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Places & Landscapes

Ports, hilltop villages, canal and coast — the shape of the land itself, and the towns that grew into it.

Where to find it

Collioure Sète Pézenas

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Wide shot of Notre-Dame-des-Anges bell tower from the water, golden hour

Collioure · 3 min

Collioure

The Vermilion Coast harbour where Matisse and Derain set colour free in 1905.

Canal Royal quayside with trawlers and coloured hulls

Sète

The Venice of Languedoc — canals, water-jousts, and the graves of its poets.

Carved portal or loggia on a Pézenas hôtel particulier

Pézenas · 3 min

Pézenas

Molière’s adopted town, a jewel-box of Renaissance mansions and living artisan trades.