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city guide","hw_hub_city_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Biarritz","hw_hub_city_hero_intro":"Atlantic surf town on the Basque coast: an imperial resort that became a surfing capital, with Spain twenty minutes away and the Pyrenees behind it.","hw_hub_city_hero_image":"1304133","hw_hub_city_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_city_hero_cta":"Where to stay | #areas\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_city_live_stats":"1","hw_hub_city_stats":"1957 | When surfing arrived in Europe, here\r\n20 min | To the Spanish border\r\n1854 | Empress Eug\u00e9nie built the villa that started the resort","hw_hub_city_intro_title":"Where surfing landed in Europe","hw_hub_city_intro_body":"Biarritz was a whaling village until 1854, when Empress Eug\u00e9nie persuaded Napoleon III to build her a villa on the beach and the European aristocracy followed. The villa is now the H\u00f4tel du Palais and the town kept the promenades and the belle \u00e9poque frontage.\r\n\r\nSurfing arrived in 1957, brought by an American screenwriter working on a film nearby, and the C\u00f4te des Basques became the first surf break in Europe. The town has been a surf capital ever since, and the two identities sit together without much friction.\r\n\r\nIt is properly Basque rather than generically French \u2014 the language is on the signs, the food is its own thing, and Bayonne next door is the cultural centre of the French Basque Country.\r\n\r\nThe Atlantic here is powerful. It is excellent for surfing and genuinely dangerous for casual swimming, with rip currents that catch people out every summer.\r\n\r\nTwo days, plus whatever the coast and the border get.","hw_hub_city_facts":"Getting in | TGV from Paris 4 hours. Airport 10 minutes by bus, about \u20ac1\r\nGetting around | Walkable. Buses about \u20ac1, and the Basque coast line is cheap\r\nCurrency | Euro\r\nThe sea | Strong rips. Swim between the flags on lifeguarded beaches only\r\nSurf lessons | \u20ac35\u201350 for a group session including board and wetsuit\r\nSpain | San Sebasti\u00e1n is about 45 minutes and worth a day","hw_hub_city_areas_title":"Where to stay","hw_hub_city_areas_intro":"A small town strung between beaches, walkable throughout.","hw_hub_city_areas_map":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_zoom":"14","hw_hub_city_hostels_pins":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_live":"","hw_hub_city_areas":"Centre and Grande Plage | First-timers | The main beach and the old casino: shops, restaurants and most of the beds. | 43.4830 | -1.5590 |  | \nC\u00f4te des Basques | Surfers | South along the cliff: the original surf break, surf schools and a younger crowd. | 43.4760 | -1.5670 |  | \nSaint-Charles and the station | Value | Inland towards Bayonne: cheaper beds, the train line and a bus into the centre. | 43.4650 | -1.5440 |  | \nAnglet | Surf and cheaper | North towards Bayonne: a long run of sand beaches, surf camps and lower prices. | 43.4900 | -1.5260 |  | ","hw_hub_city_itin_title":"How long have you got?","hw_hub_city_itin_intro":"The routes we would walk, in the order we would walk them.","hw_hub_city_itin":"","hw_hub_city_do_title":"Things to do in Biarritz","hw_hub_city_do_body":"Learn to surf, or watch people who can. Group lessons run \u20ac35 to \u20ac50 including board and wetsuit, and the C\u00f4te des Basques is where European surfing started in 1957 \u2014 it is a long, forgiving beach break at the right tide and the schools cluster there.\r\n\r\nWalk the Rocher de la Vierge, a rock stack reached by a footbridge attributed to Eiffel's workshop, with a statue on top and the Atlantic breaking around it. Free.\r\n\r\nThe Cit\u00e9 de l'Oc\u00e9an and the Aquarium, around \u20ac15 to \u20ac20 each, cover the ocean and the Bay of Biscay properly.\r\n\r\nWalk the cliff path from the Grande Plage south past the C\u00f4te des Basques towards Bidart \u2014 free, and the best hour here.\r\n\r\nThen go to Bayonne, ten minutes by train: the Basque cultural capital, with chocolate makers that have been there since the sixteenth century, cured ham and a Gothic cathedral.","hw_hub_city_do_points":"Surf lesson | \u20ac35\u201350 with board and wetsuit\r\nRocher de la Vierge | Free. A rock stack on an Eiffel-workshop footbridge\r\nThe cliff path | Free, south towards Bidart, and the best walk here\r\nBayonne | Ten minutes by train. Chocolate, ham and the Basque centre","hw_hub_city_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_city_do_more":"All things to do in Biarritz","hw_hub_city_free_title":"Free things to do in Biarritz","hw_hub_city_free_body":"The beaches are all free, including the Grande Plage and the C\u00f4te des Basques.