Things to do and visits in Biarritz

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Fêtes de Bayonne Opening
Long live King Leon!
Wednesday, July 24 2013

Wednesday at 10pm is the official opening of the Fêtes de Bayonne! Make your way to the Place de la Liberté for this unique and magnificent occasion. Good humour and excitement are the order of the day. The symbolic moment of the handing over of key

Bayonne Festival
Bayonne throws a major party!
From Wednesday, July 24 2013 to Sunday, July 28 2013

Since 1932, the year four friends from the Bayonne region decided to put together the Bayonne Festival (emulating the festival in Pampalona), this festival has been up there with the most popular events in the country and even in Europe. The peñas (

Suez Gaz French Open in Biarritz
Top competition.
From Saturday, July 6 2013 to Saturday, July 13 2013

The best female tennis players on the professional circuit (those ranked in the top 100) will gather in Biarritz for the Suez Gaz French Open. Each player will seek to shine and will fight to reach the final in order to be in with a chance to win th

Biarritz Cup
The oldest amateur golf competition in France.
From Sunday, July 7 2013 to Sunday, July 14 2013

This is a key event for golfers which has taken place very year for over a century at the Golf du Phare. Many countries will be represented and over 500 players will take part. This is the oldest amateur golf tournament in France, and draws crowds o

BIG Festival
An outstanding line-up.
From Wednesday, July 17 2013 to Sunday, July 21 2013

Make sure to make a note of the BIG Festival in Biarritz in your agenda! This excellent festival plays host annually to some of the top names in rock, French chanson, reggae and electro. A great line up of international artists will perform on stage

Foulée of Festayre
A little sport before the festival.
Wednesday, July 24 2013

Hours before the opening of the Fêtes de Bayonne, a foot race of about 12km is organised in Bayonne city, called the Foulée of Festayre.Open to all, this trial allows the participating festayres to take in Biarritz, Anglet, with the race finishing i

Biarritz Antiques Fair
Anything goes at the Antiques Fair!
From Sunday, August 11 2013 to Thursday, August 15 2013

Dates to be confirmed. The Biarritz Antiques Fair will this year gather over 65 exhibitors from the whole of France with items that date back to every imaginable epoch… Furniture, art work, trinkets and objects… Anything goes at the Antiques Fair. P

Show Jumping in Biarritz
Jump!
From Saturday, November 9 2013 to Monday, November 11 2013

Show jumping is a noble sport, one among the many disciplines of the equestrian world. Don't miss out on this spectacular event as some of the top riders and horses in the field will be taking part. Anyone with even the slightest interest in horse-r

The Oceans in Biarritz, festival
Sea and summer.
From Friday, June 21 2013 to Sunday, June 30 2013

When Biarritz celebrates the sea, it certainly does not do things by half! Lots of activities are planned during the Oceans festival in the seaside town to usher in and celebrate the arrival of summer. Every year, Biarritz organises all kinds of ent

International Bridge Festival in Biarritz
International jet-set card players.
From Friday, June 28 2013 to Wednesday, July 10 2013

Every year, over a thousand keen bridge players gather in Biarritz for this festival which brings together the top world players including the likes of Zia Mahmood and Paul Chemla. There are sure to be some fascinating hands from these expert player

International Surf Film Festival
Surf the cinematic wave!
From Wednesday, July 10 2013 to Saturday, July 13 2013

The surfing film festival annually selects and awards the best surfing movies, including fiction and documentary, featuring the most talented surfers, all competing to lift the trophy in a competition adjudicated by a jury composed of passionate sur

Anglet Contemporary Art Biennial
Street art.
From Saturday, May 25 2013 to Sunday, September 1 2013

Throughout the summer months, artists will be coming to the squares, streets, cultural centres and coastlines of the French town of Anglet. The fourth Anglet Contemporary Art Biennale gives the public a chance to see the work of home-grown and inter

The Brouillarta exhibition
Showcase at the seaside.
From Saturday, October 12 2013 to Sunday, October 13 2013

Once again, the Brouillarta exhibition brings together some hundred painters, sculptors, and watercolourists and will be held near the famous Grande Plage in Biarritz. Over the years, this exhibition has become a genuine showcase and meeting place b

Visit of the Seaside Museum
A very comprehensive investigation of the ocean, its flora and fauna.
All year long

At the heart of Biarritz, a stone's throw away from the large beach and overlooking the ocean, the musée oceanographic de Biarritz is a very exhaustive museum on the ocean, its flora and fauna. The aim is to study the historical, geographical, econo

Rocher de la Vierge in Biarritz, walk
From the rock.
All year long

This is an imposing rock that Napoléon III decided to use as an anchorage point in the sea wall of the Port du Refuge that he wanted to build.The rock was consequently linked to the land by a wooden bridge (replaced by a metal footbridge attributed

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