It’s 1946. War is over. On the sandy tracks of the Racou beach village, amidst fishermen’s huts and makeshift shelters thrown together in darker days by Spanish refugees, people, laugh, drink, share a pastis….
What better way to keep cool this summer than snorkeling in the protected waters of the Réserve Marine Naturelle. The Réserve Marine Naturelle, opened in 1974, covers an area 6.5km long and 2km wide, amounting to 650 hectares of coastline between Banyuls-sur-Mer and Cerbère.
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.
Think Argelès, think Saint Cyprien, think Canet…..and we immediately think beach and port. But what about the villages?
Leading into Les Angles, a wooden boardwalk round a small lake, [Jaca D’en Calvet] and picnic tables for wheelchairs, with bench seats on one side and space for the wheelchair on the other.
Head out for the day to the beautiful and historic town of Palau del Vidre- bursting with history, glass blowing, good food and friendly people
The Pyrénées-Orientales offers dozens of ’criques’ along its rocky coast, small beaches and rocky inlets, usually relatively sheltered from the winds.
If you happen to be in Perpignan at the end of the summer and notice an unusually large number of people wandering around with large cameras dangling from their torsos, it is because you have stumbled across « Visa Pour L’Image ».
Spread over three floors, the brand new Maison de l’Eau et de la Méditerranée (MEM) is an exciting new concept inviting visitors of all ages to consider the vital role that water plays in our way of life.
Follow in the tracks of the Tour de France and (re)discover the magic, history and legends of the many P-O towns and villages along the way.
