Description
Sites to see in the old part of Saint-Jean-de-Luz: Louis XIV’s house, the Infanta’s House, Church of Saint John the Baptist, the Jean Vier Basque Tradition Eco-museum.
The surrounding area
The area around Saint-Jean-de-Luz contains many picturesque villages well worth visiting, such as Bidart with its "Chapelle de la Madeleine" (8.5 km), Guéthary and its Museum (6 km), Ciboure and Fort Socoa (1 km), Urrugne and the Urtubie Castle (6 km), Ahetze (10 km), Ascain and La Nivelle (7 km), La Rhune with its little train (10 km), Sare and its caves (20 km), Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle and its lake (13 km), Aïnhoa and La Chapelle (26 km), as well as the Isturitz and Oxocelhaya caves.
The Basque coast: Biarritz, ideal for long, leisurely strolls along the seafront, the Imperial Chapel, the Church of St Martin, the Chocolate Museum, the History Museum, the Ocean Museum and its aquariums, etc.
Bayonne with its Vauban ramparts, the Gothic Cathedral, the Bonnat cloister and museum, Anglet with Lake Chiberta, Hendaye and the Abbadia estate (open for visits), etc...
In the Nive Valley: Cambo les Bains (Edmond Rostand Museum), Bidarray (pottoks nature reserve), Louhossoa (weaving studios). Further afield, Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port (Bishop's Prison, 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.
Spain within easy reach : Fuenterrabia, San Sebastian…
Sports and leisure
Water sports: Several sailing and scuba diving schools at Ciboure, 2 km away.
Golf : a number of 18-hole Golf Courses in the region: Chantaco, La Nivelle (1 km away), Arcangues (15 km), Biarrtiz (17 km), Fuenterrabia (20 km), Chiberta (21 km), Bassussary (21 km), Souraïde
(22 km), Hossegor (46 km), Seignosse (50 km), Moliets (72 km).
Tennis: Luzien Tennis Club (2 km).
Pelota: public pelota court (200 m), Trinquet Maïtena (court) (300 m).
Surfing school: 1.5 km away
Squash: the Trinquet Bordacho Centre, 500 m away.
Events
December: Christmas Market.
In Biarritz:
November: The Saint Martin traditional festivals, “les casetas”: tapas, bodegas, singings, popular dances and concerts.
December/January: Christmas activities: light shows, street shows, bandas, and Christmas singings.
March: The “Bi Harritz Lau Xori” (Basque Expression Week: concert, activities…).
Shops and Services
100 m from the shops.