Lucainena de las Torres Greenway
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Lucainena de las Torres Greenway
The old mining train between Lucainena de las Torres and Agua Amarga has provided us with one of the most authentic routes through inland Almería.
Along the foot of the Sierra de Alhamilla mountain range and following the Rambla de Lucainena, a mostly dry river course, we pass over sun-drenched terrain among farmsteads, silence, desert, solitude, mountains and ravines, grateful for any colour or vegetation we might come across.
ACONDITIONED GREENWAY
Along the foot of the Sierra de Alhamilla mountain range following the route of the old mining railway between Lucainena de las Torres and Agua Amarga.
LOCATION
Lucainena de las Torres-Puente del Saltador In Rambla Honda ALMERÍA
to Polopos road (a section open to motor vehicles)
Tarmac
Natural setting: Sierra Alhamilla and Rambla de Lucainena Natural Site. 12 km away is Karst en Yesos de Sorbas, a complex of gypsum caves and tunnels
Sierra Alhamilla and Rambla de Lucainena Natural Site. 12 km away is Karst en Yesos de Sorbas, a complex of gypsum caves and tunnels
Coach. Empresa Alsa: Almería – Murcia line which stops at Lucainena de las Torres at the crossroads with the N-340 road
Lucainena de las Torres is 53 km away from Almería
National Geographic Institute Map, scale 1:25.000, sheets 1030-IV and 1031-III Ministry of Development Official Road Map
More information in Guía de Vías Verdes (Greenways Guide) volume 3
Km. 0 / Km. 3 / Km. 5
The Lucainena Greenway sets off from the old railway station, now rehabilitated as a school. It is easy to find as it is the first building we come across as we enter the pretty town centre of Lucainena from the A-370 road.
Our route begins with some panoramic views: on our left we see an expanse of arid depression; to our right the Sierra Alhamilla rises abruptly. We leave behind us the rocky crag of Lucainena towering above the town, while in front of us an adventure awaits as we descend slowly towards sea level.
The Greenway passes along the gentle foothills of the Sierra Alhamilla, dropping down towards the Rambla de Lucainena river which we cannot yet see. This area is dotted with old farmsteads and small almond orchards and, above all, olive groves. Soon we reach the first, curving, railway cutting, with some interesting brightly coloured earth embankments, providing us with an excellent geology lesson as we make our way along the Greenway.
From this point the Greenway becomes a balcony overlooking the Rambla de Lucainena river. The route becomes more interesting as we pass over a succession of gullies which drop steeply down to the river, brimming with fig trees, oleander, broom, and fruit trees.
At Km 3,3 the trail takes us to Cortijo la Guitarra. A little later, as we reach a disused aqueduct, we see that the peaks of the Sierra Alhamilla have now shrunk to unimposing rounded hills.
The Greenway now sweeps around a curved embankment and passes through terraced olive groves before entering another deep and curved cutting. As we leave this cutting (Km 4.4) the hillsides are now more distant and the river is now the centre of attention. The dry river course twists and turns through gullies and ravines, trapped between high multi-hued earthen walls.
At El Saltador (Km 4.8) the large amount of scrub growing along the old rail bed and an impenetrable, narrow cutting which culminates in a high bridge over the Rambla de Morales river makes further progress impossible. So our Greenway makes a small detour towards a track leading to El Saltador. On this section we can see the ruins of a water mill looming above Cortijo de las Tejas.
The track leads us to the Rambla Honda to Polopos road (Km 5), where the Lucainena Greenway ends. However, we suggest you prolong your journey another 7 km along the road to Polopos. This is one of the most popular districts of Lucainena which grew
up by the old railway line. But users should remember that this section is not yet a Greenway proper, so if we decide to press on we need to take the utmost care because we will be sharing the road with motor traffic.
If this route has left you wanting more, you will be encouraged by the fact that there is a great deal of local interest in developing the railway line from Lucainena to Aguamarga as a Greenway. So, in the not too distant future we should be able to enjoy a longer route which will take us all the way from Lucainena into the Sierra de Cabo de Gata - Níjar Natural Park.
PROFILE
RAILWAY HISTORY
La almeriense sierra Alhamilla era asiento de varias explotaciones mineras férricas. En 1893 la Compañía Minera Sierra Alhamilla comienza a explotar unos criaderos situados sobre el casco urbano de Lucainena de las Torres. A pesar de que inicialmente se había contemplado enlazar con el ferrocarril minero que bajaba desde Baños hasta Almería, la propia compañía minera abordó finalmente la construcción de su propio ferrocarril.
Éste se tendió desde la base de las minas hasta un cargadero marítimo situado a 36 km, en Agua Amarga. Las obras se concluyen en apenas dos años, y desde 1896 el ferrocarril y las minas se explotaron con una estrategia perfecta, dando unos rendimientos excelentes. Esta bonanza acaba con el final de la Primera Guerra Mundial. La crisis siderúrgica europea arrastró en su caída algunas explotaciones mineras, entre ellas ésta almeriense.
Tras la guerra civil, el ferrocarril es sometido a una intensa reforma pero, terminada ésta, se descubre que las minas estaban agotadas. Así, en el año 1942 el ferrocarril y las minas se abandonan definitivamente. En 2009 nace esta nueva vía verde que promete prolongarse para llegar hasta su destino: Agua Amarga.
INTERESTING DATA
1. Festivals and holidays 2. Accommodation
3. Eco-tourism 4. Managing authority
5. Town Councils 6. Emergencies
7. Coaches & buses
Festivals and holidays
Lucainena January 20 Feria de San Sebastián
First week in May Día de las flores
Third week in September Feria de la Virgen de Monte Sión
Barriada de Polopos June San Juan
Lucainena Cortijo rural Los Baños Telf. 950 525 250 www.cortijo-al-hammam.com
Cortijo rural El Saltador Telf. 676 437 128 www.elsaltador.com
Cortijo rural Los Huertos Telf. 965 248 248
Cortijo rural Los Huertos Telf. 950 253 102
Hotel Venta El Museo Telf. 950 364 200 www.ventaelmuseo.com
Casa del médico. Telf. 950 364 048
Commonwealth of municipalities for de Development of the Towns and Villages of Filabres-Alhamilla. Telf. 950 363 071, www.mancomunidadpueblosdelinterior.es
Tabernas Territorial office for employment and local technological development consortium Telf. 950 611 715.
Filabres-Alhamilla Rural Development Group) Telf. 950 365 031. www.filabresalhamilla.com
Managing authority
Lucainena de las Torres Town Council Plaza del Ayuntamiento 4 04210 · Lucainena de las Torres· Almería Tel.: 950 364 068 www.lucainenadelastorres.com
www.viaverdelucainenadelastorres.org
Lucainena. Telf. 950 364 068 www.lucainenadelastorres.com
Emergencies
EMERGENCIES: Telf. 062
Coaches & buses
Autobuses Alsa. Telf. 902 422 242. www.alsa.es
LINKS
www.andalucia.org
Página Oficial de Turismo de Andalucía www.almeria-turismo.org
Página de Turismo de la provincia de Almería www.viaverdelucainenadelastorres.org
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