Basque Country Towns | Places to visit |
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Bayonne | visit the Cathedral |
Bayonne | the Chateau Vieux |
Bayonne | Bayonne Fortifications |
Bayonne | The Bonnat Museum (Musée Bonnat) |
Bayonne | The Basque Museum (Musée Basque) |
Biarritz | Musée de la Mer |
Biarritz | Port des Pecheurs (fishing port) |
Biarritz | Russian Church |
Ciboure | Birth place of Maurice Ravel |
Ciboure | Fort de Socoa |
Ciboure | Convent & Cloisters of Recollets |
Ciboure | La Villa Leihorra |
Hendaye | Estates of Abbadia and Listed picturesque village of Biriatou. |
Saint Jean de Luz | La Maison de Louis XIV, etc... |
La Rhune | Take the mountain train ride from Ascain to the top of the Rhune Mountain (900m/3000ft) above sea level and enjoy the spectacular views of the coastline & the surrounding mountains. |
Col d'Ibardin | Border shopping on the Mountain crest |
Pays Basque | the Grottes d'Oxocelhaya |
Pays Basque | the Grottes de Sare |
Mountain Valleys | Some are in the "Pays Basque", the "Bearn"(Pyrenees Atlantiques Dept) and others in the "Bigorre" region (Hautes Pyrenees Dept). |
Museums | History of the Basque Culture & Traditions. |
Churches | Not just places of worship and religion, some are very quaint, some medieval with sculptured stone & timber interiors and some built in the traditional styles of the region. Well worth visiting. |
Landes Towns | Places to visit |
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Capbreton | Fishing Port |
Dax | Cathedral |
Dax | Dax Fortifications |
Dax | Fontaine Chaude (Hot spring Roman Baths) |
Dax | Théodore Denis Park |
Hossegor | Marine Lake |
Labenne | The WWF Orx Lake has exotic birds and wildlife to admire |
Labenne | The Zoo |
Labenne | Reptilarium |
Messanges | Etang de Moïsan & Etang de la Prade |
Moliets | The Courant d'Huchet, a classified nature reserve, which connects Leon lake to the Atlantic Ocean in Moliets |
Seignosse | Etang blanc & etang noir |
Soustons | Lake |
Vieux Boucau | Marine Lake |
Museums | History of the Basque Culture & Traditions |
Churches | Not just places of worship and religion, some are very quaint, some medieval with sculptured stone & timber interiors and some built in the traditional styles of the region. Well worth visiting. |