Mediterranean resorts of France The western part of the Mediterranean coast of France (fr. Côte d’Vermillion, Côte d’Améthyste) is located in the region of Occitania. The Occitania region was formed in 2016, after the unification of the Languedoc-Roussillon…

Коста-Дорада (кат. Costa Daurada)- это средиземноморское побережье Каталонии (провинция Таррагона, Испания), которое начинается в Оспиталет-де-л’Инфант (кат. L’Hospitalet de l’Infant) (комарка Баш-Камп) и заканчивается в Кунит (кат. Cunit) (комарка Баш-Пенедес).…

Mèze (fr. Mèze, in occitan Mesa) is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France (Occitania). Lake de Thau or basin de Thau is the largest of a string of lagoons (étangs) that stretch along the French coast from the Rhône River to the foothills…

Béziers (fr. Béziers, Occitan: Besièrs) is a town and commune in the Occitania region of Southern France; it is a subprefecture of the Hérault department. Béziers is a member of the Union of French bullfighting cities, as Arles, Bayonne, Dax or Mont-de-Marsan.…

Nîmes (fr. Nîmes) is the prefecture of the Gard department in the Occitania region of Southern France. Located between the Mediterranean Sea and Cévennes. Dubbed the most Roman city outside Italy, Nîmes has a rich history dating back to the Roman Empire when…

Ax-les-Thermes is a city in the south of France (Occitania, Ariege department, French Pyrenees), located at an altitude of 720-740 m above sea level. The city is located at the intersection of three valleys – La vallée de la Lauze, l’Oriège and l’Ariège.…

Agde (fr. Agde) is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France (Occitania). It is the Mediterranean port of the Canal du Midi. It’s a popular part of the Amethyst Coast of the Mediterranean resorts of France. The city of Agde, sometimes nicknamed…

Perpignan is a commune in the south of France, prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales department and fourth most populous city in the Occitania region. Historically and culturally, the commune, former continental capital of the Kingdom of Majorca, is in Roussillon…

Prades is a commune in the south of France, sub-prefecture and cantonal capital of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, in the Occitania region, this ancient fortified city founded in the 9th century, is today the main town in the west of the department. It…

Campan (fr. Campan) is a commune in France, located in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitania region (Pyrenees). History The town name probably comes from the Campon tribe name, which Roman commander Valerius Messala defeated in 28 BC. near the Payolle…

The Niaux cave is a decorated cave from the Upper Paleolithic having revealed numerous Magdalenian parietal figurations. It is located in the Pyrenees in France, in the Occitania region, in the department of Ariège, in the commune of Niaux, and opens halfway…

The Abbey of Saint-Martin du Canigou (in Catalan: Sant Martí del Canigó), is a monastery of Benedictine monks founded in the 11th century by Guifred II, county of Cerdagne. The consecration rite of the Saint Martin abbey church took place in November 1009.…

The Abbey of Fontfroide (fr. Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide) is an abbey in the department of Aude, 14 km southwest of Narbonne (Occitania, France), founded as Benedictine in the 11th century (1093) by the viscount Eimeric I of Narbonne ( 1080-1106) and…

Prehistoric park in Tarascon-sur-Ariège (Ariège department, Pyrenees, Occitania, France).  The second most visited tourist site in the Ariège department with around 60,000 visitors each year Natural Environment: The Park is located in the limestone hills…

The Massif Central is an essentially Hercynian mountain range that occupies the center of the southern half of mainland France. With a surface area of 85,000 km2; i.e., around 15% of metropolitan France, it is the country’s largest massif. The massif is of…

The Cape Cerbère lighthouse is the last French lighthouse before the border with Catalonia (Spain), also called a “solar lighthouse”. It is located at Cap Cerbère in the commune of Cerbère (Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitania, France), the last commune on the…

Cerbère is located in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, in the Occitania region (France) and borders Spain (Girona province). It has the southernmost seaside resort of mainland France. It’s a popular part of the Vermillion coast of the Mediterranean resorts…

Collioure (in Catalan: Cotlliure) is a town, head of the commune of the same name, of about 3000 inhabitants, of the region of Roussillon, in the Northern Catalonia, Pyrénées-Orientales department, region of Occitania (France). It’s a popular part of the Vermillion…

Vermillion (Côte Vermeille) (Mediterranean resorts of France) The length of the Mediterranean coast in Occitania (France) is approximately 250 kilometers. There are many good beaches and marinas on the coast. This part of the Mediterranean coast is not as…