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Away from all the commercial hype of Halloween, the Catalan village of Tressere (66 Pyrenees Orientales, Languedoc-Roussillon) celebrates its Witches Festival (Festa de les Bruixes) 26-27 October 2012: During the day there are numerous free events throughout the village including children’s workshops, musical entertainment, street theatre and parades, concerts… and spells mainly focussed on ………Continue reading Witches Festival The town of Céret (66 Pyrenees-Orientales) hosts its Cherry Festival (La Fête de la Cerise et Céret de Bandas) 18-19 May 2013 This is a joyous celebration of fruit and music which fills the town. It includes a Cherry Market
For more info see www.ot-ceret.fr/ ………Continue reading Cherry Festival The Christnas Market (Marché de Noel) in Perpignan (66 Pyrenees-Orientales, Midi Pyrenees) takes place on Quai Vauban from 4-31 December 2011 and celebrates in true Catalan style – this corner of France always feels rather more Spanish than French. Get to Perpignan by TGV train For more info about Perpignan see www.perpignantourisme.com ………Continue reading Perpignan Christmas Market The town of Prats de Mollo (66 Pyrenees Orientales, Languedoc-Roussillon), 40 miles southwest of Perpignan, celebrates the Day of the Bear (Fete de l’Ours) on 14 February 2010. OK – they are not real bears (although Bears have been reintroduced in some parts of the Pyrenees) but young men blacked up and wearing sheepskins as ………Continue reading Festival of the Bear The winemakers of Banyuls (66 Pyrenees-Orientales, Languedoc-Roussillon) celebrate their Fete des Vendanges from 5-11 October 2009. An unmissable wine-themed rendez-vous involving encounters with winemakers, exhibitions, lectures, cultural activities and traditional local markets… For example on Saturday 10 October there is a traditional market featuring local produce in the streets of the town centre;music; the pressing ………Continue reading Banyuls wine festival Exhibiting at Bristol’s Wine Festival (10-12 July 2009) will be Domaine Treloar, a small vineyard in the Roussillon region of southern France. We are a small, high-quality vineyard and winery in the Roussillon, France’s most exciting wine region.Owned and operated by Jonathan Hesford and Rachel Treloar. As Vignerons Indépendants, we grow all the grapes, ………Continue reading Domaine Treloar near Perpignan (and Bristol) If you are a fan of Muscat wines then Perpignan (66 Pyrenees-Orientales, Languedoc-Roussillon) should be your destination from 31 January – 2 February 2009 with the Rencontres Mediterraneenes du Muscat (Mediterranean Muscat’s Convention). Open to the public, the event offers culinary and wine-tasting workshops and the opportunity to taste a range of Muscat wines ………Continue reading Muscat Festival in Perpignan FrogBus logo FrogBus is a bus service which links Perpignan (66 Pyrenees Orientales, Languedoc-Roussillon) with Girona Airport in Spain – a destination for many budget flights – and hence offers a practical alternative to other routes to this part of the Languedoc-Roussillon, whether it be for sun, sea, sand or skiing , Catalan culture ………Continue reading Take the FrogBus to Perpignan Each July the French get very excited about 180 or more professional cyclists who cover 3,500km over three weeks racing around France, including staggering climbs in the Alps and Pyrenees. Tour de France 2009 With lots of razzamataz, commercial sponsorship, scandal and sporting achievement, it is a spectacle well worth seeing – especially as ………Continue reading Cycling's Tour de France 2009 Each July the French get very excited about 180 or more professional cyclists who cover 3,500km over three weeks racing around France, including staggering climbs in the Alps and Pyrenees. Tour de France 2009 With lots of razzamataz, commercial sponsorship, scandal and sporting achievement, it is a spectacle well worth seeing – especially as ………Continue reading Cycling’s Tour de France 2009 |
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