Yesterday, we took our last excursion and visited the penultimate coastal town before the Spanish border: Banyuls-sur-Mèr.
This is the hometown of the famous sculptor Aristide Maillol and we, therefore, had to visit his museum which was 5 km out of town in a most peaceful little valley.
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| The tranquility is complete is the valley of Musée Aristide Maillol |
The vineyards are all terraced on steep hill sides. The predominant grape here is Grenache.
Grenache grapes, at their very latest stage, give the wine a distinctly warm, raisiny taste as well as an exotically strange smell.
We followed in the footsteps of Aristide throughout the town and saw a lot of really beautiful alleys, pathways, stairs and streets.
... and ended up, as usual, in a café for some well-earned refreshments !
This is the hometown of the famous sculptor Aristide Maillol and we, therefore, had to visit his museum which was 5 km out of town in a most peaceful little valley.
The vineyards are all terraced on steep hill sides. The predominant grape here is Grenache.
Grenache grapes, at their very latest stage, give the wine a distinctly warm, raisiny taste as well as an exotically strange smell.
We followed in the footsteps of Aristide throughout the town and saw a lot of really beautiful alleys, pathways, stairs and streets.
