Palau-de-Cerdagne: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Palau-de-Cerdagne offers panoramic views of the Sierra del Cadi. The village is also a starting point for hikes through the woodland landscape of Valcebollère. Along the right bank of the Vanéra, farms and buildings border the Spanish border. Historic transhumance and smuggling routes from Palau-de-Cerdagne lead to Spain.

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Hiking

The fourth stage of the GRP Tour de Cerdagne leads from Osséja through Palau-de-Cerdagne and across the border to the Spanish villages of Vilallobent and Age. It is 22.4 kilometres long, takes 5 hours and 45 minutes, and is a moderately difficult, straightforward hike.

PR 88 Jaca de Palau is a difficult hiking route that is 16.9 kilometres long and takes seven hours. PR 24 Le Chemin des Contrebandiers also passes through Palau-de-Cerdagne; it is a difficult hiking route that is 12.0 kilometres long and takes six hours.

Culture

The Xicolatada of Palau-de-Cerdagne takes place every year on 16 August. During the event, 15 master chocolatiers prepare 700 litres of chocolate.

At the bread festival on 13 August, an oven dating from the 19th century is reopened in Palau-de-Cerdagne. The old mill of Palau-de-Cerdagne dates from the 12th century and was renovated in the 16th century. Its granite millstones turn every year at the bread festival on 13 August.

A church in Palau-de-Cerdagne on PR 24 contains a baptismal font dating from the 13th century. It also houses a Romanesque statue of the Virgin Mary from the 14th century. The Marian altarpiece in the Notre Dame church in Palau-de-Cerdagne consists of panels painted by Jaume Serra around 1370.

Activities

Les Ecuries de la Vanéra offers riding lessons for children and adults, from beginner to advanced level. Pony rides are also available there for children aged three and over.

Canyoning Rando Pyrénées offers themed hikes focusing on fauna and flora in the Pyrénées-Orientales département and neighbouring départements.

Other places: Porta, Arles-Sur-Tech, Saint-Laurent-De-Cerdans, Prugnanes, Formiguères, Calce, Camélas, Villeneuve-De-La-Raho

To the overarching travel overview: Pyrénées-Orientales.