Trail the tops of the forts (short version)

At a glance

12.4 km loop starting from Collioure - Square M Banyuls bus stop, 8 minutes' walk from the stop. Allow 4h06 of walking, 501 m of ascent, estimated difficulty: moderate. 4 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.

• Collioure - Square M Banyuls bus stop start · 8 min walk (walking time measured on the IGN footpath network)
• Collioure station start · 10 min walk (walking time measured on the IGN footpath network)

Travel time from the main stations

• Toulouse Matabiau 3h02 by train + bus
• Montpellier Saint-Roch 2h47 by train + bus
• Nîmes 3h26 by train + bus
• Perpignan 44 min by train + bus
• Béziers 1h58 by train + bus
• Carcassonne 2h18 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 Collioure - Square M Banyuls

• (E 12 - Sentier Littoral) From Collioure to Argelès 7.5 km · 2h06
• (E 12 - Sentier Littoral) From Port-Vendres to Collioure 6.1 km · 1h54
• (E 12 -Sentier littoral) Collioure-Port-Vendres 4.9 km · 1h30
• (E 12-Coastal Path/guide OTI) Le Racou - Collioure Tourist Office 4.5 km · 1h18
• (E 12-Coastal Path/guide OTI) Collioure Tourist Office - Port-Vendres Tourist Office 5.5 km · 1h42
• From Collioure to Château de Valmy via the Coastal Path 14.8 km · 4h18

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