Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port is a real town with its citadel of the twelfth century, the Gothic church of the XIII century and paved streets and houses of the sixteenth and seventeenth century.
Around you will discover the mountains delimiting the border with Spain and in particular the forest Irati (largest forest beeches in Europe) but also Aldudes valley you reach across the vineyards of Irouleguy.
Also discover the Gorges of Kakueta, Holzarte. Closer to the Basque coast you can climb the mountain: Rhune, thanks to its small cog railway or underground engulf you in Isturitz-Oxocelhaya and Sare.
If you prefer cultural tours there is Arnaga House in Cambo-les-Bains and the Basque Museum in Bayonne ..
For the more energetic there are many hiking and biking as well as rafting and water sports on the Nive and the possibility of making the balloon, fish, play golf or go horse riding ..
When you leave the back country, you can visit, near the Basque coast and its beaches and Saint-Jean-De-Luz, Guéthary, Bayonne or Biarritz ..