Jcb-caz-11 · CC BY-SA 4.0Coastal village
Portbou is a town in the Alt Empordà county, in the Province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. As of 2024, it has a population of 1131 people.
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.
Portbou was a small but important point for the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War, as it was one of the few places from where they could get supplies from abroad.
Portbou is where German Jewish philosopher Walter Benjamin died by suicide, and was buried in 1940. There is a monument in his honor, by Dani Karavan.
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5 places to stay
5 places to stay
Hotel
25 bedsNo public contact
Holiday apartment
18 bedsIn the village centreNo public contact
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Source: Generalitat de Catalunya · Registre de Turisme de Catalunya (Generalitat de Catalunya, condicions d'ús obertes); OpenStreetMap (teléfonos y webs que el registro no publica) (ODbL); Overture Maps Foundation (teléfonos y webs que el registro no publica) (CDLA-Permissive-2.0). Open data retrieved in October 2026; recent openings and closures may not appear yet.
