Great Occitanie Sites?
These are 40 major tourist sites, the must-sees of the Occitanie / South of France destination. They allow you to experience the best of our region, its history, its great landscapes!
The Vermilion Coast, a Mediterranean jewel
At the meeting point between the last foothills of the Pyrenees mountain range and the Mediterranean, the Côte Vermeille stretches from Argelès-sur-Mer (Racou) to Cerbère and offers a superb diversity of landscapes.
Collioure, Port-Vendres, Banyuls-sur-Mer, the port cities, which have become centres of modern art, are dotted along the coast in the heart of a preserved natural environment, with a unique light.
Always coveted for its dominant position facing the sea, the territory tells its story through its two-thousand-year-old vineyard, its churches and strongholds from the Middle Ages, its abundant military heritage.
"Collioure on the Côte Vermeille, a major Occitanie site" is part of it, alongside prestigious sites such as Rocamadour or the Pont du Gard. It rests on an emblematic heart bringing together Collioure, Port-Vendres, Banyuls-sur-Mer and a zone of influence corresponding to the perimeter of the Albères-Côte Vermeille-Illibéris community of communes, around four major themes:
- The medieval heritage, witness to the history of this territory;
- The passageway and a border area with a stratification of several hundred years of fortifications;
- A place that revolutionized XNUMXth century global painting as well as sculpture;
- A living and evolving cultural, economic and social landscape whose traditions remain very present.
Journey to the heart of Occitania
These four major themes for the territory are linked to other Grands Sites Occitanie:
- The medieval period, with the kingdom of Majorca in Perpignan;
- The notion of border and territory of passage, illustrated for example by military fortifications;
- The landscape and local know-how, notably represented by the famous wine-growing hillsides of the Côte Vermeille.
Find these themes covered during our guided tours and open your eyes during your walks. You will then notice that "Collioure on the Côte Vermeille" It deserves its designation "Grand Site Occitanie Sud de France"!
