While visiting the Grand Hotel, the old village of Molitg should not be ignored. At its medieval centre is the 12th century church against which leans the 14th or 15th century Chateau de Molitg.
Learn French with a smile – test you French with this story of le génie qui guérit les bobos. English translation of vocabulary provided at the bottom of the article
This poem is said to be the first Valentine written in any language. The spelling has been modernised. The translation is based on Charles d’Orleans’ own version.
Next time you’re out for a stroll, try a form of “conscious walking”: to play detective, hunting for insights into the plants and animals that share our beautiful landscape.
Follow in the footsteps of the Retirada on this day out through Las Illas, La Vajol and along the Chemin de l’Exil.
We talk you through what to do if you are the closest relative of someone who has died in France and need to take care of the legal formalities and funeral arrangements.
Covid and flu lurk in the wings. It is easy to make an appointment on line and even to consult some doctors and specialists via video call, which could be more practical and reassuring for some.
This time we’re exploring the weird, the wonderful & one or two myths about creatures both common & rare that live alongside us in the PO.
As we grow older, one of the greatest blocks to learning a language is memory. And yet many of us can still sing along to new songs – and remember the words!
Driving up the Vallespir, before Ceret, on the right, set in beautiful gardens rising out of its own vineyards in all its Belle Époque glory is the imposing Chateau d’Aubiry. The castle was put on…