Location: Vernet les Bains in France
Nearest Airport:
Perpignan at 55
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Nearest Train:
Villefranche de Conflent at 6
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Nearest Motorway:
Perpignan A9 Jn 42 at 45
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Nearest Beach:
beach at 20.0
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Car: recommended
Vernet has old narrow streets winding up to the church, a market place and a few shops and restaurants. The town also has a swimming pool complex, parks and playgrounds. It is quiet and relaxing town.
The area around Vernet offers stunning mountain scenery and many things to see and do for all ages and interests; there are over 250 km of footpaths for walkers of all abilities, the Yellow train, a spectacular journey through the Pyrenees across viaducts and mountain gorges, the Têt valley with its peach and cherry orchards, historic towns and vineyards takes you to the Mediterranean, its long sandy beaches and the picturesque harbour town of Collioures, Skiing is just 50 minutes away.
A great base for exploring French and Spanish Catalonia, Girona is about 75 minutes away, with access to the beautiful Costa Brava, and Barcelona is about 2 hours drive. Closer to the border is Figueres with the Salvador Dali museum and on the French side, the town of Ceret.