Notre-Dame du Château Hermitage via the Lavail Road
Hiking between Romanesque chapels, ruins of Ultrera castle, viewpoints and Massane gorges.
At a glance
11.4 km loop starting from Sorède - Aire multimodale les Albères bus stop, 39 minutes' walk from the stop. Allow 4h18 of walking, 716 m of ascent, estimated difficulty: moderate.
Description provided by Geotrek PyMed (Pyrenees-Mediterranee); the rest is a summary generated from the route data.
Getting there by liO bus
The start of the trail can be reached on foot from the stop, without a car.
- Sorède - Aire multimodale les Albères bus stop · 39 min walk (walking time measured on the IGN footpath network)
Travel time from the main stations
- Toulouse Matabiau 3h37 by train + bus
- Montpellier Saint-Roch 2h39 by train + bus
- Nîmes 3h10 by train + bus
- Perpignan 1h12 by train + bus
- Béziers 1h48 by train + bus
- Carcassonne 2h37 by train + bus
Indicative times from SNCF and liO GTFS data. Actual times, there and back, are worked out on the interactive map.
Data source
Data produced by Geotrek PyMed (Pyrenees-Mediterranee), updated on 9 February 2026
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