Rutes en bicicleta per roses-cap de creus-albera
Rutes en bicicleta per roses-cap de creus-albera
Rutes en bicicleta per roses-cap de creus-albera
Rutes en bicicleta per roses-cap de creus-albera
Rutes en bicicleta per roses-cap de creus-albera
Rutes en bicicleta per roses-cap de creus-albera
Rutes en bicicleta per roses-cap de creus-albera
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Road Roses - Banyuls

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01/12/2020
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Introduction

You start and finish travelling through the Empordà plain. First, however, you cross the massif of Cap de Creus where it joins with the Albera massif, heading towards Llançà. Then you take in a beautiful stretch of the Costa Brava, with gentle mountain passes, followed by the Costa Vermella, to Banyuls. You return to the plain once again, crossing the Serra de l'Albera by the steep inclines of the Coll de Banyuls. 

A rugged coastline, with vineyards and pine forests by the sea; the Pyrenees, which also descend to the sea; endless scrubland to the top of the ridges, ancient hillsides terraced with red stones, olive groves, cork oaks and, finally, the agricultural plain. And then, tranquillity.

 

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  • Typology
    Anti-clockwise circular
  • Difficulty
    Median
  • Duration
    5 hours 25 minutes
  • Slope
    1390.00 meters
  • Distance
    94.00 km
  • Theme
    Landscaping
  • Activity
    By bike
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Rutes de Roses en bicicleta

Tips

  • On the fastest main roads, the kerbs are reasonably good, traffic is fairly heavy and even more so in summer.
  • You should be fit and especially so if, at Banyuls, you choose the option to go towards Collioure.
  • Stop to gather your strength before climbing the Coll de Banyuls.
  • Attention! After Colera, you leave the N-260 to climb the Coll dels Frares towards Portbou and don’t have to go through the tunnels. It's worth it.
  • The climb to the Coll de Banyuls is along a road which is in good condition but is narrow, without lines or kerbs. Final inclines of 22%.
  • On the descent of the Coll de Banyuls to Espolla there are 5 cattle grids (these are iron bars set into the ground, visible or covered with steel plates). They are indicated with a warning sign. There are some sections with slopes of 10%.
  • After the first descent of the Coll de Banyuls, at the first ford of a stream you cross, the concrete road surface is in poor condition. The asphalt on the rest is fine.
  • After Espolla, don’t be over confident, despite entering the Empordà plain towards Roses, it is long and there are often deceptive flat sections and small undulations.
 

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Quermançó Castle

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02/12/2020

An early medieval Catalan defensive castle. ‘Quer’ means "rock". Built on the rock, with vertical walls on the other side, which meant it could be defended by just a few people.

Costa Brava viewing point

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02/12/2020

If you look south, and the day is clear, you can make out Colera. Following the coastline, you’ll find the Punta dels Canons below Colera. Further on, there is Cap Ras and, beyond, Llançà and El Port...

Wine Route

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02/12/2020

Here the vineyards and the still older holm oaks go down to the sea as they did centuries ago. Banyuls is known as the "port des terroirs" due to the vineyards that surround it and which produce its...

Coll de Banyuls

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02/12/2020

You can easily tell which side of the Alberes faces the sea and which side faces the interior. The mountain that descends to Banyuls (which you see at the end of the valley), is forested by holm oaks...

Serra de l'Albera

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02/12/2020

Forming a dark wall (when they were covered with holm oaks) between Empordà and Roussillon. These are the Eastern Pyrenees tumbling down towards the sea.

Ras Viewing point

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02/12/2020

In front of you, there is the tower of the church of Sant Jaume d'Espolla.

From here you can see the interior landscape, the lowest and most peopled part of the Albera. It is a traditional and...

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