We’re talking stingers again! Despite being maligned and feared by many, hornets are far less hostile than so-called ‘social’ wasps – at least towards us humans. Some hornet lovers label our native European species ‘gentle giants’. But we also have Asian hornets in the PO. How do they differ and what’s the problem with them? Lesley McLaren explains.
The Grand Hôtel Thermal dominates the narrow gorge carved by the fast-flowing Castellane River.
School holidays in the Pyrénées-Orientales don’t have to mean expensive theme parks or military-level planning.
The convoluted ramblings and scribblings of ‘My Life in the P-O – Twenty Years On’
An update of local news in the Pyrenees-Orientales
Fancy dress, street parades, fireworks, singing, dancing, and the symbolic burning of evil spirits. That’s Carnival in the P-O
A non-technical generic overview of the main political groupings you are likely to see in French municipal elections
From War to Sanctuary: How Spain’s Masterpieces Fled Franco During La Retirada
Flight cancelled or delayed in Europe? Learn your EU passenger rights, compensation amounts, refunds, and how to make a claim.
Contact details and info here if you know of any of these massive nests needing destroying. Now is the time…and it’s free.