The Iron Route is part of the Iron Cross-border Itinerary in the Pyrenees, awarded by the Council of Europe. It is an ideal excursion for all ages and for families as it is easy to do and combines nature with culture to get to understand one of the most important social and economic activities of the country from the seventeenth century to the end of the nineteenth century, the iron and steel industry. And if you want to know more about the history of Andorra you can visit the Iron Mine and the Rossell Forge. Route information * Starting point: Llorts Iron Mine. * Difficulty: Easy * Difficulty: - 101 m * Distance: 4,24 km * Duration: 1 h * Dangerous step: No * Water: Yes * Type: GR11, marked with white and red lines.

To get to the starting point, take the CG-3 road towards Ordino-Arcalís, until km 18. A few meters away, take the CS-370 road to the parking lot of the Sorteny Valley Natural Park, where you will find the park's information booth. We will leave the parking lot towards the Borda de Sorteny Refuge (refuge at 1,965 m), we will leave the Estripagecs al Vent sculpture and the botanical garden on the right. We will be able to observe the remains of the testimony of economic activities such as livestock farming, with the bordas, dry stone walls and mowing meadows. We cross the Sorteny river and begin to climb towards the Estanyó Strait (passage between the Roc del Rellotge and the Coma Obaga mountain range). We will cross an area of patamuelles and soon after we will arrive at the Estanyó lake (2,340 m), this pond is a fishing reserve where the tortilla fario is located. In summer very often there are cows, horses and some donkey or donkey around the lake. To reach the Peak we will take the path that leads us through the mountain range of Roc del Rellotge (in this Roc you can see the Isards -Rupicapra pyrenaica- early and late in the day) to the Pic de l'Estanyó (2,915 m), the second highest peak in Andorra, after the Pic de Comapedrosa, with 2,946 meters. Route information * Starting point: Parking of the Caña de la Rabassa, of the Natural Park of Sorteny (1.780 m). * Difficulty: Difficult * Elevation gain: +/- 1.035 m * Distance: 11,7 km * Duration: 7 h * Dangerous pass: Yes * Water: Yes * Type of trail: Marked with yellow dot.

To get to the starting point, take the CG-3 road from Ordino and head towards Ordino-Arcalís for about 12.5 km, where we will find an entrance where we can leave the vehicle. Just in front we have the castellar huts. We take the path that crosses the forest of the Castellar, we continue advancing by the left of the Comís Vell river advancing towards the Coma del Mig (2,400 m). We walk for more than an hour until we reach the Collada (2.730m) where we will enjoy views over the gate of Rialb and the valley of Serrat. We take strength and left hand we attack the Pico de la Font Blanca, one of the highest peaks of Andorra, which will give us spectacular 360 ° views. Half an hour more and we can enjoy a privileged place in the middle of the Pyrenees, the Estany Blau. We will return by the same route. Details of the route * Departure point: Castellar Bridge - Cabana del Castellar (1.853 m) * 42.628292672769895, 1.5110873369772375 * Difficulty: Difficult * Elevation gain: +/- 1.050 m * Distance: 9.75 km * Duration: 6 h * Dangerous pass: Yes * Water: Yes * Type: yellow points

The Castellar bridge, near the ski resort of Arcalís, is the starting point, a few meters away is the Castellar hut. It is a mountain hut at 1,867 m altitude, located on the right side of the Tristaina river. The path continues parallel to the dry stone wall until you reach the river Comís Vell, parallel to the river we will gain height, until we find a first wooden bridge, we will not cross it, we will continue gaining height until we reach a second bridge and a beautiful waterfall. Cross the wooden bridge, a few meters above, another smaller waterfall. Then we will move away from the river leaving behind the black pine forest, we will gain height until you reach an esplanade, a few meters there is at the junction of the path of Esbalçat. The path of the Esbalçat lake continues northward a hundred meters, all turning left and we will make a great diagonal under the rock. Before reaching the lake, the path will be marked by a steep slope, taking detours we will reach the lonely pond of Esbalçat. We will return by the same way. Data of the route * Starting point: Cabana del Castellar (1.867 m). * Difficulty: Medium * Difficulty level: +/- 445 m * Distance: 4.9 km * Duration: 2 h 45 min. * Dangerous pass: No * Water: Yes * Type of trail: yellow points.

The Mountain House is a space open to everyone where the mountain is explained and experienced in an innovative way, with technological elements, with which you can interact, and also has a space to develop new projects, products and services related to the mountain. In the same space, environmental education is also developed in the schools of the Principality of Andorra. The Tourist Office also has a place in the Mountain House and where you can find all the information related to tourism activities and services of the Principality of Andorra and specifically those of Ordino. The staff there will help you discover unique places and will recommend you the best plan to suit your needs. There you can also find out about the daily schedule of events, learn about scheduled events and get to know the villages of Ordino. You can take all this information with you by means of the published graphic material that you will find: maps, guides, leaflets, etc... Apart from tourist information, the Tourist Office is also a place to sell souvenirs of Ordino and Andorra. We recommend you to visit us and ask for everything you need!