e have chosen to live in a traditional Catalan farmhouse with a large swimming pool. The Pyrennees drop down into the Mediterranean here. Topped with snow, their lower slopes are covered with vineyards, their valleys scattered with small towns and villages. The sun shines here for an average of 300 days a year. Last century Matisse and Derain discovered Collioure on the Cote Vermeille.  It has been loved by artists ever since. The coast is lined with long sandy beaches and small rocky coves, backed by herb scented cliff-top walks through wild lavender and rosemary. It is a land of olive and almond, of robust red wine and rural Catalan cooking. A paradise for ramblers, cyclists and climbers, for divers, swimmers, yachtsmen, for lovers of art and history. Border country, littered with castles, monasteries and towers, fought over for centuries, French since 1659.

n this comparatively unspoilt corner of France we now have two holiday homes to let.

he Cottage (Gite) of our Mas (farmhouse) with or without the Poolhouse annexe sleeps 2 - 6

he Old Village House two minutes from the beach in Banyuls sur Mer sleeps 6 adults and 2 children

 

 

For more information please contact Jane Mann: 0033 4 6884 7027 or 0033 6 11 25 63 31 or email jane.mann@wanadoo.fr