let alone English.

Seu has a very extensive network of mountain bike trails of varying degrees of difficulty. Bikes and helmets can be rented, Pura provides route suggestions.

Enjoy a day of walking in the stunning limestone hills of the Sierra del Cadí.
This is a little used route taking you up to gorgeous high pastures which contrast starkly with the craggy mountains beyond.

Head back to the airport for your journey home.

At the heart of the concept is an independent holiday with the guesswork taken out.

What is a Pura Self Drive Holiday?
At the heart of the concept is an independent holiday with the guesswork taken out.

What is included?
What Pura do is book your cars and hotels so that you have the basic structure of your holiday set out. We then give you the information to fill the days in a way that suits you best. That means that you travel with detailed information about the areas you are visiting. This ranges from advice on the best beaches, market days, our favourite restaurants, what to do on a rainy day, etc.

You also have a series of walking scale maps with our own walking notes. You will invariably have more walking notes than days to walk so you can choose which ones to do and which ones to save for a return visit.

To help you make the best choices, at the start of your trip you spend a full day with a Pura guide.

How tailored is it?
Here in the UK we tailor the itinerary to your needs as closely as possible. Of course, once you are actually on holiday you can choose to stick to the letter of the itinerary or change it as you go along.

Your Pura guide also helps you map out the best possible holiday according to weather forecasts, local festivals, your energy levels, etc. They can also help you make any calls you need to book optional activities. Think of it as a bit of fine-tuning. Freedom and flexibility without the guesswork.

What about the cars?
The cars we book for you are good sized cars. Because you are generally going into mountain environments, we make sure that the cars are suitably powerful.

And hotels?
The hotels we use are generally small and family run. The standard varies from luxurious, boutique style to simple, comfortable rustic type places. Rooms are en suite.

We always believe that when you wake up you should know where in the world you are so we place character, location and comfort at the top of the list. If you want uniformed staff, look elsewhere!