Biarritz & Toulouse Travel Guide - Attractions, Eating, Drinking, Shopping & Places To Stay

In the southwestern corner of France on the Atlantic Ocean is the French Basque region where you can visit a number of beautiful seaside resort towns.  Most famous is Biarritz, which was a favourite of Sir Winston Churchill as well as both French and English Royalty. Nearby is the city of Toulouse, a leading European centre of the aviation and space industries. Toulouse grew on the banks of the River Garonne and is the fourth largest in France (after Paris, Lyon, and Marseille). The city is rich in Gothic, Roman and Renaissance architecture.  

TABLE OF CONTENTS:  Biarritz & the French Basque Country - Culture - Location & Orientation - Climate & When to Visit - Sightseeing Highlights - Biarritz - History Museum - Virgin on the Rock - Museum of the Sea - City of the Ocean - Asiatic and Oriental Art Museum - Biarritz Lighthouse - Bayonne - Cazenave Chocolate Shop & Tea Room - Saint Mary’s Cathedral and Cloister - History Museum of the Basques - Bonnat Museum - Saint Jean-de-Luz - Saint John the Baptist Church - House of Louis XIV - St.-Jean-Pied-de-Port - Cheese Cave - Bishop’s Prison - Route de Corniche (between Saint-Jean-de-Luz & Hendaye) - Little Train of La Rhune - Villa Arnaga House & Gardens - Grottos of Isturitz & Oxocelhaya - Basque Cake Museum - Chateau Abbadia - La-Pierre-St-Martin Ski Resort - Etxola Animal Park - Recommendations for the Budget Traveller - Places To Stay - Maison E. Bernat - Quick Palace Anglet - Manoir Théas - Hotel Club Vacanciel Salies de Bearn - Hotel Uhainak - Places To Eat & Drink - Chez Mattin - Auberge Du Petit Bayonne - Bar Jean - Restaurant les Trois Fontaines - Ttotta - Places To Shop - Bayonne Markets - Saint-Jean-de-Luz - Pau-Pyrenees - Accoceberry - Ainciart-Bergara - Toulouse - Culture - Location & Orientation - Climate & When to Visit - Sightseeing Highlights - Place du Capitole - Basilica St Sernin - Canal du Midi - Cite de l’Espace (Science Museum) - Saint Etienne Cathedral - Airbus Factory Visit - Musee des Augustins - Musee Saint Raymond - Hotel d’Assezat - Pont Neuf - Recommendations for the Budget Traveller - Places to Stay - Hotel Saint Severin - Royal Wilson Hotel - Hotel du Taur - Hotel Albert 1er (1st) - Hotel Excelsior - Places to Eat & Drink - L’Entrepotes - Bapz Bakery and Tea Room - La Petit Rajasthan - Emile Restaurant - Soup ‘Here - Places to Shop - Espace Graine de pastel - La Maison de la Violette - Marche des Carmes - Nicolas Tourel - Midica