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!…
Filmed in Port Vendres around the Criée fish market, and other parts of the town, as well as Font-Romeu, Cerbère, Banyuls-sur-Mer, Céret and Perpignan.
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.
Whether new to the region, or long time residents, there are several international organisations in the P-O providing links between nationalities. They help people to settle in, reply to questions and problems, and offer new skills and interests within a social, supportive environment.
The festa major is a week of Catalan summer celebrations complete with an espadrille throwing contest!
Although the tourists have mostly returned home, the sun is still shining here in the P-O. Let’s face it, even if it wasn’t, there’s never a WRONG time for cocktails!
An update of local news in the Pyrenees-Orientales