(E 12-Sentier Littoral/guide OTI) Mas Larrieu Nature Reserve - The Racou
This route does not return to its starting point, and no station or stop is listed at the other end: plan to come back the same way, about 14.4 km in total.
An ideal walk to do with the family.
- 💧 1 drinking water point mapped on the route (OpenStreetMap)
At a glance
7.2 km point-to-point route starting from Argelès-sur-Mer - Valmarie bus stop, 13 minutes' walk from the stop. Allow 1h54 of walking, 38 m of ascent, estimated difficulty: easy. 1 drinking water point is mapped on the route.
Description provided by Geotrek PyMed (Pyrenees-Mediterranee); the rest is a summary generated from the route data.
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 - Valmarie bus stop finish · 13 min walk (walking time measured on the IGN footpath network)
- Collioure station finish · 39 min walk (walking time measured on the IGN footpath network)
Travel time from the main stations
- Toulouse Matabiau 3h09 by train + bus
- Montpellier Saint-Roch 2h54 by train + bus
- Nîmes 3h28 by train + bus
- Perpignan 49 min by train + bus
- Béziers 2h05 by train + bus
- Carcassonne 2h25 by train + bus
Indicative times from SNCF and liO GTFS data. Actual times, there and back, are worked out on the interactive map.
Other hikes from Argelès-sur-Mer - Valmarie
Data source
Data produced by Geotrek PyMed (Pyrenees-Mediterranee), updated on 31 August 2026
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