// Histoire de Biarritz
AUDIOGUIDE HIRE :
Discover Biarritz at your own pace and in complete autonomy with our audioguides!
30 remarkable sites will be told to you along a 3 km walk, revealing the secrets of Biarritz...
Available in 4 languages: French, German, English and Spanish.
commentary / duration 1h
GUIDED TOUR IN THE CITY : Biarritz d’Histoire en histoires ( organised by the tourist Office ) :
The history of Biarritz, its monuments, its heritage, but also its unusual aspects will be commented during this visit.
Visit to the heart of the city and along its coastline.
A 2.5 km walk from the Hôtel du Palais to the Rocher de la Vierge via the Grande Plage and the Port des Pêcheurs.
Discover the history of the town around the themes of whaling, the great couturiers, the crowned heads and the birth of surfing on the Biarritz coast.
Meeting point and departure from the Tourist Office in Square d'Ixelles. Arrival at the Rocher de la Vierge.
Duration: 1h30 - Languages: French
L'Avenue de l'Impératrice et ses villas
Discover this emblematic avenue of Biarritz with its built heritage, its villas, built on a part of what was the Imperial Domain, contain a host of anecdotes about their owners and the personalities who lived there.
The visit will end at the Pointe Saint Martin with its exceptional view of Biarritz.
1.5 km walk along the Avenue de l'Impératrice.
Meeting point and departure point Square d'Ixelles at the Tourist Office. Arrival at the Plateau du Phare.
Duration: 1h30 - Languages: French
Les Années folles et l'Art déco à Biarritz :
After the Second Empire, it was the Roaring Twenties that gave Biarritz its international reputation. Rediscover the festive atmosphere of the post-war years through the artists and personalities who left their mark on Biarritz: Coco Chanel, Jean Cocteau, Stravinsky, Charlie Chaplin, Sacha Guitry and many others...
This retrospective will allow you to discover the emblematic Art Deco architecture of the period.
A 1.5km walk along the Avenue de l'Impératrice.
Meeting point and departure point Square d'Ixelles at the Tourist Office. Arrival Villa Belza
Duration: 1h30 - Language: French
Tours for groups :
Guided tour in the city: Biarritz from history to stories: From whaling to Coco Chanel.
The history of Biarritz, its monuments, its heritage, but also its unusual aspects will be commented on during this tour. Visit to the heart of the city and along its coastline.
A 2.5 km walk from the Hôtel du Palais to the Rocher de la Vierge via the Grande Plage and the Port des Pêcheurs.
Discover the history of the town around the themes of whale hunting, the great couturiers, the crowned heads and the birth of surfing on the Biarritz coast.
By reservation with Destination Biarritz on 05.59.22.37.10 or biarritz.tourisme@biarritz.fr, up to 30 people.
Meeting point and departure from Square d'Ixelles at the Tourist Office. Arrival at the Rocher de la Vierge
Duration: 1h30 - Languages: French (English and German according to availability).
IMPERIAL CHAPEL
GUIDED TOUR OF THE IMPERIAL CHAPEL through the first steps of Eugénie de Montijo in Biarritz in 1834
From the imperial domain to the Hispano-Moorish and Roman-Byzantine styles, this unique architectural jewel in the region reveals its secrets.
Open only on the occasion of guided tours on reservation.
Visits for groups : All year round, apart from the visits programmed by Biarritz Tourism
1/ Guided tour of the Imperial Chapel through Eugénie de Montijo's first steps in Biarritz in 1834.
From the imperial domain to the Hispano-Moorish and Roman-Byzantine styles, this unique architectural jewel in the region reveals its secrets.
Group bookings can be made through Destination Biarritz on 05.59.22.37.10 or biarritz.tourisme@biarritz.fr for up to 48 people.
2/ Opening of the site for free access without guidance
Group bookings must be made with Destination Biarritz on 05.59.22.37.10 or biarritz.tourisme@biarritz.fr for up to 48 people.
GUIDED PRIVED TOUR : by Maya Gilles
Let me drive you to discover Biarritz.
Tour leader then tour guide I would be delighted to share with you my knowledge of Biarritz and the Bask Country. Together we will discover the Hotel du Palais, an emblematic site of the city, then the Grande Place with the Casino and the Bellevue. We will conclude with the fisherman port and the Côte des Basques.
I will tell you all about history, its place today, its anecdotes and why Biarritz is called "Queen of the beaches, beach of the Kings".
This walking tour is designed for french and English-speaking individuals or groups.
We wiil discuss about the lenght of the visit at your convenience. I will meet you at the Tourism Office or in front of your hotel.
Contact : Maya Gilles: +33 6 08 46 22 50 / gillesmaya@hotmail.com
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