Description
Ciboure, places to visit in the old town: Louis XIV’s House, the Infanta's House, Saint John the Baptist church, the Grévin Museum, the Jean Vier Eco-museum of Basque Tradition, the Villa Leihorra, Socoa Fort and the quaint fishing port.
The surrounding area:
Saint-Jean-de-Luz is comprised of a number of picturesque villages to be discovered, such as Bidart with its "Chapelle de la Madeleine" (9.5 km), Guéthary and its Museum (7 km), Saint-Jean-de-Luz and the Grévin Wax Museum, square, Louis XIV’s house and the Infanta’s house (1 km), Urrugne: its church with a porch belfry and the Urtubie Château and the Basque Country Floral Park (5 km), Ahetze (9 km), Ascain and La Nivelle (8 km), La Rhune with its small train (9 km), Sare and its caves (17 km), Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle and its lake (18 km), Aïnhoa and La Chapelle (30 km), as well as the Isturitz and Oxocelhaya caves.
The Basque Coast: Hendaye and the Abbadia Estate, Biarritz with its long seaside promenades, the Imperial Chapel, St Martin's church, the Chocolate Museum, History Museum, Sea Museum and aquariums…
Bayonne with Vauban's ramparts, the Gothic cathedral, cloisters, the Bonnat Museum, Anglet with Lake Chiberta, Hendaye and the Abbadia estate.
In the Nive Valley: Cambo les Bains (Edmond Rostand Museum), Bidarray (pottok nature reserve), Louhossoa (weaving studios). Further afield, Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port (Bishop's Prisons, pottery of the Navarre region).
Colourful and tasty culinary specialities: Bayonne, Hasparren and its Antton chocolates, Mauléon and Ossès (cheese and duck foie gras), Espelette (famous pepper), Sare and Villefranque for their cakes, jams and flans, the Irouleguy wine cellars in Saint Etienne-de-Baïgorry.
Near Spain: Fuenterrabia, San Sebastian, etc.
Sports and leisure
Watersports: Ciboure has several sailing and scuba-diving schools.
Golf: the area has several 18-hole golf courses:
Chantaco, La Nivelle (1 km), Arcangues (16 km), Biarrtiz (18 km), Chiberta (22 km), Bassussary (22 km), Fontarrabie (20 km), Souraïde (24 km), Hossegor (47 km), Seignosse (51 km), Moliets (73 km).
Tennis: indoor tennis at L’Esperanza 4 km away.
Pelota: "Trinquet Dongaïtz" (court) in Urrugne 5 km away.
Horse-riding: Zaldiak Iduskitan Riding Centre in Ascain 8 km away.
Events
- In Saint-Jean-de-Luz:
December: Christmas Market.
- In Biarritz:
November: Casetas (traditional festival with various events in restaurants and bars).
December: Christmas Market.
January: the International Festival of Audiovisual Programmes.
March: Biarritz Carnival, Basque Expression Week, Antiques Show.
Shops and Services
Only 700 m to all shops and services.
2.5 km to the Saint-Jean-de-Luz town centre.
