Visit Aquitaine - Landes - Pays Basque
BORDEAUX
The city of Bordeaux whose name celebrate the pleasures of the wine is also an attractive architectural city. Important port for the transport of wine, of course, but also the goods, the city became a big Economic and tourist city. Don't hesitate to discover it day and night and have especially a walk on the docks and of course visit the Cité du Vin.
From Saint-Emilion to the Atlantic coast, from the vineyard of Bordeaux to the lighthouse of Cordouan, Bordeaux shows prestigious sites : Estuary of the Gironde, the peninsula of Médoc, Bay of Arcachon, the dune of Pilat, the citadel of Blaye and the Bolt Vauban, Saint-Emilion medieval village and of course thousands of Castles, terroirs and naming which compose the most famous vineyard of the planet...
And gastronomy too... Visit the caviar d'Aquitaine farm
LACANAU
Sea resort in 50km of Bordeaux, Lacanau is also a set of villages situated between the lake and the ocean offering a lot of pleasures around the water as surf, it is a recognized spot, fishing and of course the golf...
ARCACHON
Trendy place of holiday resort of the Bordelais, Arcachon is situated on the famous pond, a fed magnificent space By the ocean without waves... The first speciality is the production of oysters that we can taste so much to its Producers that on the good tables which are numerous. Around the Bay of Arcachon, it is Cap Ferret and its attractive Villas, the Dune of Pilat, the Bench of Arguin...
HOSSEGOR
Resort of the Ocean, Hossegor is turned of course to the surf. She offers as well other activities as the golf with several courses and big strolls at the water's edge as in forest. We shall not forget the gastronomy because we are in the Landes area and near the Cote Basque. In the fine tables you will taste oysters and local fish but also local dishes of which the famous foie gras...
BIARRITZ
City of Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie whose palace became the current Hotel du Palais, it attracted all men of the high society and numerous Russian princes. Today the city is resolutely turned towards them leisure activities around three themes: golf, Surfing and Thalassotherapy. Biarritz , capital of Côte Basque, is a dynamic city with numerous International animations, a gastronomy developed around numerous fines tables so in town as in the back country, one shopping of luxury and the bars where it makes find yourself well at the end of the day to share your experiences and prepare evening...
SAINT-JEAN-DE-LUZ
Neighbor of Biarritz, here we are at the heart of the Pays Basque. Saint Jean de Luz offers one any other more family atmosphere. Going out of their villas or after a Pelota run or Pelota basque, the inhabitants find themselves in the evening around one plate of tapas at the time of the apéritif near the small port, on the square Louis XIV (meeting place with the Infanta
Of Spain for their wedding)... It will be necessary even time to stroll in the shops which propose especially local specialities as the gastronomy, the rope-soled sandals and the famous leather belts from Laffargue...
Saint-Jean-de-Luz is also the border with Spain, walks around Rhune, visit Saint Jean Pied de Port, Espelette...
PAU
In the XIXè century, Pau was a health resort, it was the mondin rendez-vous of the high society coming from the all world. He has the important historical heritage with his gardens and museums and of course the Castle which lives birth of future King of France Henri IV...
AGEN
City of the famous "pruneau", Agen has nevertheless a beautiful story because it is the nerve center of passage by the Garonne between the sea and the ocean. Numerous castles where built along the Lot as the castle of Bonaguil, the castle Henry IV in Nerac, the Bastide of Caudecoste...
PERIGUEUX
We arrive in the capital of the Dordogne in full Périgord. For 2000 years, Périgueux former Vésone, welcomes the visitors who walk along the Isle's valley or on the paths of Saint-Jacques. Your visits take you in the castles of Neuvic, Jumilhac or Hautefort and their remarkable gardens, also in Caves of Maxenge or Villars...