8 Nature & Parks in Saint-Jean-de-Luz That You Shouldn't Miss

From Bidart to Hendaye via Saint-Jean-de-Luz, the path of the coast is a easy hike allowing the discovery of exceptional panoramas. This path of a little more than 20 kilometers browses the coast of Bidart until Hendaye via Saint-Jean-de-Luz and by following the Basque Corniche of Urrugne.

Big fine sand beach protected by a bay at the heart of the city. Ideal for the bathing in family with young children. Clubs of beach, rents of tents, deckchairs and parasols. Nautical activities on the spot as paddle board, towed buoys, water-skiing ... Handiplage and Audiobeach next to the lighthouse.

The view offered since the hill of Sainte Barbe is a real postcard of the landscapes of the Basque Country! Mountain, ocean, the cliffs of flysch, the surfers... Situated on the path of the coast, the hill of Sainte Barbe is a harbor of greenery which welcomes numerous families attracted by the playground, the place to picnic.

AN OUTSTANDING PLACE ! Right in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, siding the coastline hiking-trail and overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, sits the town’s Botanical Garden. The visit is a genuine invitation to travel across the coastal landscape of the Basque country. Original gatherings of plants enhance the whole picture : useful plants, a botanical maze, plants originating on the Five Continents … Quite a wide range offered to discovery ! The path to an entertaining as well as educational visit – both for grown-ups and kids – will take you through the four seasons of the year. In addition and providing a deeper insight to the Botanical Garden, is a guide-leaflet (also available in English), plus three thematic guide-leaflets such as : - « As fresh as a Rose » : dealing with cosmetic plants ; - « A tender heart beating under the hard cork » : dedicated to the different uses of local trees and brushes ; - « Bad Seeds ! » : on not-so-bad bad weeds … Various activities are taking place all the year round : guided visits, workshops, exhibitions, nature outings, plant-swapping … A refreshment room will provide organic fruit juices and cookies. In every aspect the Botanical Garden is being managed through natural and environment friendly techniques.

The sandy beach and the pebbles is surrounded by the campsites of the district of Erromardie. It is a quiet beach where it is essential to come with its seal and its landing net in low tide to look for crabs in the visible rocks. You will find around some little beach bars opened with the sun. Bathing watched every day in July and August from 11 am till 7 pm.

Sandy beach and pebbles, it is situated meadows of the campsites of the district of Acotz. This beach is the favorite place of the confirmed surfers who will face the vague left of rocks situated a little in the wide. Bathing watched every day in July and August from 11 am till 7 pm.

This a nice wild beach in the area of the campsites in Acotz. This beach change due to the low or high tide. Very closed, you can find beach bars and a mini-golf opened in summer.