In 1860 Abbé Rous, the new Curé at the Chapelle de la Rectorie, first tasted the naturally sweet wine of Banyuls and found it so good that he decided, through his network of Catholic contacts, to make it the communion wine of France.
British residents in France must now have a carte de séjour but this is not a substitute for a passport.
Car rental in France! A helpful list of dos and don’ts to help you dodge last-minute panic and post-holiday financial shocks
Only 13 kilometres away from the Spanish border, this walled town is a delight of narrow cobbled streets and ancient mediaeval architecture….
It can come as quite a surprise just how much water is lost from a swimming pool via evaporation, due to heat, humidity and wind.
The mosquito, (‘little fly’ in Spanish) has been around for more than 30 million years.
Who are the camouflaged, black- faced creatures racing kayaks or dangling from a parachute in the bay of Collioure? Where do they come from? Why are they there?
Marie-Thérèse Figueur was one of the few French female soldiers to enlist in the French Revolutionary Army and fight in the Napoleonic Wars.
He’s mean, he’s smart, he’s fast, he’s agressive – and he’s blue.
When Jerusalem was captured by the Caliph Omar in 638, Christian pilgrims lost their enthusiasm for the long trek to the Holy City.