Do you consider yourself a foodie? Sète needs to be on your radar. Sète it is the kind of city that grows on you slowly, until one day you recognize that this fishy port has you hooked. Suddenly, you find yourself planning your next trip – reviewing the 10 reasons to visit and craving seafood à la Sètoise. (more…)
Recipes & Travel:
Cuisine, Culinary Holidays, Fishing, La Criée, Market Tours, Oysters, Seafood, Sete
A whale and two anchors feature on Sète’s official coat of arms, a tribute to local maritime history, and the fact that Mont St Clair makes the city looks like a humpback. Archaeologists have dated remains of human activity (discovered in 1973) to the late Bronze Ages II and III. The Greek’s called the settlement Ketos (a name that evolved over centuries until Sète became official in 1928), however, it was France’s Sun King who put Sète on the map. (more…)
Recipes & Travel:
beaches, Cuisine, History, Markets, Oysters, Sete
