La Riera

La Riera is a hamlet in Portbou, Costa Brava, Catalonia. La Riera is situated nearby to the locality el Pedregar, as well as near el Solà.

Type: Hamlet
Description: innhabited place in Portbou, Spain
Also known as: “la Riera”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Portbou railway station and Dolmen del Coll de la Farella.

Portbou railway station

Railway station

Photo: Mr H., CC BY-SA 2.5.

Portbou is a railway station serving Portbou in Catalonia, Spain. It is on the Barcelona–Cerbère railway and the Narbonne–Portbou railway. The station is owned by Adif and is served by Rodalies de Catalunya regional line R11 and Girona commuter rail service line RG1 and TER Occitanie trains also serve the station.

Dolmen del Coll de la Farella

Archaeological site

Photo: El Caro, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dolmen del Coll de la Farella is an archaeological site.

Castell de Querroig

Castle

Photo: Arnaugir, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Castell de Querroig is a castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Colera and Cerbère.

Colera

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Colera is a small coastal village on the northern Costa Brava, in the comarca of Alt Empordà, between Portbou and Llançà near the French border. Sheltered in a quiet bay where the Albera mountains meet the Mediterranean, it offers uncrowded pebble beaches, clear waters and a laid‑back atmosphere even in high season.

Cerbère

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Cerbère is a town of 1,400 people in Pyrénées-Orientales in France. Cerbère is an important centre for tourism, often linked with undersea diving. For rail travellers on the regional route between France and Spain, Cerbère is important because almost all trains end or start here or in the neighbouring Spanish border station Portbou.