Jaxu travel guide
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Visit Jaxu: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Jaxu is situated in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 68 km from Pau, the department capital. (General information: Jaxu is 686 km from Paris and 892 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port at 5 km from Jaxu
Popular places to visit near Jaxu: these include Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port at 5 km and Itxassou at 22 km.
Vallée des Aldudes is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 21km and Jardins de la villa Arnaga is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 25km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Jaxu, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Jaxu
See France This Way travel guides for Pyrenees-Atlantiques and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Jaxu.
Note that all distances from Jaxu shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Jaxu holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Jaxu (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 Jaxu and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de la villa Arnaga (25km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Bastide-Clairence (26km) : Ainhoa (27km) : Sare (34km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Anglet (41km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Oloron-Sainte-Marie (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Jaxu & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Jaxu
Canton: Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
Arrondissement: Bayonne
Department: Pyrenees-Atlantiques
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 64220
Distance to Jaxu
from Pau: 68 km
from Paris: 686 km
from Calais: 892 km
from Nice: 685 km
from Bordeaux: 189 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 16 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Jaxu): Ahaxe-Alciette-Bascassan, Aincille, Ainhice-Mongelos, Ascarat, Bussunarits-Sarrasquette, Bustince-Iriberry, Caro, Gamarthe, Ispoure, Lacarre, Lantabat, Lasse, Saint-Jean-le-Vieux, Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, Suhescun and Uhart-Cize.
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 Jaxu from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Jaxu