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    1. I would like the Walter Benjamin route - Circular from Portbou

    13.9km

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    640m

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    Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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    October 5, 2022

    Although Catalan is spoken on both sides of the pass, this pass at 535m marks the border between Spain and France, separating the municipalities of Banyuls de la Marenda, from Roussillon, and Colera, from Alt Empordà.

    In 1940, the German philosopher Walter Benjamin fled the Nazi anti-Semitic persecution through this pass, taking refuge in Portbou.
    In this municipality, the philosopher took his own life, and in honor of him the route from Portbou to Collado was named the Walter Benjamin Route.

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      May 20, 2018

      If you come from France you have the first view of Spain. The Col de Rumpissa is on the Walter Benjamin trail.

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        June 7, 2021

        superb 360-degree panorama of the vermeille coast and Le Cap Creus

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          Location: Portbou, Alt Emporda, Girona, Catalonia, Spain

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