Visit the atlantic pyrenees

Leave to discovered the cities in the atlantic pyrenees… discover all the activities related on the leisures and tourism…

Proud city of these bayonne traditions  With the feet of the Pyrenees, on the Atlantic coast, Bayonne, 42.000 inhabitants, within an agglomeration of 200.000 inhabitants, 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

Discover boucau  Located in the western south of France, with the mouth of Adour, on the Wearing of Bayonne, Boucau is a commune of 7200 inhabitants where it makes good food… the small marina of the Hold lodges forty boats yachtmen, Guilhou wood, in full heart of the city offers its 20 hectares and its 5 paths marked out to the walkers, who can discover a dense and diversified vegetation gasoline rare. Animations and festivities await the visitors throughout the year: local festivals for Pentecost, night Fair 3rd Thursday of August, Fair to the Wines in October and market of Christmas the 3rd weekend of December, for most important… just as a sympathetic nerve small gone artisanal saturdays morning.

Ciboure, birthplace of maurice ravel  CIBOURE (the ATLANTIC PYRENEES), seaside resort of 6500 inhabitants, ideally located of share its remarkable geographical position between sea and mountain, in edge of the Atlantic Ocean and in the vicinity immediate of the last buttresses of the Pyrenean chain. Brood with the hollow of Bay of St Jean de Luz/Ciboure, it is famous for its fine sand beaches, the softness of its climate and its preserved authenticity.

“life dreamed of the cities” pau  A privileged situation: Prefecture of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, one of the five departments of the Aquitanian area, Pau is also, historically and culturally, the capital of Béarn. Its privileged geographical situation - with the foot of the mountain and with one hour of the Ocean - and the softness of its climate in one makes, for a long time, a tourist destination very appraisal. A modern city: The capital of Béarn posts a sustained high growth. Since the discovery of rich person layers of gas at the beginning of the Fifties, it developed a diversified economic activity (aeronautical equipment, fine chemistry, high technologies, etc…). The population also strongly increased: the agglomeration counts today nearly 150.000 inhabitants, who have the equipment (leisures, sports, health, etc…) most modern. An omnipresent nature: Bordered of palm trees centenaries, the boulevard of the Pyrenees offers an impressive point of view on the chain and Gave which goes down; the innumerable gardens make an ECRIN coloured with the beautiful residences and the majestic hotels which testify to a romantic and refined past. A royal history: Drawn up over a headland with the top of Gave, the castle dominates the city. Here was born Henri IV; here are maintained the history as well as the legend this king de France who was initially that of Navarre, and which passed most of its existence in South-west.

Discover cambo the baths  Cambo the Baths considered for the XVI century for the softness of its climate and the healing virtues of its sources, has known to combine wellbeing and tourism. City famous for its residence “Arnaga” of Basque style néo built by the poet Edmond Rostand where one can discover a whole collection of objects and works of art of the Rostand family. Of share its situation privileged between “sea and mountain” and its broad choice of activities, Cambo the Baths accomodates you all the year and is an ideal tourist destination to radiate in all the Basque Country.