In 1993 there were 7,600 km of disused railway lines in Spain. Of these, more than 2,600 km have already been recovered as Vías Verdes: itineraries set up for cyclists, walkers and people with reduced mobility. Its great advantage is the ease and comfort of its route, with smooth slopes and wide curves. In addition, greenways eliminate the perpetual risk of traffic accidents suffered by cyclists and walkers on the roads. In its environment there are more than 100 old stations recovered to harbor accommodation, restaurants, bicycle rental points, tourist information offices, small museums, visitor centers or even swimming pools. Greenways are promoting new tourist resources in rural areas, connecting natural spaces, cultural enclaves and towns, and promoting a new culture of leisure and outdoor sports.
Greenways
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The witchcraft route
This is a 4-days, circular route, for moderate cyclists, that runs through the beautiful mountains and caves of the Navarrese Pyrenees, crossing the scenarios where superstition and fear persecuted women and men accusing them of witchcraft and...
The Carrilet greenway
This is a 2-days, linear route, for initiates, that runs in a couple of days the almost 100 km of greenway that goes from Olot, and the volcanoes of La Garrotxa, to Sant Feliu de Guíxols, on the Costa Brava. We cross the pre-Pyrenees...
Pirinexus
This is a one-week, circular route, for intermediate cyclists, that runs through Girona province from the Costa Brava to the Pyrenees and back, along more than 350 km, following Pirinexus, a Catalan cycle route created to develop jointly a...
Antonino´s Way on bike
This is a 4-days ride, two easy and two harder, linear route, for moderate cyclists, that runs through the Soria Water Natural Way, or Antonino´s Way. The route starts in the Castilian highlands, in Soria, on the banks of the Douro river...
La Nava lake
This is a circular, 2-days route, for beginners and all those that want to enjoy of a good place where sightseeing birds. The old 'Mar de Campos', one of the biggest wetland of the peninsula, was dried on the 60s of the past century, and...
The iron mountains of Bizkaia
This is a short but demanding route for advanced cyclists, that leads us through the Enkarterri, to learn about the iron mining landscape, so important in this area just a few years ago. Leaving Bilbo, we will arrived by train at...
The Iron mountains greenway
This is an easy one-day route for initiated cyclists, that takes us through the Enkarterri, the Encartaciones, to get up close to the iron mining landscape, which was so important in this area until a few years ago. Leaving Bilbao by...
Delicacies from Segovia
This is a 3-days long, circular route, for moderate cyclists, with smooth profiles and middle distances, and some km by sandy trails. But its main attraction is the food, and in particular three typical dishes from Segovia: 'parro' or...
The greenway of Plazaola
This is a 2-days linear route, with two more days for transportation, for moderate cyclists, that starts in Pamplona and finishes in San Sebastian. We leave the capital of Navarre to pedal by the valleys of the rivers Arakil and Larraun...