Paragliding in Barcelona

Explore the beauties and enchantment of Barcelona with a paragliding flight. Few sensations are so exciting like going flying, it will be something inexplicable that you can only understand if you practice it. We leave you this explicative guide to solve all your doubts and answer all your questions if you are planning on going paragliding in Barcelona.

In this case, we propose you one of the most relaxing, liberal and natural flights ever, paragliding. The adventure starts with a short explanatory briefing, about how the activity goes, which is the schedule and route to follow, and most important, how you will need to collaborate. Once you understand these concepts, you will get ready, then the pilot will prepare the paraglide and after carrying out a race to take-off, both will jump to the void to enjoy a smooth flight.

The activity is aimed to all type of public, as long as the participant is healthy, and don’t suffer from any medical contradiction that prevents the flight to happen. Minors, as long as they come with an adult and have a parent’s authorization, they can fly. To guarantee a safe flight, the companies usually a minimum weight (30kg) and a maximum (100kg). This all can change if the instructors think is plausible.

In this video, you can watch how your tandem paragliding flight in Barcelona could be:



Paragliding is an activity that is totally conditioned by the weather, which means there are zones you can fly all year round, and others were during the months of Autumn and Winters get complicated. So if you book a flight and they have to change your day due to the weather, be happy, because that means that they do you actually do it, will be the perfect one, and will be able to enjoy the full duration of the activity without getting worried.

All the necessary material to carry out the activity is included, you will only need to wear comfortable clothing, that allows you to move and comfortable shoe, like sneakers that have laces. Oh, very important, were in the heights there is a descent of 4 to 5 degrees, so, wear a jacket! Here, we leave you all our flight offers in Barcelona.

These are the flight areas, near Barcelona:

- Paragliding over Berga: In the district of Berguedá, you will have two different types of flight to choose depending on the height. Firstly, we propose you a 300-meter flight in Berga. You will cover 1.5 kilometers among mountain with 1.000-meter in height. But if you want to start with something stronger, and enjoy other spectacular views, you have the option of flying from an 800-meter slope. Here, you will take from the Sierra of La Figueressa, at a height of 1.500 meters. From here, you will watch the majesticness of Montserrat, the Monteson or the Sierra of Cadí Moixeró.

- Overfly the zone of Igualada: Is the nearest area to Barcelona, located approximately 67 km. The flight activity in Igualada, usually is carried out from March to November, the ideal season to fly. There are instructors, that during the inactive months move to Organyá, where the flights are possible. There, you will have flights that start from a lope of 400 meters with a duration of 10, 20 and 30 minutes, overflying the Anoia region.

- Paragliding in Organyá: Located in Lérida, in the district of Alto Urgel, is other of the locations near Barcelona to go paragliding. You can enjoy the views of the impetuous Pyrenees, jumping from a cliff of 300 meters in height and reaching an altitude of around 1.000 meters. Usually, the flights have a duration of 20 minutes and, normally, it is a specific area to carry out the simultaneous flights in pairs. What better than sharing this experience with the person you love the most?

Another zone near Barcelona where you can fly is La Mussara, in Tarragona.

In addition to this flight baptisms, you have the option of acrobatic and stunts flights, high-performance flights, flights combined with climbing or hiking or even initiatory paragliding courses.

The stunts flights are aimed for those who love to release adrenaline, who dare to do everything and want to live a unique experience. With the help of thermal currents, the pilot will make you vibrate with turns and change of directions at a high speed.

After all this, would you miss this experience?