With quaint, cobbled streets, pretty squares, lively shops, restaurants, and bars, and art and music museums, there is certainly enough temptation to hang around the town, but there is plenty going on around and about too.
An anonymous 12th century sculptor, the Master of Cabestany was not recognised until the 1930s when a Romanesque-style tympanum was unearthed during renovation work at the parish church of Cabestany.
A french classic and must-read for french learners.
Walk the Chemin du Fauvisme and discover what inspired Matisse and Derain to create a painting revolution in Collioure in 1905.
House of the Rising Sun or Le Pénitencier, sung here in French by Johnny Hallyday
In the summer show at the Musée d’art moderne de Collioure Matisse’s words and works find new expression in a generation of contemporary artists.
Beatriz Garrigò celebrates the natural world in her paintings and ceramics.
Three small galleries. Three hidden gems. Three reasons to venture off the beaten track and discover another Collioure.
Hands up if the vocabulary and acronyms associated with the French Education System leave you standing outside the classroom door!
Catalan painter, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor, Antoni Tàpies is probably not everybody’s cup of tea!