The best walks and hikes around Colera

Hiking trails well signposted

Beautiful view of the bay

Platja Gran De Portbou is located in the town of Portbou, on the North Costa Brava, in the Alt Empordà region. It is a beach located in a natural area with a high level of occupancy in the summer. Oriented to the north, the surface of the beach is composed of thick, dark-colored sand. It has a length of 280 meters and a width of 20. It has been awarded the blue flag for the quality of its services. It is adapted for the disabled and people in wheelchairs.

Portbou station (PK 273.1 of the Tarragona-Barcelona-Portbou line) was put into service in 1878, with the arrival of the train from Figueres. The facilities, given their situation as a border station, are large, in which it could be divided between the passenger area and the goods area. As for the passenger area, the station has five Iberian-wide tracks with three platforms, connected by level crossings and an underpass. This area of tracks is covered by a large canopy built in 1929, in the image of the famous cover of the Estación de France. The large passenger building is located to the right of the tracks and has three floors. The ground floor houses, among other facilities, the ticket offices, waiting room and a cafeteria. In the past it also housed border control facilities, which have disappeared thanks to the free movement treaty for the European Union. To access the station from the village of Portbou you must use an underpass that leads right into the passenger building. On the east side of the building, there are two international-gauge tracks with side platforms for French trains that arrive at the station with passage and leave empty for Cervera. In order for these trains to carry out maneuvers there is a tunnel heading south with an international gauge track parallel to the Pineda tunnel. Of the facilities dedicated to passengers, the Talgo gauge interchange in operation since 1968, located at the exit of the station on the north side and with access from route 1, should also be highlighted. Parallel to the area of Iberian-wide platforms, there are 8 tracks without a reception-dispatch platform for Renfe trains and 2 more tracks with ditches for train inspection, as well as two workshop tracks for motor equipment. Also worth mentioning between the Iberian and international tracks is the warehouse where parcel and postal traffic was transferred, with a track from each administration entering this facility. The area strictly for goods stands out especially for the combined transport traffic, carrying out transshipment operations of containers with gantry cranes, having eight routes for this task. Other types of goods are also transferred between goods wagons through loading docks flanked by a track of each width. Some of the tracks on the entire freight line (a total of 28 tracks) have three lanes, for the circulation of trains of both track widths. At the exit from Portbou towards Cervera is the Balitres tunnel, which has a track of each width and a blind escape tunnel for maneuvers of 300 meters in length built between 1983 and 1984.

Idyllic place, rocky coves and small pebble beaches. Pine forests around. Essential route Length: 380 meters Width: 17 meters Environment: Semi-urban Composition: Sand, Skittles, Rock Swimming conditions: Moderate waves Nudist beach: No Occupancy level: Low Semi-urban https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K68MjHNC1PM

Garbet beach is located right next to the N-260 road, going from Llançà in the direction of Colera, and offers the possibility of parking right on the beach. Even so, in summer it is more complicated and, depending on the time you visit the beach, you may even have to leave the car near the road. Composed of large and small riverside stones, it is a beach with a very familiar atmosphere, where until recently it could be easily reached by train, as it had a railway stop right next door. The beach has a length of more than six hundred meters and a width of about 30.

It is a beautiful beach that stretches approximately 450 meters long and 35 meters wide. This beach is known for its pebbles and family atmosphere. It is located in a natural and mountainous environment, with little urbanization around, which gives it an air of virgin and preserved nature. The beach is accessible by vehicle and has free parking at the entrance. It can also be reached by bus, although it is no longer accessible by train even though the signs for the station-halt are still maintained. Among its services, Garbet Beach offers showers and a beach bar, in addition to the famous Garbet Restaurant, located on the seafront and known for its exquisite cuisine. The restaurant even has a boat taxi service for those who decide to anchor on the beach. In summer, the bay in which the beach is located becomes a popular destination for pleasure boats, although the mooring buoy area and the area suitable for swimming are clearly delimited. The beach is protected from the north winds thanks to its location in the bay, and its calm waters and sandy bottoms make it ideal for enjoying swimming. Garbet Beach is included in the Catalog of Spaces of Natural and Landscape Interest of the Costa Brava, standing out for its beautiful nature with no nearby buildings. Additionally, at the northern end of the bay is the summer residence of the Peralada Palace, and behind the beach, the vineyards of Finca Garbet produce high-quality wines.

It was inaugurated in 1878 and is located in the province of Girona. This station is known for being a border station, with its French equivalent in Cerbère, which gives it an international character. For this reason, it has tracks of both Iberian gauge and international gauge, allowing the circulation of trains operated by both Renfe and SNCF. The station building is large, with a rectangular floor plan and three stories high. On the ground floor, there are most of the services offered to travelers, such as ticket sales, information point, police office, cafeteria and toilets. The station was originally built by TBF in 1878 and was later replaced by a larger enclosure in 1929, with a monumental canopy made by the workshops of Joan Torras i Guardiola. As for rail services, Portbou had long-distance traffic, but this decreased considerably with the launch of high-speed services between Spain and France. Currently, Renfe's medium-distance connections and SNCF's regional routes connect Portbou with Barcelona, ​​Toulouse (with transfers), Avignon and Narbonne, among other destinations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGUj1_4Mw9Q