Biarritz travel guide
Visit Biarritz: Highlights and Tourist Information
IMPORTANT: this is a summary of local highlights. For detailed visitor information see Biarritz travel guide
Location: Biarritz is situated in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 98 km from Pau, the department capital. (General information: Biarritz is 669 km from Paris and 869 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Biarritz: these include Anglet at 3 km and Bayonne at 7 km. Anglet is a listed ville fleurie 4* at 4 km and Bayonne cathédrale St Marie (monuments on French pilgrim routes) is a listed heritage site at 7 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Biarritz, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Biarritz
See France This Way travel guides for Pyrenees-Atlantiques and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Biarritz.
Note that all distances from Biarritz shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Biarritz holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Aquitaine and Pyrenees-Atlantiques gites and villas
Markets near Biarritz
- Anglet: market every Thursday & Sunday (4km)
- Bidart: market every Saturday (5km)
- Bayonne: market every Wednesday & Tuesday & Thursday & Saturday & Friday (7km)
- Boucau: market every Saturday (7km)
- Ustaritz: market every Saturday (12km)
- Saint Jean de Luz: market every Tuesday & Saturday & Friday (13km)
- Ciboure: market every Sunday (14km)
- Labenne: market every Friday & Tuesday - seasonal market only - (16km)
- Urrugne: market every Thursday (17km)
- Cambo-les-Bains: market every Wednesday & Friday (19km)
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Biarritz and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Biarritz map below.
Heritage Site Bayonne cathédrale St Marie (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (7km); Porte St Jacques - St Jean Pied-de-Port (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (44km)
Most Beautiful Village Sare (19km); Ainhoa (20km); La Bastide-Clairence (25km)
Remarkable Garden Jardins de la villa Arnaga (19km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Bayonne (7km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Marais d'Orx (19km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Anglet (4km)
Map of places to visit near Biarritz & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Biarritz
Canton: Biarritz
Arrondissement: Bayonne
Department: Pyrenees-Atlantiques
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 64200
Distance to Biarritz
from Pau (local prefecture): 98 km
from Paris: 669 km
from Calais: 869 km
from Nice: 711 km
from Bordeaux: 170 km
from Strasbourg: 914 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Biarritz): Anglet, Arbonne, Arcangues, Bassussarry, Bidart and Boucau.
Getting here
Pyrenees-Atlantiques is in the south-west of France. Most visitors fly into Biarritz airport (Bordeaux is another option). Allow at least 8 hours for the drive from the cross-channel ferries. For driving distances to Biarritz from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Biarritz