Port Barcarès

A seawater health spa, water leisure park and floating casino...

Pyrénées Orientales, French Coast

Port Barcarès France - Mediterranean sea France

This seaside resort of Barcarès is set on a ‘grau’ - a channel of water linking the Mediterranean sea with a lagoon. The picturesque old steamer, ‘Lydia’, is anchored on the beach and at night becomes a floating nightclub and casino. Other attractions include a seawater health spa, horseriding centre, Aqualand water leisure park, and sailing school.

The unusual feature of Port Barcarès is that it is divided between a marine lagoon, an exceptional area of 7,000 hectares where Nature reigns supreme, and the Mediterranean. Port Barcarès has found a way to bring together all the fun and activities of a seaside resort with the cultural and historical heritage of the hinterland. And we mustn’t forget its gastronomic traditions, based on age-old recipes: sardines grilled over vine stems, cargolade (a Catalan mixed grill including snails) not to mention boulinada (eel-stew).

Things to see & do: - Museum of Mankind at Tautavel. - The Fortress of Salses. - Cathar Castles. - Romanesque Abbeys. Events: - Oyster festival. - Fishermen’s festival on 15 August.

In the area: In Saint Laurent de la Salanque, a Romanesque church.

INFORMATION
Tourist Office Tel: + 33 (0)4 68 86 16 56 Website
Harbourmaster’s office - Tel: + 33 (0)4 68 86 07 35

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