With plenty of rugged landscape available for mountain sports, summer and winter activities and sports, Spain offers an amazing choice of ski resorts, mountain holidays, winter sports and a variety of hiking, climbing, abseiling, rappelling and white-water rafting and fishing along its crystal clear mountain rivers and streams are ideal for family holidays and for adventure lovers.

Some areas for mountain sports and ski resorts are:

Leon: in Northwestern Spain, this little mountain-stronghold has seen history unfolding since the Roman era down to the Spanish Civil War. The ancient Pilgrim's Way and the shrine of Santiago de Compostela are situated here but Leon in modern times is the hub of mountain sports and winter skiing. With the magnificent Cordellira Cantabrica peak looming over one of the most ski-friendly slopes in Europe, there are numerous world-class ski-resorts here offering a range of equipment, ski-lessons, advanced ski-slopes and hiking, climbing and trekking trips across the Picos de Europa mountains.

Lleida: in western Catalonia is another great winter sports destination, offering great opportunities for Alpine skiing on the slopes of the Spanish Pyrenees. Some of the resorts here are quiet and far from the usual tourist throngs and offer serene winter scenery and some great snow-clad slopes. Other livelier resorts have numerous ski-lifts, plenty of activities like snow-boarding, tobogganing, snow-shoeing, dog sleighs and snowmobiles etc. If you're traveling with your family, there are resorts that welcome small children and offer kiddie ski-lessons and winter fun for the young people. All kinds of ski activities including Nordic, Alpine, cross-country and others like snow-surfing and telemark with snow-picnics and walking trips for kids and seniors are being offered.

Girona: With many world-class resorts and great services offered in the winter sports area, Girona promises to be a fun place to spend the winters. Also situated in Catalonia, this town with a long and checkered history has some of the best ski slopes in Spain. With top-quality services and activities for all ages, fabulous scenery and views of the forested slopes and valleys of the Eastern Pyrenees, some of Girona's resorts also overlook views across the Costa Brava.

Madrid: If you're surprised that Madrid could have ski resorts, Spain's sole indoor ski-run is located here in the Spanish capital. With activities for beginners and more experienced skiers, there are modern ski-transport systems, lifts, ski-tows and moving walkways, the resort also has its own qualified instructors and trainers to guide you. The temperature is set at a static -2C, summer or winter! Other resorts like the Puerto de Navacerrada are located close to Madrid and are great for a short break away from the city during a winter weekend in the capital on work or leisure.

Ski resorts and winter-sports centers are available in hundreds of other Spanish locations, including the communities of Cantabria, Aragon, Central Spain, the Rioja and Catalonia. Depending on the time of year, your budget and your preferences, you can pick the one that suits you best.

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