Location: Vernet les Bains in France
Nearest Airport:
Perpignan at 55
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Nearest Train:
Villefranche de Confluent at 5
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Nearest Motorway:
Perpignan at 50
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Nearest Beach:
beach at 65.0
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Car: recommended
Vernet Les Bains is an attractive mountain spa village with many amenities. Situated at 650 m, at the foot of Mt. Canigou, it is surrounded by the peaks of the Eastern Pyrenees. In addition to the village pools, there is a sizeable fresh water beach with lake swimming at Vinca (15 minutes drive). Natural rock pools in the Rotja river near Sahorre (known locally as Sahorre beach), provide another scenic bathing area and you can swim by the waterfalls - Cascades des Anglais (these are significantly cooler!), just above Vernet. The glorious sandy beaches of the Mediterranean are less than an hour away by car - St.Cyprian and Argeles and a little further along the coast, the picturesque port towns of Collioure and Banyuls. The picturesque medieval walled settlement of Villefranche de Conflent is just 5 mins drive away. Within the fortified walls, you will find narrow streets containing a variety of shops, cafes and restaurants.