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
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….
The largest pottery market in the department, ceramists exhibit their works first in Céret and then on the quays of the port of Banyuls.
Filmed on the Côte Vermeille between Argelès-sur-Mer, Banyuls, Port-Vendres, Cerbère and Portbou
Enjoy a silent slow amble through this local treasure, keeping your eyes and ears open, your nostrils alert for the scents of antiquity and your minds open to the wonder of unspoiled nature.