How do you fancy seeing the P-O (or at least part of it) from a railroad track on a foot pumped handcart?
Follow in the tracks of the Tour de France by bike or car, and (re)discover the magic, history and legends of the many P-O towns and villages along the way.
The Côte Vermeille (Vermilion coast) stretches from Argelès-sur-Mer to Cerbère via Collioure, Port Vendres and Banyuls-sur-Mer. This part of the coastline covers a mere 15 kilometres but the winding road from Port-Vendres to Cerbère makes it feel much longer, despite the superb views ! Take a sick bag for the folk in the back seat !
Salvador Dali (1904 – 1989) once claimed that Perpignan Railway Station was the “Centre of the Universe, because its waiting room is where he got all his best ideas.”
If skinny dipping is your thing, the naturist beach is located on the left bank of the port, between the dam and the oyster farms, along with an entire naturist village.
As the summer temperatures rise here in the P-O, our thoughts turn to water! It’s been in short supply this year so we appreciate it even more.
If you want to discover wild landscapes, full of delights, with a rich and diverse flora and fauna, look no further than the Nyer Reserve.
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.