This walk starts and ends on the road to La Vall, between Sorède and Argelès, meandering through the lower wooded slopes up to the ruggedly impressive Château d’Ultrera.
Sébastien le Prestre de Vauban designed a new fort at the crossroads of the Conflent, Capcir and Cerdagne to defend the border. Named after King Louis X1V, it is said that he chose the position of Mont Louis based on the good health and fine teeth of the inhabitants of nearby villages!
The convoluted ramblings and scribblings of ‘My Life in the P-O – Twenty Years On’
Ringed by mountains, Lake Matmale glistening in front of the village, Les Angles offers 32 downhill pistes catering for all levels, and an impressive Snowpark.
A reminder from our local gendarmeries on just some of the scams doing the rounds in the Pyrénées-Orientales.
Test Your French with a really bad joke.
Water restrictions have changed following heavy rainfall in late December 2025 and mid-January 2026.
If you arrive like I did, on a winter’s night iduring, you are in for quite a surprise.
The nearest French equivalent to Pancake Day is the ‘Fête de la Chandeleur’ (Candlemas) on 2nd February.
An update of local news in the Pyrenees-Orientales