Biarritz

Opened with the marine winds, brood with the hollow of the bay of biscay, biarritz are océane… from time immemorial, the ocean expresses there its force by its omnipresent swell of west, equipped with great beaches, powerful waves, a soft climate througho

Biarritz is revealing  With the liking of a beautiful walk in edge of sea, Biarritz proposes a guided tour of the city to you. Around the holidays of Eugenie de Montijo and Napoleon III, insane years of the Casino, secrecies of the Port of the Fishermen, legend of the Rock of the Virgin… you will discover the places which make the History of Biarritz. You will be able to also discover the city thanks to the Small Train. Great Beach at the Coast of the Basques, while passing by the Port of the Fishermen, the centre town,…, the Small Train of Biarritz offers a visit with accompanying notes of Biarritz, without tiredness

Biarritz in details  Discovered Rock of the Virgin Imposing rock that Napoleon III decided to use as not anchoring of the dam of the Port of the Refuge which it wanted to create. Also this rock it was connected to the ground by a bridge out of wooden (currently a footbridge metal) and bored of a tunnel like Atalaye, to allow the supply of the blocks of stone intended for the construction of the dam. This one, for lack of maintenance, almost entirely disappeared. This rock owes its current name with the statue of the virgin set up at her top in 1865. The Port of the Fishermen Created after the abandonment, in 1870, from work of the Port of the Refuge, and thanks to the remainder of the imperial donation, it receives fishermen and yachtmen. Picturesque and coloured place, it also shelters, thanks to its crampottes, some restaurants for the seafood tasting and of the bars “typed” with the mode. The Church St Martin Built about the middle of XIIème century, Saint Martin's day is the first church biarotte. Restored in 1541, it presents a Gothic heart blazing and a nave at low arcades. The organ, of recent invoice is one of the beautiful instruments of the area.

Bayonne  With the feet of the Pyrenees, on the Atlantic coast, Bayonne profits from an exceptional geographical situation: in the middle of the old city in front of the theatre, Nive which goes down from the Basque Country and Adour, Gascon river, meet before being thrown in the very close ocean. Famous for the beauty of its secular houses marvelously restored, its quays, its museums, its castles, its citadel, Bayonne is also for its traditions: the fair with ham, famous chocolate, the festival of theatre, Festivals in August, bullfights (oldest of France), the Basque ball, Rugby, the oar… Town of character, its currency Nunquam Polluta, “ever soiled”, is there to recall that it knew to resist fourteen seats victoriously. Opened city, turned towards the future, it is the economic, administrative and cultural capital of a whole area. To see: the Vauban ramparts, the pedestrian heart and quays of Nive, the Gothic Cathedral, the cloister, the Bonnat Museum, the Museum Basque.

Anglet  Rebated joint, lung green of the Coast Basque, 3rd city of the department of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, was during centuries a modest soil, with the angle of the river Adour and Atlantic Ocean. The currency of the city (sea and Pignada to help me) reflects its personality perfectly, not meeting of the ocean and forest. The natural elements ocean, forest, space supported the sporting vocation of Rebated joint. One finds a pleiad of sports activities, been useful by many equipment. To see: the Bar (mouth of Adour), skating rink, the forest of pines, the Lake Chiberta, beaches, the Cave of the Room of Love.

Saint jean de luz  The bay of saint Jean de Luz opens on the ocean with in bottom of fabric the buttresses of the Pyrenees. Single notch of the coast between Arcachon and Spain, this handle was very early the field of the fishermen from which it protected the boats. The strong currents of tides which devastated the city in 1749 and 1789 decided the inhabitants to shelter behind dams, become place of walk today. With the doors of Spain, open on the ocean, Saint Jean de Luz always had a historical role. This important fishing port had a very old settlement as of prehistory, later hunting for the whale ensured the prosperity of the city. At the end of the XIX ème century it becomes, a seaside resort and climatic famous To see: the fishing port, the House of Infante (visit), the House of Louis XIV (visit), the beach and the bay, the point co. Beard, the church and the pedestrian center.

Hendaye  In the extreme western South of France, Hendaye is the last French city before Spain. Vis-a-vis the ocean, the city is surrounded by green hills which protect it and guarantee to him a climate of a great softness. It is by the road of the cornice that it is necessary to arrive to Hendaye. One then discovers his immense fine sand beach, surest of Aquitaine by his weak slope. Sea with the mountain, France in Spain, of its festive environment to its cultural and historical richness, Hendaye will charm you. You will discover landscapes, various habits and animations. Also let us bet that the Basque regional gastronomy will not leave you indifferent and that the leisures of which you will be able to enjoy, will decorate your stay To see: the Field of Abadia (visit), the beach, the bay of Chingoudy, the church and its cross.

Saint jean pied de port  Capital of Low-Navarre, Holy Jean Foot of Port, out of Basque Donibane Garazi remains the village more visited this province. The city was founded at the end of the XII ème century under the reign of the last Navarrese kings in order to protect the passage from the river and the access to the collars of Roncevaux and Bentarte. From this time, few vestiges remain: pink sandstone ramparts which enclose the old working overhung by the citadel, the Notre Dame church, skirted by Nive Not passage obliged on the route of Saint Jacques de Compostelle, Saint Jean quickly took importance in front of the surge of pilgrims who rested there in order to take forces before the crossing of the mountain. As them it is necessary to penetrate in the city by borrowing the porch Saint Jacques, then to discover alignments of the houses and their frontages with the stages with half-timbering and their door frames and pink sandstone windows By going up the valley, one can discover his sources with Esterençuby, or then opens the road towards the forest and the plate of Iraty. The entry in the old city encircled by the ramparts, offers many points of interest. The street of Spain with its shops, the old bridge on Nive, the Gothic church, form part of it. The street of Spain climbs between the houses of the XVI and XVII ème centuries. In its term, the famous citadel.  Allemand à : AnglaisAllemand à : FrançaisAnglais à : AllemandAnglais à : Arabe BÊTAAnglais à : Chinois (simplifié) BÊTAAnglais à : Chinois (traditionnel) BÊTAAnglais à : Coréen BÊTAAnglais à : EspagnolAnglais à : FrançaisAnglais à : ItalienAnglais à : Japonais BÊTAAnglais à : PortugaisAnglais à : Russe BÊTAArabe à : Anglais BÊTAChinois à : Anglais BÊTAChinois (simplifié à : traditionnel) BÊTAChinois (traditionnel à : simplifié) BÊTACoréen à : Anglais BÊTAEspagnol à : AnglaisFrançais à : AllemandFrançais à : AnglaisItalien à : AnglaisJaponais à : Anglais BÊTAPortugais à : AnglaisRusse à : Anglais BÊTA