\r\n\r\nThe cliff path from the centre south towards Bidart is free and runs above the surf for kilometres.\r\n\r\nThe Rocher de la Vierge and its footbridge cost nothing, and the Atlantic breaking around it in a swell is the best free show in town.\r\n\r\nThe port des P\u00eacheurs, a small huddle of fishermen's cottages below the cliff now holding a few restaurants, is free to walk through.\r\n\r\nThe Halles de Biarritz market is free to browse and is where the town shops, and watching the surf at the C\u00f4te des Basques at sunset costs nothing and is what most of Biarritz does.","hw_hub_city_free_points":"All the beaches | Free, including the surf breaks\r\nThe cliff path | Kilometres above the Atlantic, free\r\nRocher de la Vierge | Free, and spectacular in a swell\r\nSunset at the C\u00f4te des Basques | Free, and what the town does","hw_hub_city_free_tag":"free-things-to-do","hw_hub_city_free_more":"All free things to do in Biarritz","hw_hub_city_food_title":"Eating and drinking in Biarritz","hw_hub_city_food_body":"Basque food, which is its own cuisine and one of the best in Europe. Pintxos \u2014 the Basque version of tapas, served on bread with a stick \u2014 are eaten standing, at \u20ac2 to \u20ac4 each, and a few of them plus a glass is dinner.\r\n\r\nBayonne ham, cured for months and sliced thin, and piperade, a pepper, tomato and onion dish with egg, are the local staples.\r\n\r\nAxoa, a veal and Espelette pepper stew, is the mountain dish, and Espelette itself is a village twenty minutes inland that grows the pepper on the house fronts.\r\n\r\nG\u00e2teau basque, a dense almond cake filled with cream or black cherry jam, is the pastry.\r\n\r\nA glass of Iroul\u00e9guy, the local wine, is \u20ac4 to \u20ac6, and txakoli poured from a height is the Spanish-side equivalent. A beer is \u20ac5 to \u20ac7.","hw_hub_city_food_points":"Pintxos | \u20ac2\u20134 each, eaten standing. A few is dinner\r\nBayonne ham | Cured for months, sliced thin\r\nG\u00e2teau basque | Dense almond cake with cherry or cream\r\nIroul\u00e9guy | The local wine, \u20ac4\u20136 a glass","hw_hub_city_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_city_food_more":"All food guides for Biarritz","hw_hub_city_nightlife_title":"Going out in Biarritz","hw_hub_city_nightlife_body":"Seasonal and surf-shaped. From June to September the bars around the Halles and the port des P\u00eacheurs are busy every night with a young international crowd, a lot of them on surf trips.\r\n\r\nA beer is \u20ac5 to \u20ac7 and cocktails \u20ac10 to \u20ac14.\r\n\r\nThe Basque pattern is a txikiteo \u2014 moving between bars for one pintxo and one drink at each rather than settling in one place, and it is how the evening works on both sides of the border.\r\n\r\nBayonne has the bigger nights, particularly during its summer festival, and San Sebasti\u00e1n across the border has the best of all of it.\r\n\r\nOut of season the town is very quiet, with a residential population and surfers who go to bed early.","hw_hub_city_nightlife_points":"Around the Halles | Where the summer evenings are\r\nTxikiteo | One drink and one pintxo per bar, then move\r\nBayonne and San Sebasti\u00e1n | Both have bigger nights\r\nPrices | Beer \u20ac5\u20137, cocktails \u20ac10\u201314","hw_hub_city_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_city_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Biarritz","hw_hub_city_transport_title":"Getting around Biarritz","hw_hub_city_transport_body":"The town is small and walkable, with the main beaches ten to twenty minutes apart on foot along the cliff.\r\n\r\nLocal buses cost about \u20ac1 and connect Biarritz, Anglet and Bayonne, which function as one urban area.\r\n\r\nThe airport is ten minutes away and the bus into town costs about \u20ac1, which is among the cheapest airport transfers in Europe.\r\n\r\nTrains run to Bayonne in ten minutes, Saint-Jean-de-Luz in fifteen, Hendaye on the border in about thirty, and Paris in four hours by TGV.\r\n\r\nSan Sebasti\u00e1n is about forty-five minutes: train to Hendaye, then the Euskotren across the border, all for a few euros.","hw_hub_city_transport_points":"Walk | The beaches are ten to twenty minutes apart\r\nBuses about \u20ac1 | Biarritz, Anglet and Bayonne as one area\r\nAirport bus about \u20ac1 | Ten minutes, and among Europe's cheapest\r\nSan Sebasti\u00e1n | About 45 minutes via Hendaye, a few euros","hw_hub_city_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_city_transport_more":"All transport guides for Biarritz","hw_hub_city_money_title":"What Biarritz costs","hw_hub_city_money_body":"Expensive in summer, reasonable outside it. Dorms are \u20ac28 to \u20ac50 in July and August and \u20ac20 to \u20ac35 in the shoulder months.