How do you get to the Château de Querroig?

The site can only be reached on foot, via the ridge paths above Cerbère or Portbou.

Is there an entrance fee for the Château de Querroig?

No fee applies, as the site is freely accessible in open countryside.

What remains of the Château de Querroig?

What survives are the circular base of a signal tower, a rectangular keep and sections of wall, the whole being in ruins.

Is the Château de Querroig in France or Spain?

The site straddles the border, between the communes of Cerbère and Banyuls-sur-Mer on the French side and Portbou on the Spanish side.

Castell de Querroig

Cerbère

Access

No visits on recordNo opening hours or ticketing found

Where: Cerbère

To make a day of it

Open within 20 km

Sleep nearby

Château d'Ortaffa (Ortaffa Castle)Accommodation on site23 km

Château de Querroig stands in Cerbère (Pyrénées-Orientales), in the Occitanie region of France. The building is registered as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: Middle Ages, 17th century). No visits are on record for this building.

On a mountain ridge straddling the French-Spanish border above Cerbère and Portbou stand the ruins of a medieval watchtower. Built between the 13th and 14th centuries by the kings of Majorca, it belonged to a network of signal towers overlooking the valleys and coastline, connected to the Madeloc tower further north. Only the circular base of the tower, a rectangular keep and sections of wall remain today, but the site still commands its position at over 670 metres above sea level.

Written from Château de Querroig

What to know

The site sits in open countryside on a border ridge and requires a hike on foot.
The ruins are unmanaged, with no facilities or reception on site.
The French part of the site has been listed as a historic monument since 21 December 2016.
The land is jointly owned by the French State, the commune of Cerbère and the Generalitat de Catalunya.
The place suits a mountain outing more than a conventional monument visit.

Where this château is

Cerbère · Pyrénées-Orientales · Occitanie

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Address

Cerbère, Pyrénées-Orientales

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Heritage status: Registered historic monument (inscrit); Mérimée record PA66000051
Period of construction: Middle Ages, 17th century

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Frequently asked

How do you get to the Château de Querroig?: The site can only be reached on foot, via the ridge paths above Cerbère or Portbou.
Is there an entrance fee for the Château de Querroig?: No fee applies, as the site is freely accessible in open countryside.
What remains of the Château de Querroig?: What survives are the circular base of a signal tower, a rectangular keep and sections of wall, the whole being in ruins.
Is the Château de Querroig in France or Spain?: The site straddles the border, between the communes of Cerbère and Banyuls-sur-Mer on the French side and Portbou on the Spanish side.