A reminder from our local gendarmeries on just some of the scams doing the rounds in the Pyrénées-Orientales.
Roger de Flor was a Sicilian-born adventurer, mercenary, and Knight Templar, a bit of a villain,
If you love a good hearty broth, with plenty of meat and vegetables, this traditional Catalan dish is the one for you.
From October onwards you’ll see ’Rifles’ advertised everywhere you go in the P-O! No need to duck unless you’re talking “two little ones”! It’s bingo!
Can’t find a doctor or a dentist because no one seems to be taking on new patients?
Lord Guillaume de Cabestany was a troubadour, soldier, poet, and lover of Saurimonde, wife of Raimond de Castell-Rossello and subject of many of his poems
This is a comfortable jaunt around a valley to the south of Banyuls-sur-Mer. It involves gentle climb to Puig del Mas followed by a short but steep climb along the beginning of the ‘Chemin de Walter Benjamin’
The Winter sales 2025 have been set by the préfecture for a period of 4 weeks.
Each morning, when I open the green shutters of our bungalow in Espira, I say to myself: “This is why I am here.”
Did you know that the man who was apparently responsible for the unification of Catalonia was called Wilfred the Hairy (El Pelut), Count of Barcelona, but hailing originally from Ria near Prades?