Figueres train stations

Peralada has no railway station. The nearest is in Figueres, 7 km away, which has two: the conventional one, in the centre, and the high-speed one, Figueres-Vilafant, on the outskirts. Visit Peralada, the municipal website, gives them as the way to arrive by train and recommends checking the timetables on the Renfe website.

Conventional station

It is on plaça de l'Estació, no number, and answers on 972 50 46 61. It is a stop on Rodalies de Catalunya line R11, the regional line that, according to Rodalies, links Barcelona Sants with Portbou via Granollers Centre, Girona and Figueres, and continues to Cervera de la Marenda, already in France. The line combines regional and medium-distance trains. In recent years Rodalies has run alternative road services on the Figueres – Portbou stretch because of works; check the state of the line at rodalies.gencat.cat or on 900 41 00 41 before travelling.

The practical thing about this station is that on the same square are the bus station and most of the car hire companies, according to Visit Peralada. From here leaves the Ampurdán Bus bus to Peralada, at €1.90 a ticket.

Figueres-Vilafant high-speed station

It is on avinguda Puig Grau, no number, in Vilafant. It is the high-speed (AVE) station. It is outside the centre of Figueres, so to continue to Peralada by bus you must first go to plaça de l'Estació. If you hire a car, ask the company whether it delivers the vehicle in Vilafant or only in the centre.

From the station to Peralada

By car, Peralada is a few minutes from Figueres. Visit Peralada says that, from Barcelona on the AP-7, you take exit 4 for Figueres towards Llançà – Portbou, and from France, exit 3, Figueres Nord. By bus, the Ampurdán Bus lines always stop at Peralada. Visit Peralada does not publish taxi numbers on its how-to-get-there page.

What to see while in Figueres

If you arrive by train, the Dalí Theatre-Museum is in Figueres itself, and it is easy to combine with a visit to Peralada on the same day. In Peralada, start at the tourist office, at the Centre de Turisme Cultural Sant Domènec, and the guided visit to medieval Peralada. To sleep in the village, the Hotel de la Font and the Hostal Can Palol are in the village itself; the latter, at the entrance, is useful for walking to the Festival Castell de Peralada in summer.

The nearest airport is Girona-Costa Brava, about 60 km away according to Visit Peralada.