Walk the Region. A very pleasant 3 ½ hour circular walk with 300m of ascent. The walk offers wonderful views to the coast and over the Massif de Canigou and valleys.
Originally set up by the Rois de Majorque as a defence system to protect the Roussillon from invaders, the tours de signaux (signal towers) allowed information to be passed quickly around the region, using fire and smoke signals.
Pic du Canigou walk – a sense of achievement and spectacular views from the top on a good day are more than worth the effort.
Wonderful walk with views of Le Massif de Canigou and its summit and very interesting industrial remains at Les Mines de Salver, near Taurinya.
Port Vendres and Banyuls. A circular walk with good paths, some moderate ascent/descent along the coast and short portions of road.
Only 15 minutes from Perpignan centre (direction Porte d’Espagne/Barcelona) the lake at Villeneuve-de-la-Raho is used all year round for walkers and joggers, and also provides the water necessary for the ’canadairs’ in case of forest fires.
This walk is a circuit in the Albères hills above the small village of Villelongue-dels-Monts, part of which was one of the “PATHS OF FREEDOM” used by many escapees during WW2 and the ‘Retirada’.
with Tim and Chris Parker This is a very good circular walk from Arles sur Tech which starts on the GR 10 at Arles and then comes back north/north east to the Batterie de Santa…
This circular walk through terraced vineyards in the foothills of Mount Canigou is the region’s one and only ‘Oenorandonnée’, (wine walk) awarded by the Fédération Française de Randonnée (French hiking federation) to circular walks that set off and arrive back at a wine cellar.
Getting a little hot under the collar? Why not head for the cooler air of the Tech Valley?