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Villages · Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Sare
A high place of wood-pigeon hunting, Sare cherishes the country's traditions and cross-border life.
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Red-and-white half-timbered villages, a steep corniche on the Atlantic and Pyrenean canyons: the French Basque Country offers a landscape and cultural identity unique in France.
This selection mixes emblematic villages and great natural sites, from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, gateway to the Way of St James, to the Kakuetta gorges in Haute-Soule.
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Villages · Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Ainhoa
It is one of the most typical villages of the Basque Country.
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Villages · Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
In the foothills of the Pyrenean piedmont, between the Basque Coast and the Spanish border, Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port is an unmissable destination in the Basque Country.
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Villages · Pyrénées-Atlantiques
La Bastide-Clairence
The village was founded in 1283 with the building of a fortified house on the banks of the Joyeuse, a river that flows to join the Adour.
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Villages · Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Navarrenx
Navarrenx, the first bastioned town in France, raises its centuries-old ramparts that inspired Vauban in the heart of the Pays d'Art et d'Histoire of the Béarn des Gaves.
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Natural wonders · Pyrénées-Atlantiques
La Rhune
La Rhune can be seen from all beaches within 100 km! Its panorama extends, on the French side alone, from the Landes to the central Pyrenees.
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Natural wonders · Pyrénées-Atlantiques
La Corniche Basque
The Basque Corniche is a unique natural site. It is 6 km long on the part belonging to Urrugne.
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Natural wonders · Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Gorges de Kakuetta
A spectacular 2 km canyon in Haute-Soule, with walls reaching 350 metres high, discovered in 1906 by the speleologist Édouard-Alfred Martel.
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Waterfalls · Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Canyons d'holzarté et d'Olhadubi
South of Larrau, these are the Holzarté and Olhadubi gorges. Few dare to explore this canyon, so narrow, inhospitable and deep.
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Natural wonders · Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Pas de Roland
Itxassou is a small village in the heart of the Basque Country, near the Spanish border.
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