We are undoubtedly spoilt for fabulous ‘stations balnéaires’ (seaside resorts) here in the P-O , but many of them are all about the beach and the sea itself – which means there’s not much going on in winter and early spring. Saint Cyprien however is an all-year-rounder.
Les hotels particuliers – magnificent private mansions of well-to-do families constructed between the 16th and 19th centuries.
This is a moderately easy walk up to and round a circuit in the wooded hills above Valmy Chateau, peaceful, beautiful and full of birdsong as you follow the winding footpath.
Is it a church? Was it a mosque? Does the curious clover leaf shaped Notre Dame de la Merci in Planès conceal the tomb of Abu-Nezah, the Arab Governor of the Cerdagne?
An update of local news in the Pyrenees-Orientales
Pentecôte was a public holiday until 2005, when the French government, led by President Chirac, decided to cancel it!
10th June 1944. One of the last two eye witnesses to this terrible massacre gives a meticulous account of that tragic day, filmed in the ruins of the village
If you have ever applied for official French documentation online, then you will know that in almost all instances, you are required to provide proof of address with a recent utility bill or another of the accepted documents. Well, now you have another possibility: the Justif’Adresse system.
Meaning “fire runs”, the Correfoc makes sure that any festival goes with a bang!
Walk the Region. Amelie, Montbolo, Palalda. A cool walk for hot summer days, this 3h 30 mins – 8 km circular walk has approximately 450 metres of ascent, virtually all in the first half, along shady forest tracks.