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Col de Banyuls Road – Banyuls Pass loop from Vilamaniscle

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Col de Banyuls Road – Banyuls Pass loop from Vilamaniscle

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Col de Banyuls Road – Banyuls Pass loop from Vilamaniscle

02:25

36.2km

540m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 11, 2026

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Espai d'Interès Natural del Massís de l'Albera

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4.56 km

Rabós Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

Right outside of Rabós you cross the l'Orlina river. If you turn right you wrap back around to Rabós but if you turn left you can continue on up the river or over to Vilamaniscle. I used this route on the way to Llança.

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9.72 km

Viewpoint with Rest Area

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Overnight stays are not recommended in summer due to police patrols.

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15.0 km

Col de Banyuls Road

Highlight • Mountain Pass

Beautiful little road, which climbs up to the pass

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16.4 km

Stone House Ruins

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18.1 km

Banyuls Pass

Highlight • Mountain Pass

The approach from Catalonia is much more pleasant due to the incline, but longer and leads through a pretty, lonely landscape. The journey on the French side is short, but very tough. There is little car traffic on the entire route.

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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