La Retirada

At a glance

4.7 km loop starting from Cerbère station, 6 minutes' walk from the platform. Allow 1h54 of walking, 370 m of ascent, estimated difficulty: easy. 3 drinking water points are 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.

• Cerbère station start · 6 min walk (walking time measured on the IGN footpath network)
• Cerbère - Cave bus stop start · 11 min walk (walking time measured on the IGN footpath network)

Travel time from the main stations

• Toulouse Matabiau 2h50 by train
• Montpellier Saint-Roch 2h35 by train
• Nîmes 3h14 by train
• Perpignan 35 min by train
• Béziers 1h46 by train
• Carcassonne 2h06 by train

Indicative times from SNCF GTFS data. Actual times, there and back, are worked out on the interactive map.

Other hikes from Cerbère

• Catalunya E01 10 km · 3h12
• E12 France, Col des Belitres - Cerbère 4.2 km · 1h18
• Portbou-Querroig 15.9 km · 5h06
• E 12 Coastal Path/Guide OTI : Cerbère/Peyrefite Beach - Col des Bélitres 7.6 km · 2h54
• (E12 - Sentier Littoral) Cerbère-Portbou 3.3 km · 1h24
• "La Retirada" and the paths of exile 5.3 km · 2h12

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