The Glass Palace

The natural elements were essential silica (sand carried by mule at the mouth of Tech in Argelès-sur-Mer), samphire (picked at the edge of the lagoon), wood (oak and beech, cut in the plain of Roussillon).
Today at the Palace of glass, wood is replaced by natural gas network, samphire by fluxes (lime, sodium and potash, or lead for the crystal).
In the workshop, there are three arches and a furnace of annealing.

The tour of the workshop glass companions is a spectacle which combines talent and emotion. Find the original art of glassblowing made by a blowpipe.

Contact for booking: François Brilliard (manager) – Julie Cômes

Opening: Open all year from 9am to 12pm and from 14h to 19h
Public allowed: individual and groups (max. 50 people)
Information: visit free, tour, tour groups by appointment, and tastings of local produce are held from time to time during visits
Prices: free admission
Facilities: Shop
Security measure to respect the site: respect the glassblower

This business is listed in the Guide for Tourism Economic Discovery edited by CCI of Perpignan and the Pyrenees-Orientals