Rivesaltes
Argelès-villag
Places of Interest: Collioure & its royal chateau, Perpignan and the Majorcan Kings' Palace, the Cathares castles, the mediaeval village of Castelnou, Mount Canigou...
SPORT and LEISURE: Rambling, tennis, boules... and all sports activities found in Argeles (only 10km away).
Running along the Golfe du Lyon in the Mediterranean, Languedoc is the promised land for the tourist keen on sunny holidays and sandy beaches, with a wide choice of small salt water lakes and resorts known throughout Europe. By going more inland, you will be amazed by the region's architectural heritage : Romanesque and Gothic churches aplenty, rich Renaissance-style facades and courtyards from private mansions.
You will love Languedocian gastronomy including sweet Muscat wine and oysters from Etang de Thau.
Further down south is Roussillon with Perpignan, a town rich in Arts treasures, at its centre. The coast has a string of lively resorts and pleasure ports.
For the gourmet, the local cuisine is just impossible to ignore with cool fine rose wines to drink after a day spent basking in the sun on one of the great sandy beaches...Unforgettable!
Land of gourmets and culinary arts, with 340 sorts of cheese and 450 quality wines...Be a guest to France's finest table. From the North to the South, the country takes pride in its writers & poets, its world famous castles, churches, cathedrals and museums, all of which worked their magic, attracting holiday-makers from all around the globe.
France boasts some of the most magnificent and diverse landscapes which influenced and became models for paintings by impressionist and surrealist masters, arousing the curiosity of people who came to see with their own eyes what it was all about...
Whether you enjoy sports, both on land or at sea, or you have a liking for remains of the Past, or if you are simply a nature lover, France will welcome you with open arms. People from all regions, towns and villages are expecting you and may even tempt you to take up residence in a country where the living is easy.
A word of advice from Lagrange : French roads are excellent, but not free, so keep money handy.
