The Conflent

A beautiful and varied natural area with an impressive cultural heritage, lies 850 km from Paris, at the foot of the French eastern Pyrenees. In a landscape of vineyards and fruit orchards, of gently babbling brooks and bold white-water rivers, of jagged rock formations, numerous gorges and caves, hills and mountains lie Vauban’s famous fortifications. France’s most beautiful villages including Eus, Villefranche de Conflent, Evol and Castelnou. A bevy of sporting challenges and above all … 300 days of sunshine a year!

Perpignan, the Catalan city by excellence, Collioure and its royal castle with its feet in the sea, natural phenomena such as the Grandes Grottes des Canalettes, the Orges of Ille sur Têt and the waterfalls of the Llech. The many fascinating stories of the region such as the Vénus of Ille, the witches of Villefranche, museums such as the Prehistoric Man of Tautavel or Dalí in Figueras. Furthermore, you can visit the abbeys of St.Michel-de-Cuxa, St.Martin-du-Canigou, Marcevol and the Prieuré de Serrabonne. The various churches in the area, with their characteristic pink marble, also invite you to step inside.