Portbou
Portbou is in Costa Brava.
Understand
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Portbou is located near the French border in the Costa Brava region, and frequently serves as a dropping off point for SNCF trains coming from Cerbère in France. It is quite rugged terrain and because of its location, facing the Gulf of León, suffers strong northerly winds called Tramuntana. In the central part of its municipality it has the cove of Portbou, where most of the population is located.
Tourist office
[edit]- 1 Tourist office, Passeig Maritim, ☏ +34 972 125 161.
Get in
[edit]By plane
[edit]The nearest airports are Girona-Costa Brava (GRO IATA, in Spain) and Perpignan–Rivesaltes (PGF IATA, In France)
By train
[edit]The RG1 (Rodalies Girona RENFE) stops in the station. Also de R11 (regional service RENFE-Rodalies).
In Figueres Vilafant station (Figueres) you can connect the high speed train connection to Madrid, Barcelona and Paris.
- 1 Portbou International railway station
By bus
[edit]By car
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- From France: The A-9 from Montpellier and Perpignan to the Spanish border. Than the AP7 until Figueres.
- From Barcelona and Girona: The AP7 until Figueres.
- From Figueres take N-260 to Portbou.
- From Perpignan you can take the D914 to Portbou. From Port Vendres Its a local road full of curves.
By boat
[edit]Get around
[edit]Parking
[edit]See
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- 1 Memorial Passages to Walter Benjamin
- 2 Cemetery
- 3 The parish of Santa Maria de Portbou .
- 4 Main Square (Plaça major), plaça major. Going down from the church, in the Plaza Mayor, where there is a stone fountain, dated 1955 and decorated with the town's coat of arms: two bull boats in the harbor and a crown.
- 5 Font dels Ninots .
- Portbou Station
- 6 Dolmen of Coll de la Farella
- Claper Beach
- La Platja Gran, les Tres Platgetes and Platja del Pi (the latter nudist)
- 7 The Walter Benjamin Route in Portbou
- The Port of Portbou, located to the south of the bay of Portbou, next to Punta de la Gatillepis, at the pass of the Puig del Claper and Puig del Falcó mountains between the ridge and the urban center of Portbou. It is a large port, with 297 moorings.
Do
[edit]Hiking
[edit]- The GR92 starts in the city.
Local routes
[edit]- Route Portbou to Querroig mountain
- Walter Benjamin trail from Banyuls to Portbou
- Retreat and paths of exile
Beach
[edit]Buy
[edit]Eat
[edit]- Restaurant el Jovent , Carrer Francesc Ribera, 16
- Restaurant Espanya, Passeig de la Sardana, 5
- Restaurant L'Àncora, Passeig de la Sardana, 3
- El Racó de la Mar, Carrer de l'Escultor Frederic Marès, 2
- Bar Restaurant Casa David, Plaça del Mercat, 2
- Bar Restaurante Andrés, Carrer de la Unió, 2
- Bar Restaurant Riky, Passeig de la Sardana, 9
Drink
[edit]- Bar Restaurant Casa David, Plaça del Mercat, 2
- Bar Restaurante Andrés, Carrer de la Unió, 2
- Bar Restaurant Riky, Passeig de la Sardana, 9