# La Pobla de Segur 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. Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/la-pobla-de-segur · Revisado: 2026-11-13 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. ## How do you get there without a car? 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. ## What fits into a day by train? 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. ## And if you stay? 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. ## Dónde está - Zonas: Catalan Pre-Pyrenees, Pyrenees, Scenic train journeys in Spain - Cerca: Montsec and Àger (a 32.1 km), Vall de Boí (a 32.5 km), Pallars Sobirà (a 37.9 km), Val d'Aran (a 52.5 km) ## Qué hacer - **Tren dels Llacs, from Lleida to La Pobla de Segur** (8 h 20 · 89 km · Families, train lovers and anyone who wants to reach the Pyrenees without a car · Desde 25 € adult, return on the panoramic train): The Tren dels Llacs is the Lleida to La Pobla de Segur line turned, on selected Saturdays, into an excursion. Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat (FGC) runs a special train with a guide on board that leaves Lleida mid-morning and reaches La Pobla shortly before one o'clock. It leaves time for lunch and a stroll, and returns mid-afternoon. What you see from the window The first kilometres are irrigated plain. Past Balaguer, the track enters the Noguera Pallaresa valley and begins what gives the train its name: four reservoirs wedged between rock walls, forty tunnels and seventy-five bridges in 89 km. It crosses the Montsec range and enters the Pallars Jussà, the Conca de Tremp, before ending at La Pobla's old station. A guide tells you about the line, the landscape and the history of the train during the journey. Historic or panoramic There are two trains. The historic one has period carriages with the feel of the 1960s and is the one that runs for most of the season. The panoramic is a modern train with big windows that replaces the historic one on a few summer Saturdays. In 2026 the historic made 23 trips, on Saturdays until 27 June and from 22 August to 31 October; the panoramic, six between 4 July and 8 August. 2026 timetable HistoricPanoramic Leaves Lleida10:4010:47 Leaves Balaguer11:1011:15 Arrives La Pobla12:3512:22 Leaves La Pobla17:0016:35 Arrives Lleida19:0018:23 You can ask for a stop at Cellers or Tremp when you buy, by email at trendelsllacs@fgc.cat. Prices and tickets 2026 prices, return, the same from Lleida as from Balaguer: historic, €34 for an adult aged 14 to 65 and €18.70 for a child aged 4 to 13; panoramic, €25 and €13.70. Under-4s don't pay. Groups of more than 20 have their own price and book by email. You buy in Turistren's online shop and the ticket goes on your phone. Turistren insists on buying ahead to secure a place: there are few Saturdays and the train doesn't get longer. The return can be made the same day or, if you stay overnight, on any train of the regular RL2 line within the following six days. Getting to the departure without a car Lleida is on the high-speed line between Madrid, Zaragoza and Barcelona, so you can arrive by train in the morning and catch the 10:40; check the timetable for the day before buying. If you come by car, Balaguer is half an hour from Lleida and saves you that stretch. On arriving in La Pobla Opposite the station is the Espai Raier and five minutes on foot, along Avinguda de Verdaguer, the Casa Mauri and the Molí de l'Oli. For lunch without going far, the Miraltren is in front of the station and El Raier opens at midday Wednesday to Sunday. If you stay, the Hotel Solé is on the same avenue. - **Espai Raier, opposite the station** (45 min · Those curious about river trades; fits with the train's arrival): For centuries, timber from the Pyrenees went down to the plain by the river: the raiers tied the logs into rafts, the rais, and guided them down the Noguera Pallaresa. The Espai Raier, in the square in front of La Pobla de Segur station, is the museum of that trade, and it is run by the people who have kept it alive. A museum made by the association It is managed by the Associació Cultural dels Raiers de la Noguera Pallaresa, a non-profit body founded in 1988 by residents of La Pobla and Pont de Claverol to preserve the recent history of the valley. Its first museum opened in 1997 in the old schools of Pont de Claverol. The building deteriorated and repairing it cost too much, so in July 2013 the collection moved to this space next to the station, lent by the town council. From the forest to the river It is a single floor. The permanent exhibition, Del bosc al riu (From the forest to the river), explains with panels how a raft was built: which forests the wood came from, how it was brought down to the water, which tools were used and who took part. There is also a section on the international association of