An update of local news in the Pyrenees-Orientales
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.
This circular walk takes you from Céret up to the ermitage where you can picnic ‘on top of the world’ …
This walk also takes in the marina, the commercial port and then on out beyond the headland overlooking the harbour wall lighthouse ‘Feu de Mole’ (dating from 1848) and then touches the wild and rugged garrigue of Cap Bear.
At the foot of the Albères mountain range, just a short drive away from the Spanish border lies Argelès.
A whole host of interesting facts about the region and further afield for your reading pleasure. So, did you know…?
Claude Viallat’s playful take on art is currently filling the Espace des arts, Le Boulou.able body of work on display at the Musée Maillol, Banyuls.
Havaneres Named after the capital town of Cuba, La Habana (Havana), these sea shanties were brought back from Cuba by soldiers, sailors and expats in the 19th Century, originally to the coastal towns…
Suzanne Dunaway LOVES to cook. Some might say she LIVES to cook. Having cooked, written and painted around the world, here she shares her PO-inspired recipes in this weekly blog.
The Hermitage Saint Antoine with its Cave Chapel is well worth a visit, its first written records dating from the XV century, and continuing till the last hermit/priest, Père Marie, died of hunger and cold in 1870.