2025 Cerbere Travel Guide: Must-see attractions, popular food, hotels, transportation routes (updated in March)

Cerbère ( French pronunciation: [sɛʁbɛʁ]; Catalan: Cervera de la Marenda) is a commune in the eastern Pyrenees department of France, located in the southeast of the department and belonging to the Céret arrondissement. Cerbère is a border town, and the Cerbère railway station is the first station when entering France from the Mediterranean coast of Spain (excluding high-speed trains). Cerbère (42°26'36"N, 3°9'53"E) covers an area of 8.18 square kilometers and is located in the Eastern Pyrenees department of the Occitanie region of France. This province is the southernmost province of mainland France, covering northern Catalonia, bordered by Aude to the north, Ariège and Andorra to the west, and Spain to the south, with the Mediterranean Sea to the east. The municipalities (or old municipalities, urban areas) adjacent to Sable include: Porvoo, Binhai Banuels [2]. Cerbère's time zone is UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00 (DST). Cape Cervera is a rocky cape where you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Spanish coast. The road between France and Spain's border may be winding, but it offers magnificent views of cities and coastlines. Cervera is a major tourist center often associated with scuba diving. The Cervera-Bañols Nature Reserve was established in 1974 and was the first marine nature reserve in France, covering 650 hectares. Cévennes Mountains

Former customs checkpoint for entry and exit border control D914, 66290 Cerbère, France After retracing the path to exile from Cerbère to Spain, this road climbs up to Coll dels Bellitres, where time stands still. Here is the border checkpoint of Cerbère between France and Spain. But today, the building of this forward outpost has been abandoned. Cerbère, the front border post of the Pyrenees, is located between France and Spain. Since the establishment of the Schengen Area in 1995, customs officials have left the region. Only the former customs office remains, and some of the customs activities from that time have disappeared, becoming a memory. This road was one of the main locations where the Spanish Republicans fled after the victory of Franco's army in 1939. Nearly 100,000 people crossed this pass to seek refuge in France. You can see that the exchange is permanently closed. No one needs to exchange their francs for pesetas or vice versa. The euro greatly simplifies cross-border trade. Actually, these buildings could have been restored to become a place of memory, providing exhibitions and travel information for those passing through. After arriving at Coll dels Belitres, we reached Spain. Continuing south, we arrived at the city of Portbou, which is the first Spanish city reached when coming from France. Of course, Portbou (Catalonia) is also the last Spanish city before going to France. Pyrenees Mountains

Due to the impact of the Russo-Ukrainian War, prices have skyrocketed in Spain, with fuel prices doubling and gas prices increasing several times over, not to mention essential items such as food, all of which have seen significant price increases, causing the people to complain about their government. The Spanish government has also introduced some policies to benefit the people, such as reducing some taxes and helping to lower the cost of living. As a foreigner like myself, tax reductions have little impact on me personally, but I am very pleased with one policy they have introduced, which is that suburban trains in Spain are now free. This means that I can use my days off to take the train and explore different places, and visit places that I wanted to go to before but couldn't justify spending 20 or 30 euros on train tickets. Today's weather is nice, so I took the RG11 suburban train to France, because the train terminal of this line is located in the French town of Cerbère, which is adjacent to Spain. After wandering around Cerbère for a few hours, I followed the route of the Spanish Republicans who fled to France and returned to the Spanish town of Portbou, experiencing the taste of exile firsthand. Of course, because EU countries have opened their borders to each other, there are no longer armed soldiers guarding this road, only some dilapidated checkpoints and customs checkpoints remain. Even the border line painted on the road has only a symbolic mark left on both ends. Portbou·Port Bou