recommended route
(E 12-Sentier Littoral) Port-Vendres -Banyuls-sur-Mer
Hiking Route
· Pyrénées Méditerranée
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Breathtaking landscapes and military defense sites between two sublime seaside resorts on the Vermeille coast.
moderate
Distance 11 km
5:00 h
532,338 m
530,166 m
109 m
0 m
Breathtaking landscapes, ancient military sites and unmissable places.
Difficulty
moderate
Technique
Stamina
Experience
Landscape
Highest point
109 m
Lowest point
0 m
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Safety information
Tips and hints
You enjoy nature, you love it, take care of it ... You take a hiking trail on which there are bins (glass, paper, leftover food, etc.). Use them out of respect for this exceptional space used every month by tens of thousands of hikers and walkers.Start
Tourist Office of Port-Vendres (1 m)
Coordinates:
DD
42.516685, 3.105676
DMS
42°31'00.1"N 3°06'20.4"E
UTM
31T 508680 4707151
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Destination
Tourist office of Banyuls-sur-Mer
Turn-by-turn directions
- From the Tourist Office and follow the quai françois Joly on the left, bypass the port by the Quai de la République. Stay on this quay after the roundabout.
- Take a left after the railway track and arrive at avenue du Maréchal Leclerc. At the roundabout take the first exit, route de la jetée. After the Tamaris beach take the path on the left and follow it passing in front of the Redoute Béar then the Redoute de Mailly. Continue and take the road to Mole Abri.
- At this point, turn right on the path which goes up to the Cap Béar road, turn left and take a path again on the right which goes up and down on the Cap Béar road in front of the semaphore.
- Bypass the semaphore area on the left and return to the Cap Béar road, then on the left, go towards the lighthouse.
- At this point spread over the path which dominates the coast and which arrives at Bernadi beach. After crossing on the Cosprons stream, you will arrive at the cove of Paulilles. Do not hesitate to make a detour on this site, former Nobel dynamite factory. Continue on the path and pass by Fourat beach.
- After crossing spaces with vineyards, pine forests and coves you will arrive in Banyuls in front of the Hélio-Marin center and continue to the Plage des Elmes.
- Go up on the Allée des Elmes until the roundabout and go down avenue de Général Koening (D914) which you will follow until the arrival at the Tourist Office.
Note
all notes on protected areas
Public transport
Bus à 1€Coordinates
DD
42.516685, 3.105676
DMS
42°31'00.1"N 3°06'20.4"E
UTM
31T 508680 4707151
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Arrival by train, car, foot or bike
Difficulty
moderate
Distance
11 km
Duration
5:00 h
Ascent
532,338 m
Descent
530,166 m
Highest point
109 m
Statistics
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Maps and trails
- 4 Waypoints
- 4 Waypoints
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Ascent
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Descent
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Highest point
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Lowest point
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