Out for the Day… in Eyne, the Valley of Flowers. Need a tonic? How about fresh mountain air, kaleidoscopes of wild flowers, serene mouflon and shy izzards grazing, bubbling water features, bumblebees, butterflies and beetles, maybe even a little late snow?
Le Chateau de Castelnou originally re-opened to the public in 2021 after a four-year closure due to safety issues.
Rasiguères and rosé – the alliteration is a fortunate coincidence for this village of vignerons. Though the quality of the wine speaks for itself.
Collioure défensive – (re)découvrez la ville balnéaire emblématique. Quelle que soit votre langue maternelle, vous pouvez profiter du contenu et tester vos compétences en langues étrangères !
Henri Matisse arrived in Collioure in May 1905 at the age of 36, depressed, full of self doubts and very short of money. André Derain soon followed.
Where French Catalonia melts into the Aude, the Forteresse de Salses, imposing and beautiful château, squats on the strip of land between the Corbières hills and the Leucate lagoon.
Cycle the region with Leigh and Merry Foster as they travel from Palau del Vidre to Villeneuve de la Raho
A circular 3h 15 mins walk with approx. 380 metres of ascent. Starts with descent to Montner and then ascent to Força Réal, with final descent to Col del Bou via Le Sentier Botanique.
Get out and about this year around Amélie les Bains and (re)discover the many pretty little villages and hamlets that often get overlooked
Céret is the undisputed cherry capital of the P-O, and probably the whole of France, its cherry trees the last of the spring fruits to blossom but the first to bear fruit. By May, the first cherries of the season are on their way to the President of France, and stalls, trestle tables, and rickety makeshift benches laden with the fruit appear on every street corner, in garages, lay-bys and the Saturday market.