Activity pack à la carte! Here’s a rather nice idea from the Saint Cyprien Tourist Office – les packs à la carte. Chose several activities that you enjoy or have always wanted to try, and using…
Restaurant Review Winter 2014 With Kate and Mates I am no gourmet ‘foodie’ but I know what I like. Fresh, tasty food, good and friendly service, clean cutlery, crockery and loos, and prices that…
Au Diamant Noir, Montferrer with Rhona Hazell If you haven’nt yet visited the Diamant Noir, in Montferrer, I would love to share my experience with you bacause you’re in for a treat. The…
The Chemin de la Liberte, a 50-mile trek, sets off over the Massif de Couserans in Ariège, one of the most difficult and treacherous escape routes over the Pyrenees,
AL REC Restaurant-Epicerie-Café Welcome to this old-fashioned mixture of a small restaurant/café and grocery where you can also purchase local produce and meet the natives! Run by Yvon, who delights in speaking English as well as Catalan, you…
PO – La passion de l’ovalie with Frank Parkinson 2009/2010 Bill Shankly, the legendary manager of Liverpool Football Club, once said that “football isn’t a matter of life and death – it’s more important than…
Reviewed by Fiona, 2015 Hôtel-bar-restaurant with spacious, wisteria-covered terrace in the heart of Arles-sur-Tech, Les Glycines is a family affair, run by newcomers Thierry Genot, his charming wife, Patricia & their son. Lunchtime offers a great…
Les Abeilles, St Jean Pla de Corts December 2014 One of those rare village restaurants that is rarely empty, Les Abeilles have got it just right. It’s not posh or gourmet, it doesn’t pretend…
Getting there From Perpignan, follow the RN116 via Prades, Villefranche de Conflent to Mont Louis, then the D618 Font Romeu. Note that the road between Villefranche de Conflent and Mont Louis is a mountain…
Trace Catalane 2015: Sunday 4th January 2015 Review: La Trace Catalane “The 27th Trace Catalane ski mountaineering race took place on Sunday 12th January, 2014 in the village of Les…