Did you know that it is likely that tennis was first played in France?
Look out for ‘La Reyne de las Founs’, man made rock formation surrounding a source coming out of the mountain, forming a pretty waterfall and stream.
The Avions war memorial at Port Vendres quotes the now legendary tribute from Winston Churchill to the heroic pilots and aircrews who, from June to October 1940 fought the Battle of Britain.
Aristotle said ‘One swallow does not a summer make’, but when these harbingers of spring and summer promise arrive in the P-O we know for sure that winter is over.
The Painted Frog (Discoglossus pictus scovazzi) is a very local variety, originally introduced to this area from Morocco.
Have you ever wondered what the D in D-Day stands for?
Built in 1976 from stones and rubble excavated from the building of the motorway, the pyramid overlooking the A9 at the old French/Spanish border point is a purely decorative sculpture created by Catalan architect Ricardo Bofill
Did you hear about the incident between the Franciscan friar Bernard Delicieux and Prince Ferran, third son of Jaume II King of Majorca?
Have you ever wondered why some beaches have random-looking old walls built on them?
An update of local news in the Pyrenees-Orientales