Along sun-drenched wine terraces, colourful paths full of flowers and herbs and an endless Mediterranean Sea runs one of the most impressive hiking routes in Europe – not only for its scenery, but especially for its story. The Chemin Walter Benjamin is a former escape route through the Pyrenees, used by countless refugees to flee Nazi-occupied Europe. Among them was the German-Jewish thinker Walter Benjamin, whose name this route bears today.
Reading time: 9min
