Local Interest – Céret Cherry Festival
Details
- Date
- Saturday, 23 May 2026
- Time
- 08:00 , 18:00
- Cost
- €22
- Categories
- Interesting to all, Local Interest
Organiser
- Name
- Barbara Vernau, Philip Byron, Brigid Spillane
Other
- Book by
- 13th May 2026
- Directions to meeting place
- The visit will be by coach: Bus AMPSA depart from - Torroella Bus Station at 8:00am Second coach pick up point - Palafrugell Tourist Office - Avg. Catalunya opposite the Jysk store at 08:20 There will be a short comfort break at La Jonquera and expect to arrive 11.30am at Céret where the coach driver will drop us off.
- Additional Information
- We will be there for approx. 4 hours – plenty of time to explore the town, the festival stalls, plus the traditional local market, and listen to the bands. People will be free to choose their own dining places, of which there are many and, of course lots of cherries and/or cherry based products to try and buy! We reassemble at 3:45 pm to be ready to depart for Spain at 4pm
- Meet time
- Toroella bus station 8am - Palafrugell tourist office 8:20am
- Contact phone number
- Phil +34 626866997
Every year in May, Céret, a charming Catalan town (in France) celebrates their Cherry Festival where agricultural traditions rub shoulders with the explosive joy of brass bands in their own festival - the ‘Céret de Bandas’.
This year the festival (23 & 24 May) is a vibrant Catalan celebration featuring cherry-themed markets, musical bands,and street musicians, traditions like the cherry pit-spitting contest and local tastings of cherry wine, beer and pastries. When people talk about Céret, cherries inevitably come up! It’s the first town in France to harvest cherries each year, usually by mid-May. This early ripening has become a source of local pride. Every year, the first fruits are sent to the Élysée Palace, a tradition dating back to the 1930s.
Barbara Vernau is offering Local Interest Group the opportunity to spend the day (Saturday 23 May) visiting Céret to enjoy the festival.
Bus AMPSA depart from - Torroella Bus Station at 8:00am
Second coach pick up point - Palafrugell Tourist Office - Avg. Catalunya opposite the Jysk store at 08:20
Comfort break at La Jonquera
Arrival at Ceret expected at 11:30
Reassemble at 15:45 for a 16:00 departure from Ceret to return.
€22 to be paid in advance. Register for the event as you normally do and a facility to pay by credit card will appear. You have 15 minutes to complete a payment to confirm your place on the coach. If you have problems paying please contact Jackie on jak01@me.com. Please add your preferred pick up point in the remarks section of the registration form
