Local product market, grape pressing, musical entertainment in the village streets, special ’vendanges ball’, blessing of the harvest, arrival by sea of the grape harvest as in days of old when the barques catalanes brought the grapes to the beach………
Saturday 30 avril 2016 Hall of Honour, Town Hall, Banyuls sur Mer from 9:30 to 13:00 MEET THE WRITERS AND EDITORS FROM BANYULS-SUR-MER and the entire department of PYRENEES ORIENTALES for a morning of discovery…
Saturday 11th – Sunday 12th October 2014 – Banyuls-sur-Mer FETE DES VENDANGES Local product market, grape pressing, musical entertainment in the village streets, special ’vendanges ball’, blessing of the harvest, arrival by sea of…
Saturday 3rd August 2013 at 17h Show Patrouille de France French Aerobatics Display over the port of Banyuls (Red Arrows style) This yearly events is guaranteed to leave you with…
Beside the Seaside….from Blackpool to Banyuls-sur-Mer Basil Howitt emerges from convalescence to enjoy a day out in Banyuls-sur-Mer. He also listens to several Catalan Cobla bands. “Oh I do like to be beside the seaside!…
Walter Benjamin has a plaque dedicated to him in Banyuls-sur-Mer.
The Côte Vermeille (Vermilion coast) stretches from Argelès-sur-Mer to Cerbère via Collioure, Port Vendres and Banyuls-sur-Mer. This part of the coastline covers a mere 15 kilometres but the winding road from Port-Vendres to Cerbère makes it feel much longer, despite the superb views ! Take a sick bag for the folk in the back seat !
For an alternative route to Girona, or just a very pleasant drive, head up and over the Col de Banyuls from Banyuls sur Mer. Instead of turning left at the bottom of the hill to St Quirze, go straight on….and on and on.
This walk is not too difficult, but it is quite long, taking us about 5 hours in total (with a sandwich stop for lunch!). It is approx 10.5km long with about 500m of ascent and descent.
Have you ever wondered why some beaches have random-looking old walls built on them?