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Carrilet I (Olot - Girona)

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Carrilet I (Olot - Girona)

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4.7

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Carrilet I (Olot - Girona)

03:46

58.3km

400m

Cycling

Carrilet I greenway is a route that follows the old route of the train that connected Olot and Girona. It is an ideal route to do by bike or on foot, as it has little gradient and crosses very varied and beautiful landscapes. The route has a length of 56…

by Ecovies de Girona

Last updated: April 28, 2025

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9.99 km

Green Walls on the Olot-Girona Greenway

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This section of the Via Verde is very pleasant. Lots of shade, very slight slope when not absent and (relatively) far from cars and noise. The ground is good, sometimes …

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Col de Bas

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The Col de Bas is a very small pass, the descent to Olot is magnificent. It peaks at 597m above sea level and marks the entrance to the Garrotxa volcanic zone natural park.

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29.8 km

Wooded Section of Ruta del Carrilet Greenway

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Via Verda in the woods towards olot

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31.3 km

Amer Station

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Amer is located halfway between Olot and Girona and is a town with more than a thousand years of history, where you can still breathe its medieval past. Amer has …

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Wooden and Metal Bridge on the Via Verde near Bonmatí

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Metal and wood bridge that crosses a small ravine next to the River Ter, near the town of Bonmatí.

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58.3 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

48.5 km

8.86 km

913 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

38.5 km

9.46 km

7.16 km

2.94 km

210 m

< 100 m

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Weather

Tuesday 11 August

34°C

16°C

33 %

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June 6, 2022,Marseille - Barcelona, Etappe 8

Comfortable from Olot to Gironde via the Via Verdes: many parts of the route are in the shade of large trees; it's also mostly downhill..😃

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June 9, 2025,Girona

The Vía Verde offers us a varied cycling stage through the volcanic region of the Garrotxa until we reach Girona, whose medieval Jewish quarter is just one of the many sights in the picturesque old town.

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June 2, 2025,Pirinexus Tag 5 Von Girona nach Olot

Carrilet I, from Girona to Olot. A very scenic route, it climbs the former railway line to Olot at a constant 2% gradient. There are occasional short sections along the route that climb at 13-14%. Overall, it's a good ride, although for longer stretches, the gravel from the trackbed was used to reinforce the track, making it quite bumpy. This …

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May 24, 2025,Heerlijke fietstocht van Olot naar Girona

What a great fun and quite relaxed gravel bike tour from Olot to Girona. Most of the route is on the old railway line that ran from Olot to Girona at the beginning of the last century until 1969. Has now been converted into a beautiful gravel tour. First with the bike bus to Olot, so that it is mainly …

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October 26, 2023

Carrilet I greenway is a route that follows the old route of the train that connected Olot and Girona. It is an ideal route to do by bike or on foot, as it has little gradient and crosses very varied and beautiful landscapes. The route has a length of 56 kilometers and passes through twelve towns in

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Carrilet I (Olot - Girona)

Green Walls on the Olot-Girona Greenway

Col de Bas

Wooded Section of Ruta del Carrilet Greenway

Amer Station

Wooden and Metal Bridge on the Via Verde near Bonmatí

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