\r\n\r\nA beer is \u20ac5 to \u20ac7, pintxos \u20ac2 to \u20ac4 each, and a day runs \u20ac55 to \u20ac95.\r\n\r\nAnglet, ten minutes north, is noticeably cheaper for beds and has the same beaches.\r\n\r\nThe beaches, the cliff path and the Rocher de la Vierge are free. A surf lesson at \u20ac35 to \u20ac50 is the spend worth making.\r\n\r\nCrossing into Spain is cheap and San Sebasti\u00e1n, though not cheap itself, makes the trains worth it \u2014 the whole journey is a few euros each way.","hw_hub_city_money_points":"Dorm bed | \u20ac28\u201350 in summer, \u20ac20\u201335 outside\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac55\u201395\r\nStay in Anglet | Cheaper, same beaches, ten minutes north\r\nSurf lesson | \u20ac35\u201350, and the thing to spend on","hw_hub_city_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_city_money_more":"All budget guides for Biarritz","hw_hub_city_safety_title":"Staying safe in Biarritz","hw_hub_city_safety_body":"The Atlantic is the serious risk here and it should not be underestimated. This coast has powerful surf and strong rip currents, and people drown on it every summer, including strong swimmers.\r\n\r\nSwim only on lifeguarded beaches and only between the flags, which mark the patrolled area and are moved daily according to conditions. Outside the summer season most beaches are not patrolled at all.\r\n\r\nIf you are caught in a rip, do not swim against it. Swim parallel to the beach until you are out of the pull, then come in. Raise an arm and shout if you need help.\r\n\r\nSurf lessons matter here more than in gentler places \u2014 the schools know the tides and the currents, and going out alone as a beginner is a bad idea.\r\n\r\nThe cliff paths have unfenced sections and undercut edges. Emergency number is 112.","hw_hub_city_safety_points":"Rip currents | Powerful, and they kill strong swimmers here\r\nSwim between the flags | Lifeguarded beaches only, and only in season\r\nCaught in a rip | Swim parallel to the shore, not against it\r\nCliff paths | Unfenced sections and undercut edges","hw_hub_city_safety_tag":"safety","hw_hub_city_safety_more":"All safety guides for Biarritz","hw_hub_city_trips_title":"Day trips from Biarritz","hw_hub_city_trips_intro":"The Basque country on both sides of the border, and the Pyrenees behind.","hw_hub_city_trips":"Bayonne | 10 minutes | Train or bus, about \u20ac2 | The Basque cultural capital: chocolate makers since the sixteenth century, cured ham, a Gothic cathedral and the July festival. |  | 1304259\nSan Sebasti\u00e1n, Spain | 45 minutes | Train to Hendaye then Euskotren, a few euros | A shell-shaped bay, the best pintxos in the world by common agreement, and a different country. |  | 1304260\nSaint-Jean-de-Luz | 15 minutes | Train, about \u20ac3 | A sheltered bay safe for swimming, a working fishing port and the church where Louis XIV married. |  | 1304261","hw_hub_city_trips_tag":"day-trips","hw_hub_city_trips_more":"All day trips from Biarritz","hw_hub_city_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_city_season_intro":"June and September for surf and space. July and August are packed and expensive.","hw_hub_city_season_note":"Average highs. The Atlantic is cold \u2014 a wetsuit is normal here even in August, and the water is at its warmest in September at around 21\u00b0C. Autumn and winter bring the biggest swell, which is for experienced surfers only.","hw_hub_city_season_rows":"January | 12 | 2 | Mild and stormy. Big surf for experienced surfers only\r\nFebruary | 13 | 2 | Quiet and wet. Cheapest beds\r\nMarch | 15 | 2 | Improving. Cold water and empty beaches\r\nApril | 16 | 3 | Pleasant. Surf schools reopening\r\nMay | 19 | 4 | Very good. Warm days, cold sea, thin crowds\r\nJune | 22 | 4 | Excellent. Everything open and not yet packed\r\nJuly | 24 | 5 | Peak. Full beaches and Bayonne's festival at the end\r\nAugust | 25 | 5 | The busiest month. Book everything ahead\r\nSeptember | 23 | 4 | The best month. Warmest water, good swell, crowds gone\r\nOctober | 20 | 3 | Very good value. Surf picking up and mild\r\nNovember | 16 | 2 | Wet and windy. Big Atlantic swell\r\nDecember | 13 | 2 | Mild, stormy and very