Platja de Vaquers – El Port de la Selva loop from Portbou

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Platja de Vaquers – El Port de la Selva loop from Portbou

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Platja de Vaquers – El Port de la Selva loop from Portbou

03:34

53.2km

830m

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 25, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that goes up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 15.8 km for 9 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.31 km

View of Portbou and the Walter Benjamin Memorial

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The long building is the train station, formerly the largest border station between France and Spain.

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6.65 km

Coll de Sant Antoni

Mountain Pass

8.56 km

View of the Bay at Cap Ras

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Good road with great views

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15.8 km

Platja de Vaquers

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Perfect beach to rest and / or get into the water.

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19.2 km

It is a town that has traditionally been dedicated to fishing. Now tourism has displaced this activity and in high season you will find quite a lot of people. Many people come here to practice different types of water sports.

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25.3 km

Stone Bridge on the Ascent from El Port de la Selva to Cadaqués

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Cadaques is a very beautiful town. The landscape up to there is also worth seeing. Simply beautiful!

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26.1 km

Ascent from El Port de la Selva Towards Cadaqués

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Nice, not too difficult climb, but the road is very busy on weekends

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26.1 km

View of the Cap de Creus hinterland

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Very rewarding mountain route with pleasant gentle gradients

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27.0 km

Coll de Perafita

Mountain Pass

28.3 km

Parc Natural del Cap de Creus

Nature Reserve

42.1 km

Llançà

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Small coastal village on the Costa Brava with a unique charm

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53.2 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

28.2 km

18.0 km

6.42 km

444 m

180 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

49.4 km

3.40 km

328 m

130 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (240 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

Weather

Saturday 17 October

19°C

13°C

66 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 36.0 km/h

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Comments

September 21, 2021,Tag 17) Cerbère über die Grenze nach Cadaqués

Woke up in Cerbère in France and had breakfast an hour later in Portpou in Spain, this is how today's day begins. The contrast is great, the architecture in Spain is simpler, fewer colors, actually just white and beige, straight lines and no frills. The people here look different, more southern with an Arabic touch, while the French are Teutonic, …

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October 6, 2022,01 Portbou - Cadaqués

Main road between Portbou and Llança, but wide, with shoulder strip and little traffic. Small mountain road then, not too steep and fairly uncrowded to the Perafita pass.

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