The Knights Templar made Mas Deu their administrative and religious headquarters in Roussillon.
Picture the gods cleaving the earth with a monstrous axe and you have the spectacular Gorges de Galamus.
Les hotels particuliers – magnificent private mansions of well-to-do families constructed between the 16th and 19th centuries.
Think Argelès, think Saint Cyprien, think Canet…..and we immediately think beach and port. But what about the villages?
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.
We were waiting on the platform for Le Train Jaune.
A gorge is a very deep crevice between two mountains or hills, formed by rivers running through and eroding rock over a very long period of time. Here are a couple to take your breath away.
Get out and about this year around Amélie les Bains and (re)discover the many pretty little villages and hamlets that often get overlooked
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.
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