Hike · Pyrénées-Orientales
In the Footsteps of the Smugglers
2.6 km54 min+109 mEasy
By walking along one of the most beautiful sections of the coastal trail, follow in the footsteps of the smugglers of Banyuls and their municipal smuggler's republic between 1780 and 1850.
- 💧 1 drinking water point mapped on the route (OpenStreetMap)
Description provided by Geotrek PyMed (Pyrenees-Mediterranee).
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.
- Banyuls-sur-Mer - Les Elmes bus stop start · 1 min walk (walking time measured on the IGN footpath network)
- Banyuls-sur-Mer station start · 10 min walk (walking time measured on the IGN footpath network)
- Port-Vendres - Paulilles RD 914 bus stop finish · 10 min walk (walking time measured on the IGN footpath network)
Travel time from the main stations
- Toulouse Matabiau 3h54 by train + bus
- Montpellier Saint-Roch 3h30 by train + bus
- Nîmes 4h00 by train + bus
- Perpignan 1h21 by train + bus
- Béziers 2h55 by train + bus
- Carcassonne 3h10 by train + bus
Indicative times from SNCF and liO GTFS data. Actual times, there and back, are worked out on the interactive map.
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Data source
Data produced by Geotrek PyMed (Pyrenees-Mediterranee), updated on 20 August 2026
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