Port-la-Nouvelle : Tourist Office

Sandy beaches

For information and reservations contact the Tourist Office Place Paul Valéry, 11210 Port La Nouvelle Tel: 04 68 48 00 51 — Fax: 04 68 40 33 66

Welcome to Port la Nouvelle, a traditional and lively family resort with a port which keeps the town busy all the year round.

Famous for its clear air and its 13 km of fine golden sand, Port la Nouvelle has all the facilities of a well-equipped resort. The beach has been awarded the European Union’s Blue Flag for water quality.

Tourist Office

Port la Nouvelle offers

 The village, which expands from 5,000 to 30,000 inhabitants during the summer season. It has all the charm of a typical Mediterranean resort, yet continues to flourish during the winter — most businesses are open all the year round.
 The fishing port, a base for Mediterranean trawlers.
 A 150-berth marina
 The third-busiest commercial port on the Mediterranean coast

Fishing port

Photo : CCCM - Jean Belondrade

Capacity

 20,000 beds, at 3 campsites, a holiday village, hotels, and apartments.
 Résidence Maéva “La Socanelle”: Holiday centre composed of a hotel and spacious maisonettes grouped around two enormous swimming pools, with a paddling pool for children. The sports and leisure facilities will ensure that you have a pleasant stay.

Getting there

 By rail: Port La Nouvelle station (Paris—Barcelona line),
 By road: N9, Motorway A9 (exit for Sigean and Leucate)
 By water: Canal du Midi and Canal de la Robine
 By air: Perpignan (42 km), Montpellier (130 km), Béziers (55 km).

Entertainment

Choose from a wide range:

Free events and entertainment throughout the summer, concerts, walks, a beach club for children, boat trips, fishing, children’s merry-go-rounds, firework displays, local festivals on 21 July and the first weekend of September, free open-air dances during the season, pétanque competitions, mountain bike hire, horse riding, trips in a miniature train. Casino “La Réserve”.

Organised activities

Sport

Sailing, windsurfing, tennis, kite-flying, beach volleyball, horse riding...

Sightseeing

 The Île de la Nadière, an old fishing village
 ’Old’ Port la Nouvelle (ruins of the Vauban lighthouse)
 The lagoons
 The Île de Sainte Lucie; a peninsula owned by the Conservatoire du Littoral, this is a nature reserve for the flora and fauna of the region. Wander between land, sea and lagoons amid the bewitching scents of the garrigue.
 The "Whale museum": in 1989, a whale was washed up on the beach. Jean-Louis Fabre, a local winemaker, retrieved the body and reconstructed the skeleton in his winery.
 Start of the "sentier Cathare", a long-distance path through Cathar country.
 Wind farm: five wind turbines on top of the plateau generate electricity. - Take a walk in the garrigue, with panoramic views over the coast.
 "Sentiers du golfe Antique" — country walks around the lagoons.

Contact

Tourist Office, Place Paul Valéry, BP 20, 11210 PORT LA NOUVELLE Tel: 04 68 48 00 51 — Fax: 04 68 40 33 66 Web: www.portlanouvelle.com
  Photos : Gérard Rey, CCCM, Jean Belondrade