In 1860 Abbé Rous, the new Curé at the Chapelle de la Rectorie, first tasted the naturally sweet wine of Banyuls and found it so good that he decided, through his network of Catholic contacts, to make it the communion wine of France.
Tucked away off the coast road, half way between Port Vendres and Banyuls-sur-Mer, lies the bay of Paulilles, three beaches (Bernardi, del Mitg and Fourat) separated by rocky headlands, surrounded by steep and endless vineyards,…
Bleak’ would fairly describe the town of Portbou, a bleakness only accentuated by its stunning environs.
Roadside rubbish
There are 2200km of departmental roads in the P-O and 62.5 tonnes of rubbish were removed from them in 2015.
Roadside rubbish
There are 2200km of departmental roads in the P-O and 62.5 tonnes of rubbish were removed from them in 2015.
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Booklife. In 1985, Jane Collins-Philippe ran away to sail the world. Many years later, just the right vessel brought her to beautiful Collioure.
Walter Benjamin The ‘Centre d’Art Contemporain de Perpignan’ was named after Walter Benjamin, (1892 – 1940) German-Jewish literary critic and art historian, posthumously one of the twentieth century’s greatest philosophers. A memorial dedicated to…
One walker slipped and caused an avalanche when 4 of them were out walking with a guide at Porta. It swept all 4 of them downhill and 1 walker broke his ankle but 3 others were lucky enough to escape injury.
by Caroline Hill Judging by the amount of cars parked on pavements, across zebra crossings and on yellow lines it seems that nobody likes to pay to park – but the risk of finding a…
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