Collioure Travel Tips, Episode 174
Join Us in France Travel Podcast
Annie Sargent
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 21 November 2017
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Our discussion about Collioure starts at [28:24].
Today, Matthew Gamache takes us to Collioure, a lovely beach town at the very bottom of France next to Spain. Like the French Riviera, Collioure is rocky and picturesque, but being far from the Riviera, the destination is not as pricey or exclusive.
There are a lot of beach towns between Montpellier and the Spanish border, most of them you've never heard of because they only attract French families. The one I went to all the time as a kid is called Valras plage, next to Béziers. It's a nice long sandy beach, playground on the beach, free concerts several times a week during the summer. It had everything a working class French family on vacation wanted and I had a great time there.
Kids don't care if it's scenic or not, they love the sand, the water, the sun. And you'll hear Matt describe how his daughters loved that part of the vacation. Collioure is also a stone's throw away from Spain, so if you want to take a little detour into Catalunia, it's a great place to be. our conversation on Collioure starts at [28:24].
On this episode we also talk about:
- The Dordogne [07:19]
- How you'll find the same vendors at lots of food markets [18:37]
- How Matt and his family took the TGV between Perpignan and Paris[42:00]
- Les Grands Buffets in Narbonne [54:00]
- French History Brief about a powerful man and a woman who didn't really want him [58:45]
Places Mentioned in this Episode
Beynac, Sarlat, Fond-de-gaume, Niaux, Collioure, Modern Art Museum in Ceret, Les Grands Buffets in Narbonne
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| 0:00.0 | This episode 174. |
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| 0:39.7 | Join us on Black Friday. the On today's episode, Matthew Gamash takes us to Koliur, a lovely beach town at the very bottom of France, next to Spain. |
| 1:21.0 | Let me say that word again. |
| 1:22.8 | Koli ura, it's kind of hard to say for foreigners. It's spelled C-O-L-I-O-U-R-E. |
| 1:31.5 | And it kind of looks like the French Riviera, you know, because it's rocky and |
| 1:36.3 | picturesque and it's a small village by the sea. It's really lovely, but being far away from the Riviera |
| 1:44.0 | Koliur is not as pricey or as exclusive. |
| 1:49.0 | There are a lot of beach towns between Montpelier and the Spanish border, most of them you've never heard of because they only attract French families. |
| 1:58.8 | The one I went to all the time as a kid is called Valras Plager. It's next to Bezier. It's a nice long sandy beach. There are playgrounds on the beach. There are free concerts several times a week during the summer. |
| 2:15.0 | It has everything a working class French family on vacation wanted. |
| 2:20.0 | And I had a great time there as a kid, because you know they don't care if it's scenic or not. |
| 2:26.0 | They wanted the beach because they love the sand, the water, the sun, and you'll hear Matt describe how his daughters loved that part of the vacation. But the reality is |
| 2:36.2 | grown-ups they well especially foreign visitors they want to go somewhere scenic and |
| 2:42.0 | so Koolieu has all of that |
| 2:45.9 | The other thing that Kolyu has going for it is that it's really close to Spain and so if you want to go visit Catalonia a little bit actually |
| 2:54.8 | technically Kolyure is in Catalonia but it's in the French part but if you |
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