Working alongside the Gestapo, they hunted Resistance members, persecuted Jews, and profited from violence until justice caught up with them after the war.
As the summer temperatures rise here in the P-O, our thoughts turn to water! It’s been in short supply this year so we appreciate it even more.
Beware the Oleander shrub, popular in the P-O for its evergreen qualities and delicate flowers and planted in quantity to jazz up roadsides, and gardens.
We were waiting on the platform for Le Train Jaune.
Céret composer Déodat de Séverac was born in Saint-Félix-Lauragais, not far from Toulouse, in 1872 and moved to Céret in the Pyrenees-Orientales.
Swirling and eddying, forming delightful rockpools, it is a perfect picnic spot.
Apps That Help You Navigate Life in France Moving to France comes with plenty of rewards, but also a fair amount of paperwork, appointments, train bookings and administrative mysteries. Fortunately, there are a number of…
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