Prades Summer White Car Boot Sale

A car boot sale at the foot of the Canigou

The Summer White Car Boot Sale sets up every spring at 23 avenue du Pla de Dalt in Prades. From 6:30 AM, private exhibitors offer bargain hunters from the Conflent and Roussillon their treasures: clothes (with a summery white theme referenced in the name), toys, books, tableware, trinkets, small furniture, decorative items, household linen and curiosities of all kinds.

Prades, cultural capital of the Conflent

Sub-prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales and capital of the Conflent, Prades is nestled at the foot of the imposing Canigou, sacred mountain of the Catalans rising to 2,784 meters. The town is world-famous for the Pablo Casals Festival, an international chamber music festival founded in 1950 by the legendary exiled Catalan cellist. Every summer, the greatest classical musicians gather at Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa abbey and at Saint-Pierre church in Prades.

A land of cherries, tradition and mountains

Prades is also famous for its cherries, its authentic Catalan markets, its proximity to the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa (10th century) and the priory of Serrabone, jewels of Catalan Romanesque art. The town is an ideal starting point for hiking in the Canigou massif.