Banyuls Pass – Collioure loop from Argelès-sur-Mer
Banyuls Pass – Collioure loop from Argelès-sur-Mer
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Banyuls Pass – Collioure loop from Argelès-sur-Mer
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89.3km
1,070m
Road cycling
Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: June 12, 2026
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After 61.1 km for 70 m
Waypoints
Start point
Train Station
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51.4 km
Sant Jaume Church
Highlight • Religious Site
The bell tower is believed to be largely Romanesque, dating to the 12th-13th centuries. On the main façade there is an inscription dating from 1786, which indicates that the church, of Romanesque origin, was completely renovated in the 18th century. It is mentioned for the first time in the year 1226 (Sancti Jacobi de Spolla). Furthermore, it appears in a probably false document from 884, which affirms its belonging to the Monastery of Sant Quirze de Colera.
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51.6 km
Ascent to Coll de Banyuls from Espolla
Highlight (Segment) • Mountain Pass
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61.1 km
Banyuls Pass
Highlight • Mountain Pass
At the pass on the Catalan side there is a small but very solid, publicly accessible refuge with a table, oven and extra bedroom. There is also a spring there, but it only trickles very sparingly.
On the pass itself, several information and memorial plaques remind of the many people who had to flee to France via this pass before the repression by the Franco regime. At the Refugio there is a plaque commemorating two libertarian activists who were arrested here in 1977 and tortured to death in prison six months later.
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61.2 km
Coll de Banyuls War Memorial
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72.6 km
Plage des Elmes
Beach
76.6 km
Col de Les Portes
Mountain Pass
80.2 km
Port Vendres
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81.8 km
View of Collioure
Highlight • Beach
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83.6 km
Collioure
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The city experienced its most prosperous period in the 13th century with its attachment to the crown of Aragon. After a few centuries where it passed successively from the crown of Spain to the crown of France, the Treaty of the Pyrenees (1659) established its definitive attachment to France. In order to secure the border, Vauban enlarged the Royal Castle, created the immense glacis which surrounds it and surrounded the city with ramparts, thus giving it its appearance today. In the 19th century, the local economy relied on two essential resources: vines and fishing. The booming anchovy cured industry has given it its international notoriety.
At the beginning of the 20th century, with the pictorial revolution of Fauvism, painters (Matisse, Derain) discovered Collioure and made this charming little port known. Since then, visitors have come to admire this privileged place where the beauty of nature, the picturesqueness of historical monuments, the mild climate and the brightness of the sky come together.
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84.0 km
Viewpoint
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89.3 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
56.6 km
28.1 km
3.25 km
1.34 km
120 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
78.7 km
10.6 km
107 m
< 100 m
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Elevation
Highest point (340 m)
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Well - from there up to Perthus great again. La Jonquera on the Spanish side …
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