France, Languedoc Roussillon, Pyrénées-Orientales

Banyuls to Port Vendres. 14.0 km. Monday 25^th May 2009

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Walks | Site Root

Banyuls-to-Port-Vendres.kml   
Banyuls-to-Port-Vendres.gpx   
Banyuls-to-Port-Vendres.gdb   
Cerbere-to-Village-des-Aloes.gdb   
Village-des-Aloes-to-Cerbere.gdb   
Entire Route (KML)

Google Earth	Garmin Altitude Plot	Garmin Mapsource	Sign in French
Sign in Local Dialect	Banyuls	Jane and Anne	Grenache
Horse	Horse	Fruit tree unknown	Fruit tree unknown
Fruit tree unknown	Unknown blue	Unknown blue	Unknown blue
Unknown blue	Corn flower	Corn flower	Corn flower
Corn flower	Unknown pale blue	Unknown pale blue	Unknown pale blue
Unknown pale blue	Unknown pale blue	Port Vendres	Prickly Pea
Prickly Pea	Prickly Pea	Thrift	Thrift
Thrift	Thrift	Tragopogon	Tragopogon
Sea View	Sea View	Sea View	Echium
Echium	Echium	Prickly Pear	Prickly Pear
Prickly Pear	Prickly Pear	Prickly Pear	Prickly Pear

Monday

Back to early starts. We set off at first light along the cliff edge with just enough daylight to see our way. Then we walked parallel with the railway line along a small path. Later we crossed under the tracks and headed up to the main road. This is almost empty at this hour. We got to Cerbère station early and caught an earlier train than planned. When we arrived at Banyuls, we had to wait half an hour to meet Jane (one of Anne's friends).

We walked on country lanes and farm tracks from Banyuls to port Vendres. In the urban areas at each end of the walk, there was heavy local traffic but away from the towns, there were few vehicles or people. In Valencia, Spain we walked for days through orange and mandarin groves. Here it is similar but the crop is grapes for wine. The walking was nice but humid. Thunderstorms had been forecast but we stayed dry.

Jane brought the picnic. This was a nice change from our usual fare and really useful because we have not found convenient shops near our accommodation. There was a small shop in the holiday complex but this was shut when we most needed it.

We took the train back to Cerbère and walked back to the Village des Aloes by a new route. This was more picturesque than the main road but slow because of the steep terrain.

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