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July and August, when its tiny
streets and pretty pebbled
beach are usually crammed Did You Know
STAY with visitors. A former light house
Château Royal was incorporated as
Chateau de Riell " § 04 68 82 06 43 # Hours the Eglise Notre-Dame-
Mini-chateau with vary, call ahead ¢ 1 Jan, des-Anges’s bell tower
fabulous views and spa. 1 May, 15 & 16 Aug, 25 Dec at Collioure.
! D7 ⌂ Molitg-les-Bains
∑ chateauderiell.com
¡¡¡ 10 "'= stables large enough to
Forteresse de Salses house 300 horses, and a
Relais des Trois Mas subterranean passageway.
The pool and terrace ! E7 ⌂ Pyrénées-
overlook one of area’s Orientales £ @ n Salses-
most beautiful bays. le-Château 66600 # Daily 11
¢ 1 Jan, 1 May, 1 & 11 Nov, 25
! E7 ⌂ Rte de Port-
Vendres, Collioure ∑ rel Dec; www.forteresse- Elne
aisdestroismas.com salses.fr ! E7 ⌂ Pyrénées-
With the appearance of a
¡¡¡ Orientales £ @
giant sand castle set against n 14 bd Voltaire; www.
the ochre-coloured earth of
Hôtel de the Corbières vineyards, the elne-tourisme.com
l’Amphitheatre imposing Forteresse de Salses This ancient town housed
A pretty boutique hotel stands sentry at the old fron- Hannibal and his elephants
in medieval mansions.
tier of Spain and France. It in 218 BC on his epic journey
! E6 ⌂ 4 rue des guards over a narrow defile to Rome, and was one of the
Arenes, NÎmes ∑ hotel between the Mediter ra nean most important towns in the
delamphitheatre.com lagoons and the mountains, region un til the 16th century.
¡¡¡ and was built by Francisco The 11th-century Cathédrale
Ramiro Lopez for King de Ste-Eulalie et Ste-Julie
Hôtel de la Cité Ferdinand of Aragon between has a superb marble cloister
Secluded within a 1497 and 1506 to defend what and fine sculpted capitals
medieval citadel. was at the time Spain’s embellished with flowers.
posses sion of the Roussillon
! D7 ⌂ Pl August-Pierre region. The fort’s massive Cathédrale de Ste-Eulalie
Pont, Carcassonne et Ste-Julie
∑ hoteldelacite.com walls and rounded towers are
typical of Spanish military ⌂ Plateau des Garaffes
¡¡¡ archi tec ture, designed to § 04 68 22 05 07 # Oct–Apr:
deflect the then new threat Tue–Sun; May–Sep:
posed by gun powder. Inside, daily ¢ 1 Jan, 1
there were under ground May & 25 Dec

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