The Valley of the Deer
Megaliths, feudal ruins and exceptional views.
- 💧 2 drinking water points mapped on the route (OpenStreetMap)
At a glance
14.5 km loop starting from Cerbère station, 6 minutes' walk from the platform. Allow 5h18 of walking, 833 m of ascent, estimated difficulty: hard. 2 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
Data source
Data produced by Geotrek PyMed (Pyrenees-Mediterranee), updated on 4 February 2026
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