raiers. Outside, in the back courtyard, there is a life-size raft you can climb onto. For those who want to go further, the association keeps a documentary archive from the 19th and 20th centuries, a photographic archive, a specialist library, which it is partly digitising, and video and press collections. When you can go in It opens in summer, Tuesday to Saturday from 11:00 to 14:00; in 2026, from 4 July to 11 September, according to Turistren. Outside those weeks it has no published hours: the association gives free and guided visits, for groups or individuals, which you ask for by phone on 659 585 127 or through the tourist office, which is a few steps away, in the old station. The price is not published; ask when you book. About three quarters of an hour is enough to see the panels and the raft at leisure. Getting off the Tren dels Llacs If you arrive on the Tren dels Llacs on a Saturday in July or August, it is the first thing you meet when you step off the platform, and the train arrives at 12:35, with time to see it before it closes. If you are interested in the trade in motion, come back the first weekend of July for the Diada dels Raiers, when four rafts go down the river to Pont de Claverol. For lunch without going far, the Miraltren is on the same avenue as the station. - **Diada dels Raiers, the log rafts go down the Noguera Pallaresa** (3 h · Everyone; free from the bank): For centuries the Pyrenean logs went down to the plain tied in rafts, the rais, which the raiers guided downriver along the Noguera Pallaresa. The trade disappeared in the early 20th century with the reservoirs and road transport, but every first weekend of July La Pobla de Segur and Pont de Claverol, the neighbouring village, put it back on the water. The Diada has been held since 1979 and since 2002 it has been a Traditional Festival of National Interest of Catalonia. Sunday of the rais The whole weekend revolves around one moment: on Sunday at midday, four log rafts go down the river guided by raiers. The tourist office describes the route from the Sossís reservoir to Pont de Claverol, with hundreds of people waiting on the banks. In 2026, the programme set the departure at 11:30 from the Llania dam and the arrival at Pont de Claverol around one o'clock. Beforehand, at 10:45, a bus left from the Pont de Claverol roundabout for those who wanted to see the departure, and in the village there was a market, games and music while waiting for the arrival. Four days of festival around the river The 2026 edition, the 48th, ran from Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 July, almost all of it in the Parc Alcalde Boixareu. On Thursday, a presentation and a concert. On Friday, a talk about making espardenyes, a raier dance demonstration and workshop, a popular girellada and concerts until late. Saturday starts early with the espardenyada, a walk along the Camí de Ribera followed by a communal breakfast and a raft-building workshop; in the afternoon the Parc dels Raiers opens, there is a children's show and another night of music. Sunday ends with the Dinar Raier, the communal lunch, at 14:30 and the closing dance. It is organised by the Raiers Pobla association with the town council; meal prices are announced on its social media close to the date. How to plan it Watching the descent from the bank costs nothing. Arrive at Pont de Claverol in good time to get a spot on the bank, and bring a cap and water: it is July and midday. If you want to stay overnight, book early: the Hotel Solé is next to the station. In November 2026 the 2027 date had not been announced; count on the first weekend of July and confirm it on La Pobla's tourism website. The Tren dels Llacs runs on Saturdays, and in 2026 one of its summer trips fell exactly on the Saturday of the festival. Before or after The Espai Raier, opposite the station, tells the story of the trade with panels and has a life-size raft in the courtyard, which you can climb onto. In summer it opens Tuesday to Saturday mornings, so it fits with the festival Saturday morning. - **Casa Mauri and the Molí de l'Oli, the modernisme of La Pobla** (30 min · Everyone; flat urban walk): On Avinguda de Verdaguer, in the very centre of La Pobla de Segur, an oil mill that looks like a church and a house with a castle tower form La Pobla de Segur's modernista ensemble. The Molí de l'Oli de Sant Josep dates from 1905 and the Casa Mauri from 1907; both are part of the Mauri family estate, and the house is today the town hall. An electric mill that looks Romanesque The mill was the first in the region to run on electricity, a big technical change for the area. From outside it is deceptive: gabled roof and the façade of a Romanesque church, with modernista details spread over doors, windows and finials. At the entrance there is a sculpture by Josep Llimona, one