Collioure

Collioure from A to Z by Jane Mann is more than just a guide book. It also overflows with an eclectic mixture of information, anecdotes, history, photographs and stories of Collioure; its inhabitants and visitors all told with a love and knowledge that has grown over the twenty odd years since she first set foot in the small Catalan village-now known as the "Jewel of the Côte Vermeille".

"Collioure, with its three bays nestling beneath the Pyrenees, has attracted artists since it was first discovered by Matisse and Derain in 1905... has yet to have its own dedicated English guidebook... A lack now filled by Jane Mann, photographer, journalist..." says Harry Coen in The Telegraph's Destination France supplement.