Going up by funicular
This peculiar funicular railway is comparable to a motorised continuous cable ‘inclined plane’, like those used to transport iron.
Its historical value and design are remarkable and have made it a symbol of identity of the area’s mining past.
Peñas Negras Labyrinth
To round out the trip to both La Arboleda and the Basque Country Mining Museum, we invite you to head to Ekoetxea Meatzaldea.
It's an environmental information centre where you can learn the keys of the transformation of the environment due to human industrial activity from an environmental perspective.
It has two headquarters: the one in Gallarta, at the bottom of the Bodovalle Mine, and the one in Peñas Negras, close to the mining town of La Arboleda, where you’ll be able to embark on this route through a place that was drastically changed by human beings as a result of mining operations.
Local cuisine
La zona de Enkarterri goza de cualidades gastronómicas muy interesantes y propias.
Aunque luego hablaremos de “las putxeras” de los ferroviarios del tren de La Robla, en La Arboleda no debes perderte comer unas excelentes alubias con todos sus “sacramentos”.
Es afamada la quesería de Elsa, en el Barrio de La Arboleda, donde podrás adquirir de primera mano los quesos frescos de leche de vaca. De la zona son también los quesos de leche de oveja Karrantzana
