Biarritz travel guide
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Visit Biarritz: Highlights and Tourist Information
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).
For a detailed travel guide see Biarritz (page also includes a photo gallery for Biarritz)
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 4km and Jardins de la villa Arnaga is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 19km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Biarritz: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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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 hotels in and near to Biarritz (from booking.com 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
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!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de la villa Arnaga (19km) : Parc du Sarrat (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Sare (19km) : Ainhoa (20km) : La Bastide-Clairence (25km) :
- Town / village in bloom 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: 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!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
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