Natural setting:
Hillside meadows and Pyrenean oak woodland. The railway runs along the northeast slopes of the Sierra del Madero, with magnificent views of the Sierra del Moncayo mountains.
Cultural heritage:
Ólvega.
Chapels of La Virgen de Olmacedo, San Roque, San Bartolomé, Los Mártires and San Marcos, Campiserrado tower, Santa María la Mayor church, and the Anthropological Museum of Ólvega. Jose Escribano Calvo.
Infrastructure:
Greenway.
How to get there on public transport:
Bus
Facilities:
Interpretive panels, signage, railings, fitness circuit, picnic tables and benches, viewpoint over the mine, and rest area at the Cascarrera water fountain.
Greenway accesses:
Ólvega.
The Moncayo Greenway forms part of a circuit which practically connects the two ends of the greenway with the town of Ólvega by means of two trails for the exclusive use of pedestrians and cyclists.
Northwest end of the greenway: Via the pedestrian/cyclist lane from Camino de Noviercas (prolongation of Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer street).
Km 2.5 of the greenway. We reach it via the pedestrian-cyclist lane which climbs from the Virgen de Olmacedo chapel (Km 65.9 of the CL-101 road) to the Fuente de la Cascarrera rest area.
Southeast end. The Camino de la Mina road reaches the Petra mine from Km 65.1 of the CL-101 road.
Connections:
Soria (provincial capital): 45 km to Ólvega.
Greenway managing entity:
Ólvega Town Council
More information in Greenway Guide v.2
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