quiet","hw_hub_city_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_city_events_intro":"Bayonne's festival in July puts a hundred thousand people in red and white.","hw_hub_city_events_source":"api","hw_hub_city_events_count":"8","hw_hub_city_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_city_events_cta_label":"All events in Biarritz","hw_hub_city_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/france\/biarritz\/","hw_hub_city_events":"F\u00eates de Bayonne | Late July | Bayonne | Five days and nights of music, parades and street parties with everyone dressed in white with a red scarf. Hundreds of thousands attend and beds across the region book out. |  | \nSurf season | Year-round, best September to November | The Basque coast | Autumn brings the most consistent swell. Summer is gentler and better for learning. |  | \nBiarritz Surf Festival | July | C\u00f4te des Basques | Longboard competitions and events on the beach where European surfing started. |  | \nEspelette pepper festival | Late October | Espelette | The village celebrates its pepper harvest, with the ropes hanging on every house front. |  | \nPeak season | July and August | Citywide | When the beaches fill and beds are scarce and expensive. |  | ","hw_hub_city_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_city_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel. Per person per night, in euros.","hw_hub_city_budget_note":"These are summer figures \u2014 May and October run about a third lower. A surf lesson at \u20ac35 to \u20ac50 sits in the doing line.","hw_hub_city_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 28 | 16 | 2 | 6\r\nMiddle of the road | 42 | 32 | 4 | 25\r\nComfortable | 72 | 55 | 7 | 45","hw_hub_city_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_city_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Biarritz","hw_hub_city_hostels_intro":"A good surf-camp scene here and in Anglet, with prices spiking in July and August. Live from Hostelworld.","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Biarritz","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/france\/biarritz\/","hw_hub_city_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_city_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_city_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_city_picks":"Best for solo travellers |  |  | \nBest for a party |  |  | \nQuietest |  |  | ","hw_hub_city_hostels":"","hw_hub_city_faq_title":"Biarritz travel questions","hw_hub_city_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_city_faqs":"Is it safe to swim? | Only on lifeguarded beaches and only between the flags, which are moved daily according to conditions. This coast has powerful rip currents and people drown here every summer, including strong swimmers. Outside the summer season most beaches are not patrolled at all.\r\nWhat do I do if I get caught in a rip? | Do not swim against it \u2014 you will not win and you will exhaust yourself. Swim parallel to the beach until you are out of the pull, then come in at an angle. Raise an arm and shout if you need help.\r\nIs it good for learning to surf? | Yes, in summer. The C\u00f4te des Basques is where European surfing started in 1957 and it is a long forgiving beach break at the right tide. Group lessons are \u20ac35 to \u20ac50 with board and wetsuit, and taking one matters more here than at a gentler beach because the schools know the tides and currents.\r\nDo I need a wetsuit? | Yes, almost always. The Atlantic here is cold \u2014 it peaks at around 21\u00b0C in September, and a wetsuit is normal even in August. Surf schools include one in the lesson price.\r\nCan I get to Spain easily? | Very. Train to Hendaye then the Euskotren across the border gets you to San Sebasti\u00e1n in about forty-five minutes for a few euros, and it has the best pintxos anywhere. It is an easy day.\r\nIs it expensive? | In July and August, yes \u2014 dorms \u20ac28 to \u20ac50 and everything booked out. Anglet, ten minutes north, has the same beaches and cheaper beds. May, June, September and October give you the place at about a third less.\r\nWhen is the surf best? | September to November for consistent swell, though autumn and winter waves are for experienced surfers. Summer is smaller and much better for learning. September is the sweet spot: warmest water, good waves, and the crowds gone.","hw_hub_city_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_city_cta_body":"Compare Biarritz hostels \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. 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