42.25° N · 0.97° E
The Pallars Jussà village that the Tren dels Llacs reaches from Lleida: the Collegats gorge, via ferrata, rafting, the raiers of the Noguera Pallaresa and Mauri Modernisme.
Part of Catalan Pre-PyreneesPyreneesScenic train journeys in Spain
What to do
Each plan says how long it takes, who it's for and whether you can book.
Tourist train · Lleida to La Pobla de Segur, about 2 h each way · Saturdays from April to October · From €25 return
Museum of the raiers, the raftsmen of the Noguera Pallaresa, with a life-size raft in the courtyard · Opposite the station · Summer, Tuesday to Saturday mornings
Festival · First weekend of July · Four log rafts go down the Noguera Pallaresa to Pont de Claverol on Sunday at midday
Itineraries
Days and weekends already planned out, with how to get between each stop and who to book with.
Plan the trip
Each choice narrows the next: the season shapes how best to travel, and how you travel decides where you stay and where you eat.
When to go
From April to October, when the Tren dels Llacs runs and the ferrata opens. July and August are the river months: rafting, canyoning and the Diada dels Raiers, on the first weekend of July. In winter the village is a base for snowshoeing in the Pyrenees.
Who you're with
A trip with a toddler is not the same as one with a teenager. Pick yours to see what works and what to bear in mind.
La Pobla de Segur is the gateway to the Noguera Pallaresa, the river in the Catalan Pyrenees for running in a group. Water, rock and train come together here, and the town is a small, cheap base. The town is small and quiet: it works as a cheap base for a summer weekend in which you run the river in the morning, eat in the town and in the afternoon try the via ferrata above the houses. If you come for the Diada dels Raiers or on the Tren dels Llacs, the festival or the journey is already part of the plan, and the river fills in the rest.
Where to stay
Why we like it: Family hotel opened in 1951, the year the train arrived, with 40 rooms, a restaurant, a garden and a summer pool, on the avenue by the station.
Why we like it: A traditional inn on Carrer Major in the old town, with rooms from €22, apartments, a Catalan-cuisine dining room and a bike room.
Services for this trip
Where to eat
From set lunch menus to Michelin stars. We mark the price level and what to order at each place.
What to order: whatever is in season; the menu follows the region's produce
What to order: the menu of the day, which changes with the market
Nearby
The closest places, whichever country they are in.
Tips
There are few Tren dels Llacs Saturdays and places are secured online.
It is in the old station and organises visits that it does not publish with a fixed date.
The Tren dels Llacs runs on Saturdays. On Sunday, the regular RL2 makes the journey, without a guide or period carriages.
La Pobla de Segur stands at 524 metres, where the Noguera Pallaresa leaves the Collegats gorge behind and opens out into the Conca de Tremp. It is the second village of the Pallars Jussà and the end of the railway line that climbs from Lleida: that of the Tren dels Llacs, which on Saturdays from spring to autumn brings people who come to see the Pyrenees without driving. From here, the road continues towards Sort and the high valleys.
By train, which is the beauty of the place. The Tren dels Llacs leaves Lleida on Saturdays in season and arrives at 12:35 in its historic version; the rest of the year, and for returning another day, there is the regular RL2 line from FGC on the same track. By car it is about 100 km from Lleida, around an hour and twenty. The station is south of the village, on Avinguda de l'Estació; the centre is ten or fifteen minutes on foot.
The train arrives mid-morning and leaves at five, so you have about four and a half hours. It is enough to cross to the Espai Raier in summer, walk to the Casa Mauri and the Molí de l'Oli, have a leisurely lunch at El Raier or the Miraltren and have a drink before going back. Collegats and the ferrata call for staying a night.
With the return ticket open for six days, a night at the Hotel Solé, next to the station, or at the Fonda Can Fasèrsia, in the old town, leaves the next day for the gorge. In summer, rafting and canyoning at Collegats; from April to mid-December, the Roca Foradada via ferrata, with a guide. On the first weekend of July, the Diada dels Raiers sends log rafts down the river.
Questions
About two hours on the historic Tren dels Llacs and about 80 minutes by car.
On Saturdays in season; in 2026, from 11 April to 31 October. The 2027 dates are not yet published.
The Espai Raier, opposite the station, and the Modernista complex of the Casa Mauri and the Molí de l'Oli.
The Miraltren is right opposite, open until 15:30 except on Thursdays.
Yes, in July and August on the Noguera Pallaresa and the Collegats gorge, from age 8.
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