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Summer 2015 P-O Life Life in the Pyrénées-Orientales Nº 48 FREE / GRATUIT OUT for THE DAY Le Racou WALK The REGION Banyuls-Sur-Mer FESTIVALS andTRADITIONS Sardanes and Correfocs TEST your FRENCH AMÉLIOREZ votre ANGLAIS 1 www.anglophone-direct.com Life P-O Life in the Pyrénées-Orientales Rosa Bayot EDITO:-) egular readers of P-O Life might say that it was out of character R for me not to be leaping about with excitement at the new look P-O Life - and they would be right. I am giddy as a kipper, and soooooo delighted to extend a warm ‘Holà’ to Maite, fun new designer from Barcelona who has brought a little bit of ‘quirky’ back into P-O Life. Do hope you like it. As usual, PO Life brings you walks, restaurant reviews, recipes, airport news, French and English language exercises, silly jokes, days out...... and a host of talented guest writers who have volunteered to be Contact us ADVERTISING your personal guides around the region. 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C Ref: 3776 449,000€ D.P.E. D Ref: 3721 220,000€ 4 5 2 bd Simon-Battle, 04 68 21 21 00 Life Life Résidence Tins’simo, www.century21-cerisiers-ceret.com Life in the Pyrénées-Orientales Life in the Pyrénées-Orientales P-O 66400 CERET [email protected] P-O The With Ted and WALK Kate Hiscock of these precipitous vineyards and in particular, the need to remove surface water effectively and quickly Walter Benjamin, (1892 during the heavy autumn rains. Without the terraces, – 1940) was a German REGION murettes and pied de coq drainage channels, soil philosopher and fierce critic and vines would rapidly end up in the bottom of Banyuls-Sur-Mer the valleys. In places, some contemporary farmers of Nazism, who took his own Puig del Mas, Chemin de Walter Benjamin,2.5 hours Col del in search of enhanced planting and yield, have life in Port Bou while fleeing Bast, Torre d’en Pages 8km (5m) – removed the drainage ducts and walls only to find nature’s ravages have done just that. from the Gestapo The commune of Banyuls has some of the steepest his is a comfortable jaunt around a valley to sloping vineyards in the region. T the south of Banyuls-sur-Mer. It involves a gentle climb to Puig del Mas, followed by a short but P This winding lane passes within 2km of the outskirts of Puig del Mas. Take care to take the steep climb along the beginning of the Chemin de frontier beneath the savage vertical rock of Puig left fork along Rue de la Colline aux Oliviers and Walter Benjamin, before re-joining a road that stays Joan and some more marvellous vineyards close to wind back down into the hamlet by the T junction, on the level at Col del Bast and then descends back the spiny mountaintops at about 400m. Eventually, turning right along Chemin de Mas Guillaume, then to Puig del Mas. Good footwear is advised. with a gradual descent, the cylindrical Torre d’en right again on to Avenue Pierre de Marca, back to the Pages is passed on the right and the road enters railway bridge. P Head for Banyuls-sur-Mer, (why not take the back into the 1 euro bus?), and turn right at the roundabout the Chemin de Walter Benjamin up to the frontier, but on the sea front, along the Avenue du Géneral de for the benefit of more humble walkers, take Gaulle to the monumental 18th century railway the small road to the left, taking care not to use the bridge crossing the river Baillaury. Park, and take extreme left track down into the vineyards. the footbridge over the dried up Baillaury alongside the road to Puig del Mas. This is a simple and short P The narrow lane winds and hugs the valley on climb along the Avenue Pierre de Marca to one of the the flat, offering excellent views down to Banyuls, oldest hamlets in the region, whose narrow streets over to Tour de Madeloc and out to sea. It also gives are worth exploring. an immediate insight into the structure and difficulties P As the hill turns to the left, take the Avenue de la Fontaine, which is a narrow circular road through the village, until it emerges at a T junction with Cami de la Cigala. Turn right and right again in a few metres, descending the narrow Chemin de Mas Guillaume out of the hamlet, around a right hairpin bend followed by a right angle to the left after which, a sudden steep concrete track rises on the left crudely labelled ‘Walter Benjamin’. This ancient ‘Chemin de la Liberté’ was a route taken by many escapees during the Second World War and climbs up to the frontier at 595m. 6 P Follow this good track as it climbs and winds 7 through shrubs, garrigue and vineyards and emerges back on the Chemin de la Guillaume.