| Page Views: 616 Last Visit to Collioure: - | Collioure by grayfo - last update: Mar 30, 2007 |
Located only 20 minutes from the Pyrenees and Spanish Catalonia, Collioure is a former fishing village that might be recognized from the Fauve paintings of Lhote and Derain. It's said to resemble St-Tropez before it was spoiled, a French answer to England’s St Ives. Collioure is a charming and alluring port, said to be at its best in spring and autumn. When visiting don’t miss the Chateau Royal, few forts are more impressive, with sheer walls rising out of the water. Home to the kings of Mallorca in the 13th and 14th centuries, it was fortified in the 15th century and fought over by the kings of Aragon, Spain and France in the 16th and 17th centuries. |
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nicoleken Wed Sep 30, 2009 08:43 UTC
I visited Collioure when I stayed in Argelès-sur-Mer: it is a wonderful place ! | hinkleg Thu Jan 29, 2009 04:39 UTC
Thank you for info on this accomodation; we just booked a night there and had no idea what it looked like or how to spend our time there. Any more suggestions most welcome! | ranger49 Fri Nov 21, 2008 14:18 UTC
Good to meet someone else who has been to one of my favourite places! ( I got here via a detour from your Godmanchester page so will find my way back there now...) | cachaseiro Tue Jan 29, 2008 22:43 UTC
nice page mate. that looks like an attractive little place. |
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