Tour de guet

Tour de guet is a tower in Banyuls-sur-Mer, Arrondissement of Céret, Occitanie. Tour de guet is situated nearby to the mountain saddle Coll de Cerbère, as well as near the peak Pic Joan.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Coll de les Portes dolmen and Dolmen de Gratallops.

Coll de les Portes dolmen

Archaeological site

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Coll de les Portes dolmen is an archaeological site, which is situated 1 km southwest of Tour de guet.

Dolmen de Gratallops

Archaeological site

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Dolmen de Gratallops is an archaeological site, which is situated 800 metres southwest of Tour de guet.

Coma Enestapera dolmen

Archaeological site

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The dolmen of Coma Enestapera, or Coma Estapera, is located in Cerbère, in the French department of the Pyrénées-Orientales in the Occitanie region. Situated on a rise in the Pyrenees massif overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, this small-scale dolmen is made of slate schist, a stone that crumbles easily. Coma Enestapera dolmen is situated 1 km east of Tour de guet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cerbère and Portbou.

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.

Portbou

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Portbou is in Costa Brava and is a small coastal town in northern Catalonia, at the end of the Costa Brava and just south of the French border. Wedged between steep Pyrenean slopes and a sheltered bay, it combines rugged scenery with a pebbly urban beach and a compact port.