Vía Verde del Alto Urola
 
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Vía Verde del Alto Urola

Vía Verde del Alto Urola

The Greenway begins and finishes:
The Greenway begins:
Country: Spain
Region: Basque Country
Locality: Azpeitia

The Greenway ends:
Country: Spain
Region: Basque Country
Locality: Legazpia

Description:Length :
25 km

Surfaces :
Hard and smooth

Users :
Pedestrian
Reduced mobility person
Bikes
Mountain bike

GreenWay Management Authority:Organization name: UGASSA Agencia de Desarrollo de Urola Garaia

Address: Patricio Etxeberria, 3 entrep.
Postcode: 20230
City: Legazpi
Phone: +34-943725829
Web Address: www.gipuzkoa.net / www.ugassa.com
Contact person:
Itziar Salaberria, isaberria@ugassa.com

Complementary Information:From Zumarraga, the disused Urola railway used to follow the river which gave it its name to Zumaia, where it linked up with the coastal Ferrocarriles Vascongados railway line. Today part of its route has been recovered by the Provincial Government of Gipuzkoa as part of Route 5 of the Basic Cycle Path Network of Gipuzkoa. This Greenway invites us to take a journey through the villages and mountainous landscape of the Guipuzcoan rural districts of Urola Medio and Alto Urola.

Practical services:
Rest area

Is a part of:
A non motorised path
A national network

Intermodality:
Train
Bus

Details:
Crossed zones: Azpeitia, Azkoitia, Aizpurutxo, Urretxu, Zumárraga y Legazpi.
Points of interest: Azpeitia: casco histórico,Museo Vasco del Ferrocarril y Museo del Medio Ambiente en Azpeitia. Santuario de San Ignacio de Loyola. Azkoitia: casco histórico y Museo Arqueológico y del Patrimonio en Azkoitia y Frontones de Jorge Oteiza. Urretxu: Aikur Museo de las Abejas y Museo de Minerales y Fósiles. Ermita de La Antigua y casa de Miguel López de Legazpi en Zumárraga. Parque Mirandola y museos de la Ferrería Mirandola, del Hierro Vasco, del Pastoreo y el Rincón del Pan en Legazpi.

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