On a plateau of the Corbières, near Salses, with panoramic views of sea and lagoon, visible from the A9 motorway and the N9, stands the “Porta dels Països Catalans”, or ‘Gate to the Catalan Countries’.
Silly P-O limericks
Croquettes catalanes Suzanne Dunaway shares her PO-inspired recipes in this weekly blog.
Rasiguères and rosé – the alliteration is a fortunate coincidence for this village of vignerons. Though the quality of the wine speaks for itself.
Collioure défensive – (re)découvrez la ville balnéaire emblématique. Quelle que soit votre langue maternelle, vous pouvez profiter du contenu et tester vos compétences en langues étrangères !
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.
Le vrai tombeau des morts c’est le cœur des vivants. Jean Cocteau I felt uncomfortable researching and writing this article. I am unprepared. I don’t want to think about it… but it’s the one absolute…
This mountain walk follows the route of the Tet river as it flows down the glaciated valley of the Coma de la Grava.
Where French Catalonia melts into the Aude, the Forteresse de Salses, imposing and beautiful château, squats on the strip of land between the Corbières hills and the Leucate lagoon.
Bernard Phelan grew up in Dublin and now lives in the Pyrénées-Orientales. This is his behind-the-scenes story of an innocent man, arrested and imprisoned in Iran and finally released after 222 days.