Colourful Collioure - An Artist's Retreat
When you first descend the winding coastal road and catch a glimpse of Collioure's captivating natural harbour, you can understand why many French artists including Matisse, Derain, Dufy, Picasso and Dali all sojourned to this picturesque part of the Cote Vermilion (the Vermilion Coast, so-called because of the surrounding red rock). Many of them escaped here from Paris during the Summer months and rented houses or rooms along the coastline. It is in fact in Collioure through