A delightful and very interesting circuit of 3hrs, with 460metres of ascent. Most of the route is in forest and offers good protection from a warm autumn sun.
Minestrone soup – Although February in the Vallespir isn’t as cold as some parts of the world, a comforting soup is always welcome on a winter’s day.
Cork oaks (chênes lieges) are plentiful in this southern part of France, but few reach such a majestic size as this magnificent tree in the grounds of Mas Santol, Reynès, believed to be the largest in the P.O.
Love reading? Love the Pyrenées-Orientales? Why not combine the two? All of these books can be bought via the links or found in local book shops. Bonne lecture!
French poem about the River Tech, with useful vocabulary
Post Brexit, Covid or just ready to make a move?
Adapted by TF1 from a Spanish series ‘Monteperdido’, all 6 of the 52 minute episodes of ‘Rivière Perdue’ are filmed in the Vallespir between Arles-sur-Tech, Amélie-les-Bains, Céret, Prats-de-Mollo, and Le Boulou.
A whole host of interesting facts about the region and further afield for your reading pleasure. So, did you know…?
An evening full of music and banter in the Pyrénées Orientales with the’ ratpack’, Sinatra and Friends, in an evening full of music and banter. Fly me to the Moon’, ‘My Way’, ‘That’s Amore’, ‘Volare’, ‘King of the Road’, ‘Mr Bojangles’, ‘What Kind of Fool’, New York New York’….
An update of local news in the Pyrenees-Orientales