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Portbou Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels

municipality in Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalonia,Spain

About Portbou

Portbou is located near the French border in the Costa Brava region, and frequently serves as a dropping off point for SNCF trains coming from Cerbère in France. It is quite rugged terrain and because of its location, facing the Gulf of León, suffers strong northerly winds called Tramuntana. In the central part of its municipality it has the cove of Portbou, where most of the population is located.

Top Attractions in Portbou

Explore the best things to see and do in Portbou:

  • Cemetery
  • Dolmen of Coll de la Farella
  • Font dels Ninots
  • les Tres Platgetes
  • Main Square
  • Memorial Passages to Walter Benjamin
  • Platja del Pi
  • Platja de Portbou

Portbou Travel Guide Sections

Our comprehensive guide covers 10 sections including:

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