Historic Perpignan, the colourful mix of old and new, chic and shabby, trendy boutiques, narrow, cobbled streets and small intimate bistros, was also a pivotal location in supporting the British and Allied war effort.
In 1947, the Comité National des Sentiers de Grande Randonnée (CNSGR) was created by the Touring-Club de France, later to become, in 1978, la Fédération Française de Randonnée Pédestre
If you’re looking for an exciting winter or spring drive, why not take the stunning coast road across the border to El Port de la Selva, and return to France via Figueres?
What’s on around the region in October 2025
On October 10, 2025, our 10th anniversary, we will open another exhibition of the Tapestry. Do come and join us!
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.
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
The largest pottery market in the department, ceramists exhibit their works first in Céret and then on the quays of the port of Banyuls.