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.
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’.
No matter on which side of the Spanish war people may be, they all agree on one thing — that the French border is closed up and airtight.”
Travel to and from the P-O has become more and more problematic over the past few years. Here readers share their experiences and advice.
Phone & internet providers, insurance companies, professional training organisations… the offers are varied, numerous and mostly a pain in the derrière. But new measures are now in place to limit cold calling.
Baby you can drive my car… Wondering what’s changed since the last time you drove over? You can always depend on P-O Life readers to point you in the right direction.
Do you know the meaning of the adjective ‘tramontane’?
Ideas of things to see and do when the weather takes a turn for the worse
A reader has contacted us to warn us of a text message scam which she fell foul of last week. If you receive a text asking you to pay extra postage on a parcel awaiting delivery, it may well be a hoax.
In a bid to reduce traffic jams, save fuel and emit less carbon dioxide, the Ministère de la Transition écologique has announced that free-flow tolls will slowly become the norm on France’s autoroute system.