10 Good reasons to visit the Pyrenees Orientales in April

1. Excellent wine tours run by the French Tour Co. See our Red Beret Wine Tour

2. 11 - 19 April : The kite festival in Port Leucate , attracting worldwide kite surfers to the area and a wonder to watch. www.mondialduvent.com

3. 3 - 11 April : 22nd Sacred Music Festival in Perpignan with lots of international acts ~ Perpignan

4. 10 - 13 April : One of the biggest antique fairs in the South of France ~ Perpignan

5. Stay in fab gites with your bilingual hosts . See www.fab-po.com

6. Easter festivities : the Good Friday Sanch procession in Perpignan and Collioure is a sight to behold

7. Visit the museum of modern art in Ceret and see the works of Matisse, Picasso et al

8. Partake in a "why french women don't get fat tour" in the sunny climes of the south of France while escaping the doom and gloom of recessionary blues

9. Beat the credit crunch : Eat a dozen oysters washed down with muscat wine for less than 10 euros

10. It's sunny, the sky is blue and it's lunch al fresco!