of the leading sculptors of Catalan modernisme. The tourist office presents it as an example of industrial modernisme. Mr Mauri's house Next door, the Casa Mauri has a tower that looks like a fortress, ceramic trencadís and highly worked wrought-iron grilles on the windows. It is surrounded by historic gardens with ornamental sculptures. There are three buildings in all, and the tourist office compares their details with those of the Palau de la Música or the Hospital de Sant Pau in Barcelona: on a smaller scale, the same period and the same taste for craftsmanship. Seeing it from outside, or with Rafel, the chauffeur From the street you can see it at any time and for free: the façade, the tower, the mill and the gardens fit into a half-hour walk. To go inside you must go with the tourist office. In summer it programmes a theatrical night visit: every Saturday in August at 20:00, Rafel, the chauffeur of Mr Ramon Mauri, takes the group back to 1924 and tells why this style was chosen and where the family's fortune came from. It starts in front of the Molí de l'Oli, places are limited and you must book; the price is not published on the website. Groups of more than ten people can ask for a visit outside that calendar. From the station and what time The tourist office is on Plaça del Ferrocarril, in the old station; from there you walk in about five minutes. It opens Monday to Saturday from 9:00 to 14:30 and on Sunday mornings; in the afternoon, from 16:00 to 18:00, every working day in summer and Thursday to Saturday the rest of the year. If you arrive on the Tren dels Llacs, the walk fits easily between the 12:35 arrival and lunch at El Raier, which is a few streets away. To understand the village's other trade, that of the raft men, cross to the Espai Raier, opposite the station. - **Roca Foradada via ferrata, above La Pobla** (4 h · Teenagers from age 10 with a guide and adults with some experience · Desde 65 € per person, guided): La Roca Foradada is the holed crag you see from the village, to the north, and its via ferrata is the closest one to La Pobla de Segur. It is not of a single difficulty: it has K2 and K3 sections, which are easy, and K4 and K5 ones, which are very demanding, that split off and rejoin. That is why it works with mixed-level groups and, at the same time, is not a beginner's ferrata to do on your own. From the village to the wall You leave the centre of La Pobla on the L-522 road and, about 4 km along, is the car park. From there you continue on foot along the same road until a path, on the right, leads to the start of the K2–K3 part. With a guide, the whole activity takes about four hours, and the descent back to the car takes roughly an hour of that. Why it closes in winter Access is prohibited from 15 December to 1 April. The tourist office explains the reason: it is the start of the breeding season of the scavenger birds; in the Collegats area, according to the same office, all four of Europe's vulture species breed. The rest of the year it is open. With a guide in summer Collegats Outdoor, from Càmping Collegats, guides it from 1 July to 31 August, Monday to Saturday. You meet at 9:30 at the campsite and ten minutes by car later you are at the car park. On reaching the wall, the guides split the group by level: some go on the easy variant and others on the hard one. The price is €65 per person, €58.50 if you sleep at the campsite, and includes helmet, harness, ropes, first-aid kit, insurance and a guide in Dutch, English or German. They recommend a minimum age of 10 and groups are eight at most. Outside July and August, La Pobla's tourist office cites two other companies in the village that run via ferratas, Guies Vall Fosca and Mundo Canyon, without specifying which: ask them whether they guide the Roca Foradada on the date you want. If you have experience and go on your own Guies Vall Fosca, at Avinguda de l'Estació 30, rents the full equipment, with harness, energy absorber and helmet, for €20 per person per day; the day counts from 18:00 to 18:00, and you collect it by appointment. With that you can do the part that suits your level, knowing that the K5 sections are genuinely hard. Afterwards, for lunch in the village, El Raier opens at midday Wednesday to Sunday, and if you came up by train, the one-night getaway with train and ferrata matches the timetables. - **Rafting and canyoning in the Collegats gorge** (3 h · Families with children from age 8 and teenagers · Desde 55 € per person): North of La Pobla, the Noguera Pallaresa forces its way between conglomerate walls several hundred metres high: this is the Collegats gorge, the gateway to the Pallars Sobirà. The tourist office presents it as the only place in Europe where all four of the continent's vulture species breed, so whether on the water or in the canyon, look up now and then. Three