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Coming from Port-Vendres, at the small roundabout at Banyuls town hall, turn right towards the gendarmerie, go under the SNCF bridge, and immediately turn left onto the narrow road bridge, then immediately left to reach the P1 car park at the central beach (paid parking in summer), located on the edge of the Baillaury, which is always dry except in heavy rain. Access by train or bus for £1.
(S/E) When leaving the car park, cross the road and turn left into the river bed.
(1) When you reach the pumping station, go up the bank on the left and follow a dirt track to reach the small road called Chemin du Mas Guillaume. Follow it to the left until the bend.
(2) Take a small track on the right after the bridge and climb through the vineyards. Continue until you reach the Route du Mas Pagès. Continue opposite, towards the old medieval watchtower of En Pagès. Follow the road on the right until the first intersection. Directional signpost.
(4) Take the hairpin bend to the left onto the small road, negotiate the bend to the right and you will immediately come to the signpost for thePR®® Jaune marked trail indicating the direction of Col de la Creu.
(5) Follow this trail uphill to the left and join the Coll de la Creu. Directional signpost destroyed.
(6) Take the path on the far left (with the yellow crosses) and climb straight up the ridge towards Col de Grand Bau. Descend the steep path to reach a road at Coll de Gran Bau.
(7) Cross the road and continue along the track opposite for 80 m. Climb up to the left to pass behind the ridge and reach a pylon (antennae). This comes out onto a tarmac track which joins the D914.
- Cross it carefully and go over the parapet, heading right towards the Esperades car park with its viewpoint and orientation table.
(8) From the car park, take the coastal path marked in yellow on the right and head towards Cap Réderis.
(9) Turn back to the car park.
(8) Turn right and follow the coastal path downhill to the tiny beach of Taillelauque.
(10) Continue for about 100 metres. Stay on the marked trail or take a small path on the right (choice of route) which stays close to the cliffs and requires caution. Then rejoin the coastal path marked in yellow.
(11) Follow it straight ahead until you reach the water treatment plant.
(12) Take the path again and quickly reach the junction with the small beach of Cap du Troc.
(13) Continue along the path until you reach the D914 and follow it down towards Banyuls, protected by a low wall along the road. When you reach the roundabout at the private housing estate, cross the road at the pedestrian crossing and go down the pavement on the left-hand side of the road. When you reach the Arago laboratory, cross the road again and take the path opposite. Twenty metres further on, you will come to the statue of zoologist Henri Lacaze-Duthier, founder of the Mediterranean Laboratory of Marine Biology and Oceanography in 1882, which has a counterpart in Roscoff in northern Finistère.
(14) Go down a small staircase towards the harbour master's office and turn right towards the Pointe de l'Île Grosse, where you will find the pacifist-inspired 1914-1918 War Memorial, created by Banyulenc sculptor Aristide Maillol in 1933.
(15) Retrace your steps and walk along the port to the bridge over the Baillaury.
(16) Go under the bridge and follow the riverbed on the left-hand side until you reach car park P1 (S/E).
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