yeh,sunday Is a dead day in most parts of france but enough bars & restaurants are open in Perpignan to keep you/us going - all the shops will be closed however except for a few supermarkets/minimarkets which may open the sunday morning - it's all to do with the unions wanting to protect their members from exploitation from the bosses etc the religion excuse is just guff.
If the match is at the Brutus then the local rugby bar on the corner will be open matchday,if it's at the Giral then it will probably be closed

When we went 2 years ago, on the Sunday we went to Banyuls-sur-mer.
Visited a vineyard to sample the wine, which was very good - they have been making it since Roman days - but pretty pricey.
Bizarrely, when we went o7ut for the day on Tuesday I noticed that Settle is twinned with Banyuls, hard to see what they have in common except maybe size.
O/T the Ribblehead viaduct looked splendid against the snowcapped tops of the hills.

They sell expensive wine in Settle too, I bought some once.

Nearly £3 a bottle it was.

discovered a nice art gallery whilst having a walk around Perpignan on a Sunday

A trip into the hills on Le Petit Train Jaune is looking an increasingly good bet for Sundays then ...

Quote: Lawrie L "discovered a nice art gallery whilst having a walk around Perpignan on a Sunday'" If you have the time & the especially the transport,there is an interesting Museum of Modern Art (Musée d'Art Moderne) at Ceret not too far from Perpignan - it's right in the town square amid the hustle & bustle of the town - it's particularly lively on market days en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9ret nice place and well worth a visit

Quote: Lawrie L "discovered a nice art gallery whilst having a walk around Perpignan on a Sunday'" If you have the time & the especially the transport,there is an interesting Museum of Modern Art (Musée d'Art Moderne) at Ceret not too far from Perpignan - it's right in the town square amid the hustle & bustle of the town - it's particularly lively on market days en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9ret nice place and well worth a visit

Make sure you take plenty of 50 Cent peices!

Quote: gulfcoast_highwayman "Make sure you take plenty of 50 Cent peices! '" Sadly, it's more like this : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligne_de_Cerdagne

Quote: gulfcoast_highwayman "Make sure you take plenty of 50 Cent peices! '" Sadly, it's more like this : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligne_de_Cerdagne

We're going Friday to Monday, Manchester to Perpignan, booked before they changed game from Saturday to Sunday. Booked same hotel as last year, 5 mins from castillet. Has a rooftop pool and terrace which I hope to make use of this year whilst my son sleeps off his beer.

I've been checking the train fares down to NE Spain from Paris over the weekend and whilst I can't book my compartment for a while yet, the non-flexible prices on the Paris - Girona sleeper are very reasonable.

Something in the region of £70 a journey.

got my flights and hotel booked when do match tickets normally go on sale??

The guy from Catalan Sports Tours said he delivers them to your hotel Fr/Sat night before the game.

I've paid for mine,although I did not book the hotel through him

can we get tickets through rhinos??

Does that mean the beds will be very hard?

depends who's in there with you !