LOCALIFE Kids’ Stuff …..billies, nannies & cheese With Louise Sayers The giant larder that we live in, otherwise known as the Pyrénées-Orientales, is full of passionate people producing local delicacies from the land and…
About diving in France Qualifications For deep wreck diving (40m and plus) you will have to have a qualification of at least CMAS 3 star equivalent. If you haven’t been diving recently to these sorts…
Water Sport – Saint Jean Pla de Corts Love water sport but tired of sand in every orifice? Simples. Follow the wild screams of excitement (and the sign for the Plan d’Eau) to the ‘téléski’…
Natural History Museum, Perpignan In 1770 the University of Perpignan set up a natural history cabinet, for teaching purposes. The collections were partly preserved and in 1840 became the Municipal Museum The collection was…
As you drive towards Trouillas on the D612, dominating the sea of vines, you will see the imposing 18th century stone and brick outbuildings of Chateau du Mas Deu. Slightly to the left is a…
The town of Figueres is probably best known for that cathedral of wackiness – the Dali museum, but a bit of exploration will soon take you off the beaten track and provide an authentic fix of Spanish street culture.
In praise of Le Racou beach by Simon Newman UPDATE MAY 2014 Le Racou car park, still free but packed out in high season, is to be updated and renovated. The ‘parking du Valmarie’,…
A Perfect Day Out by John Frazer-Robinson Friends Jane and Robbie invited us to spend the day with them in Cadaqués. It was sunny, mild, and almost wind-free. If you decide…
Monday 25th May 2015 NOTRE DAME DU CORAL (long walk or short drive from Prats de Mollo) Join the traditional pilgrimage to this former chapel and hermitage. Remote and isolated, from a…
La Coûme by Courtney O’Brien-Brown La Coûme: in Catalan, is a valley with no exit at the upper end. In English, a coomb or combe. The heartwarming story of La Coûme begins in one…