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Day itinerary · 42.10° N · 1.85° E
In the morning, the mining train that goes 450 m into the Sant Romà mine; at midday, home cooking in La Pobla de Lillet; in the afternoon, the Cement Train to Gaudí's garden and the museum.
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The plan
Any part can be swapped for another without spoiling the day.
via the C-16 towards Berga
Museu de les Mines de Cercs · €11 · weekends 10:00 to 15:00
Turistren FGC · combined with Jardins Artigas and museum, €20.50 · park free in La Pobla de Lillet
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in Barcelona around 18:15
Adds up the activities and meals in the plan at their published prices; travel and accommodation not included.
The route
In the Berguedà there are two trains that once worked, one for coal and the other for cement, and both can be ridden today as a visit. Together they make a rounded day for children of any age: the first goes into the mountain, the second passes through the forest and stops at a garden designed by Gaudí.
10:00 · The Sant Romà mine. The Museu de les Mines de Cercs is in the Sant Corneli colony, north of Berga. A mining train goes 450 metres along the gallery and you come out on foot with a guide who explains how the coal was dug. At weekends it opens from 10:00 to 15:00 and the ticket office closes at 13:00: arrive first thing. Allow an hour and a quarter if you go straight to the gallery.
11:45 · Cement Train. Drive up to La Pobla de Lillet and park free next to the exit. With the combined ticket you take the return train to the Clot del Moro, with entry to the Museu del Ciment, in the former Asland factory, and to the Jardins Artigas, the garden designed by Gaudí. The train takes twenty minutes each way and leaves about every half hour; it stops at the Jardins Artigas and ends at the museum. Turistren estimates about three hours for everything; with a little haste in the gardens, you leave in time for lunch.
14:30 · Lunch. La Cabana is an eatery in the centre of La Pobla de Lillet, dating from 1856. At weekends the kitchen opens from 13:30 to 15:30, so do not linger on the way back from the train.
16:30 · Head home. An hour and three quarters to Barcelona.
The mine, €11 general admission. The Cement combined ticket, €20.50 from age 16, €9.50 for ages 6 to 13 and €7 for ages 4 to 5; under-4s do not pay. Turistren keeps two rate tables on its website, so confirm the price in the online shop when you buy.
Where to eat
Lunch is half the plan: book before you set off.
What to order: the mountain rice with black butifarra, cod and mushrooms, and for a main course the pig snout and ear with black peas.
What to order: the holiday menu; in autumn, its mushroom dishes and the venison civet.
What to try
Map
With where to park at each one.
Getting there
When to go
A weekend between late March and early November, when the Cement Train runs; in August it runs daily. The Cercs mine is closed on Mondays and its ticket office closes two hours before the museum. The 2027 Cement season has not been published.
Tips
It secures your place and you enter with the ticket on your phone.
It is cool inside the gallery even in summer.
Questions
Twenty minutes each way; with the museum and the gardens, about three hours.
Yes, if you reach the mine when it opens: the ticket office closes at 13:00 at weekends.
The Cement Train does not; in 2026 it ran until 1 November.
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