Want to give your sun tan a final blast before handing over your hire car and catching your plane in Barcelona? Why not wait on the beach?
Empúries, (coming from the Greek “Emporion” meaning market place or shopping centre) lies midway between the Costa Brava town of L’Escala and the tiny village of Sant Martí. Archeology fans will be in ruins heaven!
Follow in the tracks of the Tour de France by bike or car, and (re)discover the magic, history and legends of the many P-O towns and villages along the way.
It all worked out in the end. Not that I saw much of the Tour that day…
The story behind the Catalan donkey and Spain’s Osborne Bull.
P-O Life readers share their experiences of crime in Barcelona and share some tips on how to stay safe
Useful info to stay safe on the roads in Spain.
We are very lucky here in the P-O to be able to pop over into Spain at the drop of a hat. However, it’s never a bad idea to re-read some of the letters and comments sent in from our readers and take a few precautions before heading south..
We were waiting on the platform for Le Train Jaune.
Narbonne is a leafy and well-appointed town, initially founded by the Romans in 118 BCE, when it was known then as Narbo. Once a very prosperous port and a major city due to its strategic location, it was in fact Rome’s first colony in Gaul.