The line is OpenStreetMap's mapping of the route (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), via Waymarked Trails, with heights from a 30 m terrain model. Check the current official route before a long trip: diversions and permitted paths change. Where the mapping has gaps (3 km), the line is drawn by our router along mapped paths: check those stretches against the waymarks. See the source.
The trail
The Camí de Ronda is the old coastal patrol path of the Costa Brava, and it is not one signed trail: the long-distance GR 92 (the Sender de la Mediterrània of the Catalan mountaineering federation, FEEC) follows it where it exists and goes inland where it does not. This route runs from Portbou on the French border to Blanes along the Camí de Ronda as OpenStreetMap maps it, 217 km. The federation's GR 92 stages for the same coast, 11 stages from Portbou to Lloret de Mar (about 204 km) and a few kilometres more to Blanes, give the stage list here. The coast path is interrupted in places by private land and works, so the line leaves the shore at times; expect steps, rocky ground and stretches of road and town streets, and check the federation's stage pages before you go.
Stages
A suggested split into 12 days of about 18.0 km (11.2 mi). Each day ends at the town or village on the way nearest to an equal share of the distance, or at a hotel or hostel where there is none. These are not the official stages: check where you can stay before you book.
- Day 1 Portbou to Llançà 12.7 km · 12.7 km from the start
- Day 2 Llançà to Cadaqués 29 km · 41 km from the start
- Day 3 Cadaqués to Roses 21 km · 62 km from the start
- Day 4 Roses to El Cortalet 16.7 km · 79 km from the start
- Day 5 El Cortalet to Sant Martí d'Empúries 17.1 km · 96 km from the start
- Day 6 Sant Martí d'Empúries to L'Estartit 21 km · 117 km from the start
- Day 7 L'Estartit to Begur 17.4 km · 134 km from the start
- Day 8 Begur to Palamós 25 km · 159 km from the start
- Day 9 Palamós to Sant Feliu de Guíxols 17.3 km · 176 km from the start
- Day 10 Sant Feliu de Guíxols to Tossa de Mar 20 km · 196 km from the start
- Day 11 Tossa de Mar to Lloret de Mar 12.5 km · 209 km from the start
- Day 12 Lloret de Mar to Blanes 7.9 km · 217 km from the start
Start and finish
Start: near Portbou, Upper Empordà. 42.42705, 3.16045
Finish: near Blanes, la Selva. 41.67163, 2.79045
Places to stay
Rooms in the towns and villages along the way:
- Portbou, Upper Empordà · The start Booking.com → Expedia → Hotels.com →
- Llançà, Upper Empordà · After day 1 Booking.com → Expedia → Hotels.com →
- Cadaqués, Upper Empordà · After day 2 Booking.com → Expedia → Hotels.com →
- Roses, Upper Empordà · After day 3 Booking.com → Expedia → Hotels.com →
- El Cortalet, Upper Empordà · After day 4 Booking.com → Expedia → Hotels.com →
- Sant Martí d'Empúries, Upper Empordà · After day 5 Booking.com → Expedia → Hotels.com →
- L'Estartit, Lower Empordà · After day 6 Booking.com → Expedia → Hotels.com →
- Begur, Lower Empordà · After day 7 Booking.com → Expedia → Hotels.com →
- Palamós, Lower Empordà · After day 8 Booking.com → Expedia → Hotels.com →
- Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Lower Empordà · After day 9 Booking.com → Expedia → Hotels.com →
- Tossa de Mar, la Selva · After day 10 Booking.com → Expedia → Hotels.com →
- Lloret de Mar, la Selva · After day 11 Booking.com → Expedia → Hotels.com →
- Blanes, la Selva · The finish Booking.com → Expedia → Hotels.com →
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Paths change, and the weather decides the day. The line comes from the source named under the map and the heights from a terrain model, so treat the figures as a guide. Check for diversions before you go, take a map, check the forecast, and turn back if it isn't right.
