An update of local news in the Pyrenees-Orientales
Love Them or Hate Them: The Story of Collioure’s Famous Anchovies Anchovies are a bit like Marmite. People tend to fall firmly into one of two camps: those who happily pile them onto anything edible,…
Swirling and eddying, forming delightful rockpools, it is a perfect picnic spot.
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In our glorious Mediterranean waters you’ll never swim alone. From rainbow wrasse and damselfish to octopuses and sea cucumbers, there’s plenty going on beneath the waves – if you look.
Whether whispered murmurs or thundering tor- rents, our local waterways have stories to tell. The crumbling remains of one of the earliest canals snake along the cliffs of the magnificent Gorges de la Guillera.
For travellers heading south, it signals their arrival in North Catalonia. For those leaving, it serves as a final farewell.
Despite it’s beginnings in Christianity, the Feux de la Saint Jean is linked with ancient practices and white magic
No event in the Catalan calendar is more important than Els Focs de la Sant Jean.
Henri Matisse arrived in Collioure in May 1905 at the age of 36, depressed, full of self doubts and very short of money. André Derain soon followed.