The Basque Country, Gascony, and Hautes-Pyrénées Travel Guide

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A pelota-playing mayor in the province of Soule recently welcomed a group of travelers with the following announcements: the Basque Country is the most beautiful place in the world; the Basque people are very likely direct descendants of Adam and Eve via the lost city of Atlantis; his own ancestors fought in the Crusades; and Christopher Columbus was almost certainly a Basque. There, in brief, was a composite picture of the pride, dignity, and humor of the Basques.

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The Basque Country, Gascony, and Hautes-Pyrénées Hotels

From palatial beachside splendor in Biarritz to simple mountain auberges in the Basque country to Pyrenean refuges in the Hautes-Pyrénées...read more

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The Basque Country, Gascony, and Hautes-Pyrénées Restaurants

Dining in the regions of the Basque Country is invariably a feast, whether it's seafood, local lamb, or the famous migratory palombes (wood pigeons). Dishes...read more

Things To Do

Things To Do in The Basque Country, Gascony, and Hautes-Pyrénées

Explore the best sights, entertainment, and shopping with our top choices and insider tips.

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The Basque Country, Gascony, and Hautes-Pyrénées Experiences

  • Top Reasons to Go

    Biarritz, Big Sur à la Mode: Today Biarritz is Europe's surf capital, a far cry from its start as the favorite watering place of Empress... Read more

  • Getting On Top of Things

    Supping on the hearty regional cuisine makes perfect sense after a day of hiking the Pyrénées, which are best explored on foot... Read more

  • Le Surfing

    The area around Biarritz has become Europe's hot-cool surfing center. The season kicks off big-time every summer with the Roxy Jam longboard... Read more

  • Gonzo Over Games: Basque Sports

    If you are gonzo over games, you've come to the right place. Perhaps the best-known and most spectacular of Basque sports is the ancestral ball... Read more

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