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
From War to Sanctuary: How Spain’s Masterpieces Fled Franco During La Retirada
Where better to lie on your back and watch the stars?
This route heads along the rocky headland to Paulilles and back through the vines to Port Vendres.
French/Catalan humour at its weirdest?
In late January/early February 1939 nearly half a million Spanish civilians and soldiers fled to France. The word Retirada (Spanish for Retreat) was adopted by historians to signify this exodus, which was the biggest single influx of refugees ever known in France.