Surrounding Collioure

Perpignan

The nearest City to Collioure, known as the Paris of the South.

Banyuls

Further round on the coastal road. Gives its name to the local sweet wine produced in the area.

Canigou

The highest point in the area, forming part of the Pyrenees.

Villefranche de Conflent

A beautiful walled village with a fabulous Church overlooking it in the mountains above.

The Little Yellow Train

A breathtaking train journey which you catch from Villefranche and takes you through the mountains.

Castlenou

One of the most beautiful and peaceful villages in the area, situated in a very rural position surrounded by the mountains and countryside.

Skiing

Skiing can be enjoyed at Font-Romeu, one of the biggest ski resorts in France, some 45 minutes away

The Valley of the Tech, the southernmost valley of Roussillon - and of France - winds lonesome trails around the southern slopes of the Canigou mountain. The valley is not only know for its art, but is the prime cherry-growing region, renowned for the first cherries in the French market each year.

Enjoy the cherry festival and mineral waters and spas' sulphurous waters, (good for one's rheumatism, since Roman times) and the pretty medieval villages piled on the nearby hills, with their narrow mazes of lanes. On mid-summer's eve, the feast of St John, fires light up the surrounding country side of the 12,000M Canigou which is the sacred mountain of the Catalans. Fine walking country with lots to discover.