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 Pyrénées-Orientales offers dozens of ’criques’ along its rocky coast, small beaches and rocky inlets, usually relatively sheltered from the winds.
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
UPDATE. Sadly scrapped.
What’s on around the region in January 2023
Walking the GR10 Trail in the French Pyrenees with Patrick O’Connell
Enamoured of both the beauty and long and fascinating history of Port-Vendres, the Great Port Vendres Tapestry Association was started in July 2015 to create a large tapestry of the history of the town.
Where to pick up your P-O Life mag….