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Start from the free, unpaved car park near the town hall, Allée Ferdinand Buisson.
(S/E) From the car park, with the town hall on your right, turn left onto Allée Ferdinand Buisson. You’ll come to a roundabout.
(1) Carry on straight ahead along the cycle path. At the next roundabout, continue straight ahead, still on the cycle path, along Avenue de la République.
(2) Just after the footbridge over the Agulla Cabdal (Agouille Cabdal), leave the cycle path and turn left onto Chemin du Pas de las Baques.
(3) Very soon, turn right onto Chemin de la Salanque, towards Saint-Cyprien.
(4) At the roundabout, carry on straight ahead along another cycle path.
(5) At the large roundabout, continue carefully straight ahead, joining the wide EV8 cycle path. Continue below the main road and pass under it.
(6) Immediately turn left up the footbridge running alongside the main road.
(7) Leave the EV8. At the bottom of the footbridge, turn right, with the River Tech on your left.
(8) At the four-way junction, on the corner of a house, turn left.
(9) At the T-junction that follows, turn left onto Chemin de Sainte-Eugénie. Follow this road until you reach the junction near the dual carriageway.
(10) Turn right and follow the dual carriageway leading to Perpignan. Follow this road, ignoring the various roads on either side, until you reach a three-way junction.
(11) Ignore the dead-end road opposite and turn right onto Chemin de Latour-Bas-Elne until you reach the junction at the entrance to the village.
(12) Turn left and, at the three junctions you come to, carry on straight ahead along Chemin de Charlemagne.
(13) Facing the embankment of the D612, turn left, go under the road and turn right onto Chemin de Charlemagne.
(14) Cross the D11 with care and continue along the small Route de Saint-Cyprien. Carry on along this road until you reach a roundabout at the entrance to Corneilla-del-Vercol.
(15) Then turn left onto the new path that runs alongside the Agulla de la Mar (Agouille de la Mer) on your right. At the end, walk a few metres to the left until you reach the roundabout.
(16) Caution: there is heavy traffic from this point to the reservoir.
Turn right to follow the D914 (dual carriageway) towards Perpignan.
Pass through two further roundabouts whilst continuing along the D914.
(17) Warning! Do not take the slip road onto the dual carriageway; you must turn left and cross the road bridge over the dual carriageway. Then turn right on the other side of the dual carriageway.
Carefully pass under the railway line (Perpignan–Cerbères).
(18) At the roundabout at the entrance to Villeneuve-de-la-Raho, continue straight on along Avenue Àngel Guimerà.
Further on, roadworks mean you’ll have to take a right then a left onto Rue des Jardins.
At the next roundabout, carry on straight ahead, taking the cycle path on the left-hand side of the road.
(19) After a final roundabout near the lake, turn left onto a gravel path.
Caution: This route is shared by a variety of users.
Pass to the left of the small lake and follow the edge of the large lake, skirting it on the right.
(20) Leave this protected area through a gate and turn sharply right onto Route de Bages. Continue straight on to Bages and, at the first houses, turn left onto Rue des Micocouliers. Cross Place Baills and continue along Rue Pierre Bory. At the end, take the small passageway to reach Rue Joseph Lakanal.
(21) With Place des Forains on your right, turn left onto Rue Jules Fabre, ignoring all the adjacent streets.
(22) Cross Avenue de la Méditerranée (D612) with care and follow Route d’Ortaffa (D49) all the way. Ride through the middle of the huge Ortaffa Solar Power Station.
(23) Turn right onto the D8 and continue for approximately 500 metres.
(24) Leave the D8 and follow the Route d’Ortaffa (D49) again.
(25) Cross the railway line at the level crossing (rail-road line: Saint-Jean-Pla-de-Corts – Perpignan), then take thesecond street on the left, Rue du Château. At the end, turn left, then left again onto Avenue de la Méditerranée, towards Elne (D40).
(26) Just past the post office, turn right onto Rue des Écoles.
(27) At the Y-junction that follows, continue to the right onto Chemin d’Ortaffa. Cross the ford over the Tech and enter Palau-del-Vidre.
(28) Turn right, staying on Chemin d’Ortaffa (all directions).
(29) At the post office, turn right onto Route de Sorède (D11).
(30) Just after the left-hand bend, there are two options here:
- either take the cycle path that runs alongside the main road behind a low wall. It is not very visible and is in poor condition. This cycle route takes you through a housing estate and back onto a proper road to join the EV8.
- or simply follow the Route de Sorède to join the EV8. Then turn left.
(31) Turn left onto the EV8 towards Argelès-sur-Mer.
(32) At the Saint-André roundabout, with the car-sharing area opposite, turn left to continue on the EV8.
(33) After crossing over the railway line, turn right immediately to follow it alongside. Head towards the entrance to Argelès-sur-Mer.
(34) Caution: dangerous roundabout.
Go round it on the right and exit quickly via a passageway in the low concrete wall running parallel to Avenue de Mongat. Follow the EV8.
(35) Turn left before the ford on the Massane. Continue straight on, pass under Avenue de Hürt and head for the town hall’s clay-surfaced car park (S/E).
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