Looking for some excellent quality wine, reasonably priced then this could be just what you are looking for.

Mas Christine (see website) is located 5 minutes drive from Villa Failte ... head towards Le Boulou / St Andre and at the roundabout just past La Decheterie turn right (signposted Mas Christine) and you will come to the vineyard. where you can taste and buy the wine.  They speak excellent French and English and are very welcoming and helpful.

Note; the actual vineyards are on the hills overlooking Collioure but this is where the wines are warehoused and sold.

Another vineyard nearby is the better known Chateau Valmy which is the large white house that can be seen on the hillside on the right hand side when driving towards Collioure.  Excellent wines there as well.

When visiting Villa Failte there are several options for takeaway pizza (if that's what you want !).  We have tried 3 places :

Pizza Phone : Located in the centre of the village just opposite Le Tabac at 25 Avenue de la Liberation

Sun Pizza : Located 11 Avenue des Flamants Roses which is on the way to the Intermarche Supermarket / Macdonalds.  Once off the roundabout from the main road you will see it on the left hand side.  Sun Pizza is open throughout the year.

Enzos Pizza : Also located on the way to the Intermarche Supermarket 

All bake the pizzas to order and use stone baked ovens.  Our favorite has probably been Sun Pizza (there should be a menu in the Villa).  Please be aware that the takeaway system is a wee bit different in France ... you typically will wait an hour or more ... in other words phone in advance !!  The one exception we have noted is the Pizza Phone that tends to turn thing around more quickly.

Looking for somewhere decent to eat and / or have a drink outwith the Summer season ... then this might be the place for you.  La Mandoline is located on the main road that runs along parallel to the beaches ... it is between the Centre Plage and the Port on the left hand side if driving towards the Port.

The food is a combination of daily specials, pasta, pizza, meat and seafood ... not a huge menu but the food is not bad at all.  I had Sardines, salad and a local wine which was all very nice.  The atmosphere is "local but welcoming" and as with most places in the region everyone is very friendly even if you have limited French.  

​Open for lunch and evening dinner.

"We spent an afternoon early in January visting the Forteresse de Salses which is just a few miles after Perpignan.  We weren't sure what to expect but, despite being out of season, the visit was well worthwhile. 

Entrance was 8 Euros each but that included a guided tour ... albeit it was in French only !  However the tour guide was superb and, despite having very limited English, he took lots of time to explain things to us in very simple French.  An added bonus was that because of the time of year on the tour were only us and a Catalan couple ... it was effectively a personal tour which took us through the various rooms including the soldiers garrisons, the prison quarters, the eating and banqueting areas and which highlighted the defensive qualities and strategic importance of the fortress.

The following is an overview from Wikipedia :

"The Fort de Salses (also called Forteresse de Salses) is a Catalan fortress in the commune of Salses-le-Château, situated in the French département of Pyrénées-Orientales. It is clearly visible from the A9 autoroute and it is possible to visit from the motorway rest area.

Built by the Spaniards at the end of the 15th century, the fortress guarded the former frontier between Spain and France. Its layout and architecture, innovative for the time, present a rare example of the transition between medieval castle and the fortresses of the modern period.

The fort was captured by the French in 1642, and remained French since the Treaty of the Pyrenees.

Fort de Salses is listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture, and is operated by the Centre des monuments nationaux. The fortress receives 100,000 visitors a year.

During the Spanish Civil War, the fort was used as refuge."

A selection of photos that we took are below :