Known in french as the Centre Georges Pompidou, this marvellous place is a complex of buildings in the Beaubourg area of Paris.
Longues Battery is the only one in the region to have kept its guns, and because of its excellent state of preservation, it is well worth a visit.
Perpignan is located near the Mediterranean coast of the South of France in the Languedoc-Roussillon region.
The ruins of Peyrepertuse castle are one of several former sanctuaries of the outlawed Cathar religious sect in the Corbieres region of the Languedoc.
Collioure is a Catalan fishing village on the southern coast of France near the Spanish border.
Originally a major Roman colony on the Via Domitia (part of which is still visible in the square in front of the cathedral), Narbonne lies on the Canal de la Robine, which ties into the Canal du Midi, a popular barge vacation route connecting the Mediterranean to Toulouse in the south of France.