Du Château de Valmy à Banyuls par le Col des Gascons
Du Château de Valmy à la baie de Banyuls
- 💧 10 drinking water points mapped on the route (OpenStreetMap)
At a glance
18.6 km point-to-point route starting from Argelès-sur-Mer station, 31 minutes' walk from the platform. Allow 6h42 of walking, 1,008 m of ascent, estimated difficulty: hard. 10 drinking water points are mapped on the route. Seasonality: occasional snow in midwinter.
Description provided by Geotrek PyMed (Pyrenees-Mediterranee), in French; the rest is a summary generated from the route data.
When to go
Occasional snow in midwinter Highest point: 783 m.
Trail usable all year round in normal conditions. Check after a snowfall between December and February.
Best season: March to November.
Getting there by train and bus
This route links two stations: you can walk it in either direction, without coming back to where you started.
- Argelès-sur-Mer station start · 31 min walk (walking time measured on the IGN footpath network)
- Argelès-sur-Mer - Stade Eric Cantona bus stop start · 31 min walk (walking time measured on the IGN footpath network)
- Banyuls-sur-Mer station finish · 9 min walk (walking time measured on the IGN footpath network)
- Banyuls-sur-Mer - Le Troc bus stop finish · 13 min walk (walking time measured on the IGN footpath network)
Travel time from the main stations
- Toulouse Matabiau 2h29 by train
- Montpellier Saint-Roch 2h14 by train
- Nîmes 2h53 by train
- Perpignan 15 min by train
- Béziers 1h25 by train
- Carcassonne 1h45 by train
Indicative times from SNCF GTFS data. Actual times, there and back, are worked out on the interactive map.
Other hikes from Argelès-sur-Mer
Data source
Data produced by Geotrek PyMed (Pyrenees-Mediterranee), updated on 9 February 2026
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