ways into the gorge In summer, the river and the side canyons are done with a guide. The one organising it from the gorge itself is Collegats Outdoor, a small company of Dutch origin based at Càmping Collegats, on the N-260, km 306, at the edge of the village. It works from 1 July to 31 August, Monday to Saturday, in groups of eight at most and with guides who speak Dutch, English and German. Rafting through Collegats. Ten kilometres of river through the gorge, less intense than the whitewater stretches further up, but still demanding; the company rates it as suitable for families. From age 8, and you must be able to swim. €55 per person, €49.50 if you stay at the campsite. Inflatable kayak (hotdog). Another 10 km through the gorge, but paddling yourself, in an inflatable boat. Recommended from age 10. It leaves at 15:30 from the equipment store: it goes in the afternoon so as not to find the river low. €70, or €63 at the campsite. Includes wetsuit, life jacket, helmet, paddle, guide and insurance. Canyoning. Four canyons, which the guides choose according to the water they carry: l'Infern, in the gorge itself, and Boixols, of about four hours; Gurp, of five, from age 10, and Viu de Llevata, of six. €65 per person, €58.50 at the campsite, from age 8 on most. If you want more water Collegats Outdoor also runs the whitewater stretch between Llavorsí and Rialp, upriver, at the same price: ten kilometres with high waves and long passages, from age 10. The company rates it as demanding. Booking and what to expect Book on the company's website or at the campsite. At La Pobla tourist office they also give its local phone number, 973 680 714, and the email outdoor@collegats.cat. For canyoning, the same office cites two other companies in the village, Guies Vall Fosca and Mundo Canyon. What to bring is confirmed when you book. Outside July and August, Collegats Outdoor does not operate. The rest of the season, the guided alternative in the area is the Roca Foradada via ferrata, and to sleep near the river the Hotel Solé is a few minutes by car. If you arrive without a car on the Tren dels Llacs, ask the company how to get to the campsite from the station. ## Dónde comer - **Restaurant El Raier** (Restaurant, La Pobla de Segur, €€). Qué pedir: whatever is in season; the menu follows the region's produce - **Miraltren** (Restaurant, La Pobla de Segur, €€). Qué pedir: the menu of the day, which changes with the market ## With friends: Rafting, Via Ferrata and a Raft-Men Festival 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. ### What works best Rafting and canyoning in the Collegats gorge, with rafting, kayaking and canyoning in July and August, from age 8 and from €55 The Roca Foradada via ferrata, above the town, K2 to K5; guided in summer, €65, and closed from 15 December to 1 April The Diada dels Raiers, the first weekend in July, when four log rafts run down the Noguera Pallaresa: an excuse to come as a group The Tren dels Llacs, from Lleida to here on Saturdays from April to October, from €25 return, to arrive without a car ### Where to sleep The Fonda Can Fasèrsia, in the old town, with rooms from €22, apartments and a bike room The Hotel Solé, next to the station, with 40 rooms, a garden and a summer pool ### Where to eat Restaurant El Raier, with cooking based on Pallars produce; Wednesday to Sunday at midday and on Fridays and Saturdays also in the evening ### Keep in mind Rafting is in July and August: outside those dates don't count on it Book the Roca Foradada and the canyons in advance and bring clothes that can get wet During the Diada dels Raiers the town fills up: book a bed in good time ### Qué hacer with friends - Tren dels Llacs, from Lleida to La Pobla de Segur - Diada dels Raiers, the log rafts go down the Noguera Pallaresa - Roca Foradada via ferrata, above La Pobla - Rafting and canyoning in the Collegats gorge ## Consejos ### Buy the train before booking the hotel There are few Tren dels Llacs Saturdays and places are secured online. ### Ask at the tourist office It is in the old station and organises visits that it does not publish with a fixed date. ## Preguntas frecuentes ### How long does it take from Lleida to La Pobla de Segur? About two hours on the historic Tren dels Llacs and about 80 minutes by car. ### When does the Tren dels Llacs run? On Saturdays in season; in 2026, from 11 April to 31 October. The 2027 dates are not yet published. ### What is there to see in La Pobla de Segur in an afternoon? The Espai Raier, opposite the station, and the Modernista complex of the Casa Mauri and the Molí de l'Oli. ### Where can you eat near the station? The Miraltren is right opposite, open until 15:30 except on Thursdays. ### Can you go rafting at La Pobla de Segur? Yes, in July and August on the Noguera Pallaresa and the Collegats gorge, from age 8.