GASTRONOMY & LOCAL CRAFTSMANSHIP

Rousquilles, Croquants, Touron, Bunyetes, cream… give your taste buds a thrill with sweet treats and Catalan specialities. The Confiserie du Tech and its shop in Rivesaltes stocks specialities of the Roussillon including biscuits and confectionery. Make sure you stop at a bakery to try the famous Catalan bunyetes or an arm of Venus.

You’re sure to love Catalan cuisine! Combining the produce of the sea and the earth, you will be able to enjoy, guilt-free tasty dishes blending fish, seafood, charcuterie, cheeses, olive oil and Mediterranean vegetables. Among the dishes you really have to try: Escudella, All i oli, Fricando, bullinada and anchovies…

Catalan fabrics, espadrilles, ironwork, garnets, blown glass, cork oak and hackberry work…
Many of these skills have been passed down through the generations. It is these companies that are keeping tradition alive and are opening their doors wide to you.

To learn more about them, go to:

• Création Catalane
• Toiles du Soleil
• Manufacture du Grenat
• Festival International du Verre Contemporain

Local traditions also include a dance, the Sardana. This circle dance “is made and unmade”, to the rhythm of a cobla, a typical orchestra composed of 11 musicians. The dancers, with their hands intertwined and wearing “vigatanes” (lace-up espadrilles) on their feet, count the steps and the points. The sardana is danced in every town and village. Picasso created a lithograph of this dance “the Sardana of peace” (lithograph, 1953).

Calling all lovers of wine, farm products and natural spaces.
Seasoned or budding gourmets, interested in the culture and history of our department, or those who love peace and authenticity… Tourisme de Terroir® is for you!