Discover the Alt Empord (Upper Ampurdan) by taking the N-II which is 10km (6 miles) north of Figueres. Turn west on Gi502 and work your way 13 km (8 mi) west to the Ma de Cabrenys village. Continue to the Santuari de les Salines, where you'll see a chapel and a small restaurant that opens during summer. On the crest of Salines is one of the foremost beech forests in the Pyrenees. Just follow signs from Le Perthus to Puig Neulós, at 4,148 feet the highest point in the Alberes range and the easternmost major Pyrenean peak. One of the best walks in the Pyrenees is the six-hour hike from Puig Neulós to Banyuls-sur-Mer, on the Mediterranean: the grassy border peak has views south over the Ampurdan and north over the curvature yellow strand of the C Vermeille.
