(E 12-Coastal Path/guide OTI) Paulilles Site - Elmes Beach/Banyuls-sur-mer
The wild beauties of the Vermilion Coast !
- 💧 1 drinking water point mapped on the route (OpenStreetMap)
At a glance
2.8 km point-to-point route starting from Port-Vendres - Paulilles RD 914 bus stop, 7 minutes' walk from the stop. Allow 54 min of walking, 107 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.
- Port-Vendres - Paulilles RD 914 bus stop start · 7 min walk (walking time measured on the IGN footpath network)
- Banyuls-sur-Mer station start · 46 min walk (walking time measured on the IGN footpath network)
- Banyuls-sur-Mer - Les Elmes bus stop finish · 1 min walk (walking time measured on the IGN footpath network)
Travel time from the main stations
- Toulouse Matabiau 3h48 by train + bus
- Montpellier Saint-Roch 3h24 by train + bus
- Nîmes 3h54 by train + bus
- Perpignan 1h15 by train + bus
- Béziers 2h49 by train + bus
- Carcassonne 3h04 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 Port-Vendres - Paulilles RD 914
Data source
Data produced by Geotrek PyMed (Pyrenees-Mediterranee), updated on 31 August 2026
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