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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

photo of Anglet
Anglet 3km
photo of Ciboure
Ciboure 14km
photo of Sare
Sare 19km
photo of Ainhoa
Ainhoa 20km
photo of Hendaye
Hendaye 22km

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