Blue flag

MORE than 100 hiking trails in Spain received the prestigious Blue Trail Flag award at a national environmental conference held in Santiago on Friday, February 24.

The honour was presented to trails judged by the Association for Environmental Education (Adeac) to offer outstanding heritage and natural beauty credentials.

In this year’s event 104 awards were handed out to trails in 20 different provinces and 10 autonomous communities throughout the countries. The selected trails cover a distance of more than 600 kilometres of countryside, giving walkers plenty of inspiration for new routes this year.

The northern region of Galicia received the most awards in total, home to 35 of the 104 selected trails.