In the footsteps of Walter Benjamin and of the Retirada
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 25 km in total.
In the footsteps of Walter Benjamin and the exiles of the Retirada. Magnificent views await you.
- 💧 3 drinking water points mapped on the route (OpenStreetMap)
At a glance
12.5 km point-to-point route starting from Banyuls-sur-Mer station, 19 minutes' walk from the platform. Allow 4h54 of walking, 906 m of ascent, estimated difficulty: moderate. 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.
- Banyuls-sur-Mer station start · 19 min walk (walking time measured on the IGN footpath network)
- Banyuls-sur-Mer - Le Troc bus stop start · 22 min walk (walking time measured on the IGN footpath network)
Travel time from the main stations
- Toulouse Matabiau 2h43 by train
- Montpellier Saint-Roch 2h28 by train
- Nîmes 3h07 by train
- Perpignan 28 min by train
- Béziers 1h39 by train
- Carcassonne 1h59 by train
Indicative times from SNCF GTFS data. Actual times, there and back, are worked out on the interactive map.
Other hikes from Banyuls-sur-Mer
Data source
Data produced by Geotrek PyMed (Pyrenees-Mediterranee), updated on 9 April 2026
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