Collioure: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
English|
EUR 70 - 95 La Frégate
 Nestled in the heart of the village, the hotel was entirely renovated and offers comfortable, spacious and soundproofed rooms with personalised furnit… MoreEUR 59 - 139 Le Mas des Citronniers
 Very well situated in the heart of the old Catalan port, 300 metres from the beach. The hotel was originally an old Catalan family house. Some of the … MoreEUR 150 - 230 Le Relais Des Trois Mas
 Boasting a swimming pool on a terrace looking out onto the Mediterranean Sea, Le Relais Des Trois Mas features comfortable accommodation and a Provenc… MoreEUR 37 - 199 Résidence Maeva Les Balcons de Collioure
 Résidence Maeva Les Balcons Collioure offers comfortable self catering accommodation on the beach. It offers magnificent views over the bay and has a… MoreEUR 80 - 265 Hotel Madeloc
 This charming hotel welcomes you just 500 metres from the centre of Collioure, not far from the beaches.
The Madeloc offers 22 guest rooms coming wit… MoreEUR 76 - 105 Hotel Méditerranée
EUR 65 - 110 Hôtel l´Arapède
 Hôtel l´Arapède is situated in a peaceful location by the rocky hillsides of Collioure. It offers 20 modern rooms and features an outdoor swim… MoreEUR 55 - 85 Hôtel Princes de Catalogne
 Situated on a quiet square in picturesque Collioure, this hotel is located a few metres from the beach. The hotel was renovated in early 2009 and feat… MoreEUR 54 - 200 Hôtel Triton
 Set on the Boutiquet Beach, this hotel offers air-conditioned rooms either overlooking Collioure Bay or the Pyrennees Mountains. Guests can enjoy dail… MoreEUR 85 - 350 Hotel Le Bon Port
 Facing the sea, the Hotel Le Bon Port offers a lovely outdoor swimming pool and 2 terraces with sweeping views overlooking the Collioure Bay and Royal… MoreEUR 89 - 189 Casa Païral
 Casa Pairal is located just 150 metres from Collioure beach and port, on the southern coast of France. It features an exotic floral garden and an out… More | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Collioure: Guide
Collioure (pronounced ; Mediterranean town and province and the present-day Collioure is also the name of an AOC wine similar to the famous Banyuls AOC|Banyuls (AOC).
As the town has a strong Moly's leadership, the town has an alternative motto, Collioure sera toujours Collioure (Collioure stay the same) quoting French singer Maurice Chevalier's famous song titled Paris sera toujours Paris.
Collioure is famous nationwide for its 3-day August 15th celebrates attracting each year twice its population number with the town's bodega|bodégas and fireworks.
Culture
In the early 1900s Collioure became a center of artistic activity, with several Fauvism|Fauve artists making it their meeting place. André Derain, Georges Braque, Othon Friesz, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Tsuguharu Foujita|Tsuguharu Fujita have all been inspired by Collioure's Royal Castle, medieval streets, lighthouse-converted-into-church Notre-Dame-des-Anges and typical Mediterranean bay in their paintings. In Collioure's cemetery, there is the tomb of Spain|Spanish poet Antonio Machado, where he was buried after his death fleeing away from Francisco Franco|Francoist troops at the end of the Spanish Civil War in the 20th century.
History
Collioure was taken in Louis XIV's reign. Nevertheless, Collioure was besieged and occupied by the Spain|Spanish Kingdom's troops in 1793, which was the last attempt Spaniards tried to take the city. The blockade was broken a year later by French Jacques François Dugommier|general Dugommier. Once Collioure town was divided into two villages separated by the Douy river, the old town named Port d'Aval (today known as Le Faubourg) in the south and the upstream port, Port d'Amont (the actual La Ville). Each place had its own churches and distinct population categories.
External links
This "Travel Guide" section is drawn from the Wikipedia article "Collioure". We hope you will edit and improve it. It is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.
History and information in Catalan Encyclopaedia.