Villefranche-de-Conflent & Train Jaune
A walled town and the yellow train
A fortified Vauban town (World Heritage). From here the Train Jaune – a narrow-gauge train with open carriages – runs up to the Cerdagne over high viaducts.
UNESCO World Heritage
Fortifications of Vauban
- World Heritage since
- 2008
- This site
- The walled town and Fort Libéria
Twelve fortifications along France's borders designed by the military engineer Vauban for Louis XIV. In the Pyrenees they include the walled town of Villefranche-de-Conflent with Fort Libéria and the citadel town of Mont-Louis, France's highest fortified town.
Visit: Villefranche and Mont-Louis lie on the line of the yellow train, the Train Jaune – take the train between them.
42.5880° N, 2.3680° E
Road trips passing here
Nearby
- Vernet-les-Bains5 km · A spa town at the foot of the Canigou
Canigou & Saint-Martin-du-Canigou11 km · The Catalans' sacred mountain- Gorges de la Carança14 km · Suspension bridges and cliff ledges
- Bains de Saint-Thomas17 km · Open-air baths in a stone amphitheatre, 1 150 m above sea level
Station nordique du Capcir – Col de la Llose19 km · Capcir, Pyrénées-Orientales
Vallter 200020 km · Ripollès (Setcases), Girona, Catalonia.jpg?width=500)
Mont-Louis22 km · Vauban's citadel at 1,600 metres
Cambre d'Aze23 km · Eyne and Saint-Pierre-dels-Forcats, Cerdagne, Pyrénées-Orientales