locations de vacances à Vieux-Boucau
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sites à visiter au Pays basque et dans les Landes

Sightseeing in the Pays Basque & the Landes

Sites, Monuments and Parks

South West France

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Basque Country TownsPlaces to visit
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 TownsPlaces to visit
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.