Mining Adventure in Aragon
Add to my travelVisit the old Teruel mines and feel a pitman yourself for a day. Equip yourself with your helmet and flashlight, walk through the galleries of an old coal mine, travel in a centenary locomotive ... All this and much more awaits you in the mining towns of Aragon.
The Turolenses towns of Escucha, Utrillas, Andorra and Alloza hold an outstanding industrial heritage, the result of their historical link with mining. There are numerous testimonies of life recorded in these villages, which, after the progressive closure of the mines, today allow you to know in situ what the hard work of mining and the life of its inhabitants was like.
Mining Museum of Escucha
Located inside an authentic coal mine, almost 200 meters deep down the ground, it leads you to live the experience of feeling a miner yourself and travel, with the corresponding equipment, the different underground galleries.
Utrillas mining theme park
It is located in one of the oldest and most emblematic mines in the area, the Pozo de Santa Bárbara. One of the great attractions of the park are the steam locomotives that once circulated in this area and that now roll again on its tracks, now as a mining train. The old locomotives Hulla (1903) and Deutz (1930) are launched on some weekends so you can enjoy a real time travel that will transport you to what meant 220 years of mining.
Mwinas, Andorra – Sierra de Arcos Mining Park
In it you can see the entire region as an outdoor museum. In Andorra, the old facilities of the San Juan Pit host the visitor center and the main exhibition area. On the other hand, in Alloza lies the Interpretation Space ‘Ecological Restoration of Mining Zones’, where, in a little more than 7 kilometers, you will know the whole process of exploitation of an open pit coal mine through three viewpoints strategically located along the valley. The tour is guided, it is done by bus and only in groups, upon request at the regional Tourism Office of Andorra.
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