This 350km cross-border cycle loop passes through 53 towns and villages, including our beautiful P-O, the Costa Brava, Girona, the volcanic Garrotxa region and the Col d’Ares above Prats de Mollo…
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.
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?
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.
A garden is forgiving, that I can attest to, since it gave in to my hopeful planting of radishes two months ago in winter and pushed up enough of the little devils to eat with butter and make me feel successful as a gardener.
Saint Cyprien….Miles of golden sands, a port so full of yachts the masts almost obscure the palm trees…..
Collioure defensive – (re)discover the emblematic coastal town. Whatever your native language, you can enjoy the content and test your foreign language skills too!
P-O Life reader and contributor, James Trollope, bought an old photo album at auction and discovered a treasure trove…
With quaint, cobbled streets, pretty squares, lively shops, restaurants, and bars, and art and music museums, there is certainly enough temptation to hang around the town, but there is plenty going on around and about too.