Ruta del Ferro: from the Llorts mine to La Cortinada

Start at the Mina de Llorts car park, beside the Ruta del Ferro board and the mine's museum, and follow the red and white waymarks of the GR11 down through the village of Llorts, past the iron and stone sculptures set along the way. Below the village the path becomes the Camí Ral d'Ordino, a track that follows the valley south, then a footway that brings you into La Cortinada and the church of Sant Martí de la Cortinada, a Romanesque church with ironwork side chapels, where the walk ends.

It is 3.1 km one way, almost all downhill (6 m of ascent and 90 m of descent); allow about an hour. The grade is Easy. Visit Andorra gives 4.24 km one way (8.4 km out and back) and +126 m / -22 m for the Ruta del Ferro, which are more than our line drawn from the mine board to the church, so allow extra if you visit the mine or wander the villages; its page says the route takes just over two hours.

The last 100 m to the church run along the main road (the CG-3), so take care there. Visit Andorra says the Llorts mine, 30 m deep, is open to visitors in summer and gives June to October as the season for the route, which may extend to May if weather and terrain allow.

It is a one-way walk, so plan the return. The Govern's September 2026 bus booklet lists line L6 from Andorra la Vella to La Cortinada, ending at the Bordes del Riu stop, and shows its extension to Arcalís as a seasonal service (timetables at bus.ad). No page we read shows a bus stop at the Llorts mine, so the sure way back is to retrace the path.

Route drawn by Global Adventurer along OpenStreetMap paths (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), with figures worked out from it. Check the forecast and the ground on the day: paths change.