The Tautavel Tower

This is an alternative way to the Tour de Tautavel from Cases-de-Pène. Advantage: sheltered from the tramontana wind. Disadvantage: sunny in summer.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 8.13 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 40 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 474 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 475 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 498 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 52 m

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Description of the walk

Start: Parc EcoZonia car park (D 59) near to the Agly river.

(S/E) Leaving the car park, follow the signs for the animal park, pass the park entrance on your left and continue along the asphalt road for 200 m.

(1) 20 m before the fence prohibiting continuation on this road, take the path on the right which descends slightly to a talweg (Còrrec de la Coma d'en Roc). Continue along this path, which runs alongside some vineyards. Join a carriageway and turn left for ten metres or so until you reach a narrow path on the left.

(2) Turn left onto a South-West-facing track which descends for 150 m and then briefly climbs back up to an intersection with a track.

(3) Turn left and go downhill for 200 m.

(4) At the T-junction, take the track to the right, follow it North-West for 700 m to reach a crossroads.

(5) Ignore the right-hand track, continue on the left-hand one and quickly fork right into a talweg (Coma d'en Finestres). Follow this path, which climbs steeply for about 1000 m. Reach the crest (point 418 on the map) at an intersection with a path leading up from the left. Turn right, following the faded yellow markings to the clearly visible Tour de Tautavel or Torre del Far.

(6) 360° panorama including the Corbières with the village of Tautavel, the Pyrénées Orientales range with Canigou, and a view of Le Barcarès and the Mediterranean.
To go back down, take the access path for 50 m, then the right-hand path heading east for 40 m, then South for 200 m. At the intersection, take the left-hand track and continue South-East for approx. 1.2 km.

(7) Just before reaching a vineyard and a military zone sign, turn right and descend South-West, then, after another vineyard, continue in a South-East talweg. Return to the trail from the outbound journey.

(2) Go in the opposite direction to reach the car park. (S/E)

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 53 m - Car park (D59) - Parking EcoZonia Cases de Pène
  2. 1 : km 0.28 - alt. 53 m - Path right
  3. 2 : km 1.51 - alt. 132 m - Junction for the outbound and return journeys
  4. 3 : km 1.76 - alt. 160 m - Junction, turn left
  5. 4 : km 1.93 - alt. 139 m - Junction, turn right
  6. 5 : km 2.78 - alt. 182 m - Junction, turn left
  7. 6 : km 4.47 - alt. 496 m - Tour de Tautavel or Torre del Far
  8. 7 : km 5.89 - alt. 192 m - Military zone sign, turn right
  9. S/E : km 8.13 - alt. 52 m - Car park (D59) - Agly (fleuve)

Practical information

Start: Parc EcoZonia car park (D 59) near to the Agly river.

Note:
- In strong Tramontana winds, beware of the ridge line and the approach to the tower.
- Avoid hot weather.
- Bring water and good shoes.

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