This circular snowshoe walk passes through the vast Scots Pine forest above Les Angles and discovers the ruined village and church of Vallserra, deserted after the Plague.
A circular, 4 hour, 12 km walk at low level with just 120m of ascent. Rocky paths with some sections of tarmac on country tracks.
If you’ve had the misfortune to accidentally step on a sea urchin (oursin), you will be very aware how painful it can be.
You have probably crossed Caixas on your way to visit Castelnou without spotting this commune hidden in the rugged heart of the Aspres.
A ‘Proof of Accommodation’ document that your UK visitors could be asked to produce when entering France.
The Grand Hôtel Thermal dominates the narrow gorge carved by the fast-flowing Castellane River.
School holidays in the Pyrénées-Orientales don’t have to mean expensive theme parks or military-level planning.
Fancy dress, street parades, fireworks, singing, dancing, and the symbolic burning of evil spirits. That’s Carnival in the P-O
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Where better to lie on your back and watch the stars?