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• French School Holidays 2013 - 2014
  French school holidays 2012 - 13 School holidays in France are organised according to three "holiday zones", A, B and C, in order to manage the flow of French holidaymakers. Our region comes under zone A (Montpellier) ZONE A Pyrénées-Orientales (+ Caen, Clermont-Ferrand, Grenoble, (...) read more...



• Have a healthy, fishy PO summer!
  BEAUTIFUL PYRENEES, GLORIOUS CLIMATE, GREAT RIVERS ... AND THE WONDERFUL MEDITERRANEAN....... WHAT MORE CAN ONE WISH? with Hannele A big, big thank you to Hannele for sending us this article, particularly as English is not her first language. We have not edited this article as it (...) read more...



• Parking in the P-O
  Parking in the P-O by Caroline Hill Judging by the amount of cars parked on pavements, across zebra crossings and on yellow lines it seems that nobody likes to pay to park – but the risk of finding a penalty notice on the windscreen or having your car towed away is extremely (...) read more...



• Lundi de Pentecôte (Whit Monday) in France
  Lundi de Pentecôte (Whit Monday) in France Whit Monday (Pentecost Monday) in English, le Lundi de Pentecôte in French, this day is the last of four public holidays in May. It is a ’movable feast’ in the Christian calendar, a religious tradition which takes place 50 (...) read more...



• Rivesaltes internment camp - camp Joffre
  Lest we forget Rivesaltes internment camp - camp Joffre In every village graveyard wrought iron crosses bearing white enamel hearts record the deaths of generations of villagers. So few are the families in the remoter hamlets most of the names are the same. The graves are well tended. (...) read more...



• WALK THE PIC DU CANIGOU
  Walk the Region with Leigh and Merry Foster PIC DU CANIGOU This walk is not for the faint-hearted, but has to be on many people’s ‘bucket list’ of things to do while they can. The sense of achievement and the spectacular views from the top on a good day are more than (...) read more...



• Céret Museum of Modern Art
  Céret Museum of Modern Art Geographical situation Céret is situated 12 kms from the Spanish border and 30 kms from Perpignan. Access By plane Perpignan Rivesaltes airport and bus services from Perpignan railway station. By train Perpignan railway station and bus services from the (...) read more...



• Le petit train jaune
  Le petit train jaune de Cerdagne Painted in the Catalan colours of ’sang et or’ (blood red and gold), le petit train jaune was built at the beginning of the century in order to link the towns and villages high up in the mountains with Perpignan and Prades, the principal (...) read more...



• Mont Louis/Font Romeu-Odeillo-Via
  The first solar furnace in the world Mont Louis The solar furnace (four solaire) in Mont Louis, built in 1949 by professor Félix Trombe, was the first solar furnace in the world, an enormous construction of 1420 mirrors. This dual reflection solar furnace has been in steady evolution over (...) read more...



• PORT VENDRES Walk 2: “ Fort St. Elme & Collioure”
  Walk the region with Ted Hiscock PORT VENDRES Walk 2: “Fort St. Elme & Collioure” (7km ) This is an energetic first part climb to the ridge between Port Vendres and Collioure for a spectacular view followed by drop down into Collioure and back along the Corniche road. It is well (...) read more...

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