When Jerusalem was captured by the Caliph Omar in 638, Christian pilgrims lost their enthusiasm for the long trek to the Holy City.
What to Expect on France’s Roads This Final Weekend of July As the last weekend of July approaches, France is preparing for one of the busiest travel moments of the summer. With many families heading…
A selection of poems paying homage to our sacred Mountain, Mount Canigou
We’re driving along the D115 through Ceret (no stopping there today) Amélie and Arles-sur-Tech right up into the Haut Vallespir and over into Spain.
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I stepped off the train at Gare de Perpignan with the kind of anticipation that sneaks up slow and low, like the first sip of coffee in the morning. This place isn’t just a station.…
The Pyrénées-Orientales offers dozens of ’criques’ along its rocky coast, small beaches and rocky inlets, usually relatively sheltered from the winds.
If you breakdown on the motorway, don’t contact your insurance breakdown service as only motorway approved breakdown vehicles are allowed on the motorways.
When Rosaleen Bond and family finally got to see their new house in Vernet-Les-Bains, they loved the village so much they decided to make the move.
This classic tour of the Capcir plateau follows good footpaths, waymarked in yellow and takes around 6 hours, starting and ending in Les Angles village centre