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Vilanova de la Muga (village) – Banyuls Pass loop from Sant Miquel de Fluvià

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Sant Miquel De Fluvià

Vilanova de la Muga (village) – Banyuls Pass loop from Sant Miquel de Fluvià

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Vilanova de la Muga (village) – Banyuls Pass loop from Sant Miquel de Fluvià

05:39

92.5km

580m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

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Parc Natural dels Aiguamolls de l'Empordà

Espai d'Interès Natural del Massís de l'Albera

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12.7 km

Aiguamolls de l'Empordà Natural Park Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

It is a beautiful gravel track between the wetlands of Empuriabrava. It is the ideal place to get away to nature and visit the rice fields.

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18.3 km

Pont Vell de Castelló d'Empúries

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Medieval bridge that crosses the river Muga as it passes through Castelló d'Empúries. It dates from the 13th century, its structure is in the Gothic style, and it is 130 meters long, saved by seven arcades.

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22.1 km

Church of St. Eulalia, Villanova de la Muga

Highlight • Religious Site

There is reference to the existence of this church as early as 1019. It has a basilica plan, an elongated main nave and two lower lateral ones with rows of columns between them, and it is mostly known for the paintings found in the apse, a Pantocrator inside of the mystical almond, surrounded by the Tetramorphs and two seraphim angels. The paintings were restored in the mid-20th century and again in the early 21st century.

The sacristy was modified between the 16th and 17th centuries, and experts affirm that the church itself was built in different stages. In the 11th century, the side naves were added, while the central nave was restored, probably due to a collapse. straddling the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. It is at this time that the painting of the Pantocrator in the apse was probably added.

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22.2 km

Vilanova de la Muga (village)

Highlight • Settlement

Every little town in this area has a nice church, so does Villanova de la Muga

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37.0 km

Ascent to Coll de Banyuls from Espolla

Highlight (Segment) • Mountain Pass

The distance from the viewpoint to the border with France is about 8km, you will travel along a road without vehicles and with the occasional veteran cyclist who will surely repeat the area because the truth is that it is worth it. You will hardly use up battery, only in the final part of the section but very little (it seems like there is a lot of positive slope but that's all it seems...).

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46.5 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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