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bijo69 Says: If you're staying in Bayonne you should definitely visit nearby Biarritz. This luxurios seaside town started of as a whaling port back in the 12th century. The rich and famous started to swarm to Biarritz in the 19th century when Queen Eugenie began to come to Biarritz...
bijo69 Says: The Basque Museum is a great place to go to learn more about basque tradition and also about the history of Bayonne. I found the exhibits very interesting, but I think they could have been organized a bit better.Opening times: Tuesdays-Sundays from 10am to 6:30pmAdmission is...
bijo69 Says: The Old Castle was built in the 11th century by the Viscounts of Labourd. During the century it was altered a few times and now belongs to the army and therefor can't be visited. You can have a peek into the courtyard though.
bijo69 Says: The adjoining cloister was built between the 13th and 14th century and was intended as a cemetary. Later it was also used as a meeting place for the city council and as a base for merchants.Opening times: Mondays-Sundays 9am-12.30pm and 2pm-5pm (16.09.-15.05.) 2pm-6pm...
Cathedral Notre Dame de Sainte Marie
bijo69 Says: Bayonne's beautiful gothic cathedral was built between the 12th and the 16th century, with the two spires added only in the 19th century.Visiting hours: Monday-Saturday 10am-11.45am and 3pm-5.45pm Sundays 3.30pm-6pmAmission is free
Statue to Charles Martial Lavigerie
mikey_e Says: Charles Martial Lavigerie was a pioneer of Catholic-Muslims relations, you could say. Born in 1825 in Bayonne, he taught at the Sorbonne and discovered Islam and Arab culture in Syria. He was an Cardinal and named the Primate of Africa by the Holy See, as he founded the...
mikey_e Says: The Nive is the second, smaller river that runs through Bayonne and that splits Petit Bayonne off from Grand Bayonne. In fact, Bayonne is where the Nive ceases to be a separate river, as the city is at the confluence of this river and the Adour. The Nive is an entirely...
mikey_e Says: The Adour is the river that flows through Bayonne, cutting Grand Bayonne and Petit Bayonne from the quarter of Saint-Esprit and the train station. It is also a significant river with respect to linguistics and dialectology, as it represents a rough border between the...
mikey_e Says: French cities generally have pretty impressive town halls (La Mairie). Bayonne is no exception, and if you enter the city from the train station, you will certainly notice the grand building to your right that dominates the entrance to the city. The thing is that the...
mikey_e Says: The Église Saint-Esprit is in the autonomous commune of Saint-Esprit, which is located across the Adour from Bayonne. The ironic thing is that this commune is home to the Bayonne train station, and as such will likely be the first place you visit in Bayonne if you arrive by...
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1 Review and 22 Opinions The Ibis in Bayonne is probably the same like all others of this chain. Rooms are large enough as...
Cafe Moka: Good value Bayonne lunch
aaaarrgh Says: Cafe Moka is a brasserie/bar in Petit Bayonne, opposite the Chateau Neuf. It serves excellent value lunchtime formules - for example, starter/main course/coffee for 8.50 euros. There was an extremely wide choice of dishes, freshly cooked and tasty. The staff were extremely...
cheval blanc: 1* michelin restaurant
ilovespain Says: I came for dinner while staying in Biarritz one night. The restaurant has a small but interesting menu. For 80 euro, you can have a 5-course meal- appetizer, seafood plate, meat plate and two desserts. Very good deal indeed. I should have, but I would feel so guilty eating...
bijo69 Says: Quite a few bus lines run between Bayonne and Biarritz via Anglet. Tickets can be bought at special kiosks or tobacconists or from the driver. The single fare is 1,20 EUR.The services usually start after 6am and stop around 9pm.
bijo69 Says: Bayonne is located on the TGV line from Paris Montparnasse to the French/Spanish border at Hendaye. It also can reached by regional trains (TER) from Bordeaux or Hendaye.The beautiful train station was built in the early 20th century and is located in the Saint Esprit...
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Of course, the Choco Museum is a cunning, generous and imaginative attempt to sell you some Bayonne cocoa products ;-) It is the size of a medium shop and, okay, three quarters of the space is filled with chocolate tools, adverts, molds, grinders and information about Bayonne chocolate. Chocolate was 'discovered' by the Spanish and, because of Bayonne's close links to Spain, the tasty product reached the city in the early 1600's.
There are a fair number of chocolate makers and chocolate shops in Bayonne. the Choco Museum also makes its own chocolate ~ you can watch its slightly embarassed staff through glass screens.
FREE ENTRY. The most annoying thing for me about the Musee Choco is their three hour lunch, from 12 till 3pm. I assume they need this time to lick their fingers greedily ;-)
What to pay: A large bar of Puyodebat chocolate (variety of flavours) will set you back 5 euros. A generous bag of cocoa powder will cost around double that.
Updated Jul 24, 2006
Address: Next to Bayonne Cathedral entrance
mikey_e Says: Ok, I don't want to anger or upset anyone with this tip, so I won't be too detailed, but I do think that it is worth explaining some of the aspects of nationalist politics in the Basque Country. This is especially true for the northern Basque Country (i.e. Bayonne), since...
mikey_e Says: I've always found Basque lettering interesting and somehow attractive. The Basques use the same Latin alphabet as the Spaniards (that is, it includes ñ and considers rr a single letter), but, like the pre-WWII Germans, a special script is sometimes used to write Basque,...
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Bayonne, Biarritz and Anglet frequently get lumped together and – lucky for Bayonne – are stuck with Biarritz’s glamorous reputation. Bayonne, however, is further inland, at the confluence of three rivers and closer to the mountains. The result is a climate that is not as conducive the spending all your time out of doors. For one, the mornings can be chilly, with heavy mists rolling off the water. These gradually burn off and, in the summer, the temperature can go fairly high. This would be ok, if it weren’t for the third characteristics – heavy spontaneous showers. I was there for two nights and experienced more than a few wet moments, including two incredible thunderstorms. Always, always remember an umbrella and possibly a jacket of some sort, as it is rather unpleasant to go around soaking wet (and highly uncouth, something that will anger the French).
Written Dec 17, 2008
mikey_e Says: I don't know that this park is actually called Léon Bonnat, but given that I can't really find a name for it and that it is in fact on Avenue Léon Bonnat, it seemed like this was the best name to give it. It is in a newer part of Grand Bayonne, not far from the Tourist...
ProformArt ~ maybe with added refreshments
aaaarrgh Says: ProformArt is a small private art gallery behind Bayonne Cathedral. An exhibition had opened the day before I visited and the gallery was offering free food and drink. Considering they open a fresh exhibition of work every six weeks or so, your chances are reasonable to get...
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The first time I was in Bayonne was in 1998, when I came to France/Spain with my dad and we visited the city during it's festival season, which is the beginning of August. So, when I went off on my......
Bayonne is a beautiful town in the French Basque Region on the banks of the rivers Nive and Ardour.
Bayonne ~ Ville du chocolat... sluuurp!
Currently my favorite French city! For the whole of my stay here and didn't hear or speak a word of English (except in the Tourist Information Office). Bayonne is also very proud of its Basque...
In the heart of the Cote Basque
I like Bayonne! It is not as ritzy and glamorous as Biarritz, or has a nice sandy beach like St. Jean du luz. I can take a stroll along the two rivers, or in one of the many gardens. The town has a......
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