Canyoning in Southern Europe - Spain, France and Italy

This guidebook describes canyoning routes from Spain's Costa Blanca via the Pyrenees to France's Provence, Sardinia and Mallorca. Canyoning is the descent of natural gorges by a mixture of hiking and scrambling, and often swimming and abseiling.

After the introduction there is a good section on techniques, safety precautions and equipment required – after all, this is a pastime not for the faint hearted. The book is well laid out, with each route showing information on things such as the terrain, what the descent is like, what the ideal season is for canyoning, how long its likely to take and what maps you’ll need.
There’s also useful information on local and cheap accommodation, as well as some nice images of the surrounding countryside.
 

(Realtravel, August 2008)

“Canyoning is like caving with no roof.” That’s a quote heard from at least one caver who enjoys the sport, so perhaps Cicerone Press’s book Canyoning will be of interest to others as well. It requires, after all, much the same techniques as are used in caves, just that there is less of a requirement for a hefty light.
This is an attractive book with plenty of colour photos and maps, and certainly worth the £12 it costs to add it to your shelf. It might be time for some caving abroad with an added canyon trip, during which you can persuade those canyoneers to go caving with you!
 

(Descent, August/September 2008)