Puertollano mining-industrial heritage route

If you want to get to know the Manchegan villages with the highest recent growth and with a vital industrial importance, this is your chance to do it.

Discover this mining trip, which will lead you to the most important mines in Puertollano. From these mines, we can get the materials for the distillation process of the slate. This rock has many uses and is one of the main sources of income in Puertollano.

There is also the possibility to discover the mining history of the town. You will be explained how important the coal mines are.

Puertollano is one of the Repsol head offices because thanks to chemical processes we can obtain oil from the slate. You can also get to know the importance of its factories such as the oil industry and the thermal power plant.

The route starts in the centre of the town and ends in the Emma Mine-River.