On October 10, 2025, our 10th anniversary, we will open another exhibition of the Tapestry. Do come and join us!
Originally set up by the Rois de Majorque as a defence system to protect the Roussillon from invaders, the tours de signaux (signal towers) allowed information to be passed quickly around the region, using fire and smoke signals.
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
Merry, Leigh and the three (Cap) Béars: You can do the whole thing in one go (8km, allow 3-4 hours, about 500m ascent/descent), but we found there’s so much beautiful scenery to see on each section we were happy to spread it over a few days.
It was the perfect storm of 1913. A local fisherman, Josep Llanas, was caught off the port of Collioure with his sails torn to shreds as huge waves broke over the boat’s bows….