Argelès to Banyuls-sur-Mer is a short but fabulous coastal drive on a crisp autumn day, offering panoramic views over the bay of Collioure, row after row of steep, terraced vines, and a sparkling Mediterranean ever present throughout the drive.
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
We may love beans, but do they reciprocate?
Have you heard of “les monstres”?
A scam to be aware of, particularly if you have French speaking kids!
Did you know that the man who was apparently responsible for the unification of Catalonia was called Wilfred the Hairy (El Pelut), Count of Barcelona, but hailing originally from Ria near Prades?
Lord Guillaume de Cabestany was a troubadour, soldier, poet, and lover of Saurimonde, wife of Raimond de Castell-Rossello and subject of many of his poems