House located at an altitude of 1090 m above sea level, surrounded by forest, in the middle of the Ports Natural Park. The refuge, built in 1968 on the basis of an old farm, has a controlled camping area and a play area in the fields of the old crops. The Refugi de Caro is owned by the Unió Excursionista de Catalunya (UEC), and is managed by the rangers Josep and Rufo.
On the ground floor there is a large room as a dining room, the bar, the kitchen and two toilets and a shower. Pellet heating in the dining room with radiators in the rooms as well as wood-burning stoves in the dining room as well. On the first floor the rooms, with a total of 34 places distributed with five bedrooms with bunk beds, and two toilets with 3 showers. The bedrooms of 4, 6, 6, 8 and 10 places are completely independent.
In an external annex building there is the free shelter and the camping area. The management of the Refugi Caro UEC is integrated into the planned uses of the Ports Natural Park and promotes ecological activities and management measures, in addition to promoting recycling and waste management.
The refuge is located 100 m from the main road and is accessed by an internal path of the estate. On foot, you can also access the GR 7 Great Trail. The path that accesses from Tortosa and the plain of the Delta de l'Ebre, crosses the Natural Park and the National Hunting Reserve of the Ports of Tortosa and Beseit in the direction in the Tinença de Benifassà, Baix Maestrat, and the Matarranya region.
It has private parking at the edge of the refuge.