The Green Way of iron and coal

Green ways are old disused railway infrastructure that has been converted into paths suitable for walking, cycling or horse riding. There are eight in Catalonia, three in the province of Barcelona (Llobregat, del Nicolau, del Vallès), four in Girona (Carrilet I and II, del Ferro i del Carbo, del Tren Pinxo) and one in Tarragona that connects with Teruel (Val de Zafan). One of them, the del Ferro and el Carbó route, restores the route formerly used by trains connecting Ripoll to the old Ogassa mines, which closed in 1967. The route is fifteen kilometres and passes through Sant Joan de les Abadesses, where we can visit a spectacular ninth-century Benedictine monastery. This route can be linked to the Green Way of Carrilet I and II, linking Olot and Sant Feliu de Guíxols on the Costa Brava, via the city of Girona.