Sare

Sare is a quiet, endearing village. Historically, Sare, so close to the Spanish border, has played a dominant role in smuggling goods across the frontier—termed “night work” by the locals. Although not on sightseeing maps, close to Sare there is a completely non-commercial, storybook-perfect hamlet of timbered homes that is worth a quick drive-by. To step back into this world of yesterday and visit a single-street village that was once a 16th-century farm, leave the center of Sare in the direction of Cambo les Bains and just on Sare’s outskirts, at the roundabout, make a detour left, up the tree-lined road.