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Biarritz (UK: / b ɪəˈr ɪ t s, ˈ b ɪər ɪ t s / beer-ITS, BEER-its, [3] [4] US: / ˌ b iː ə ˈ r ɪ t s, ˈ b iː ə r ɪ t s / BEE-ə-RITS, -rits, [3] [5] French: ⓘ, Basque:; also spelled Miarritze [mi.arits̻e]; Occitan: Biàrritz) is a city on the Bay of Biscay, on the Atlantic coast in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the French Basque Country in southwestern France. [6]
The ancient Roman Lapurdum, from which the toponyms Labourd and Lapurdi originate, is a part of the Biarritz-Anglet-Bayonne agglomeration community (BAB) alongside Biarritz and Anglet (Basque: Angelu), the most populated urban space in the territory. It is the political capital of its subprefecture and economic capital of the largest region ...
Logo. The French Riviera, known in French as the Côte d'Azur (pronounced [kot dazyʁ] ⓘ; Provençal: Còsta d'Azur, pronounced [ˈkwɔstɔ daˈzyʀ]; lit. ' Azure Coast '), is the Mediterranean coastline of the southeast corner of France.
Hotel du Palais Biarritz in 1919. The building is set on the main beach of the town, which lies on the rugged coast of the Bay of Biscay at the foot of the Pyrenees. [2] In 1854, the emperor Napoleon III and his wife Eugénie bought several acres of dunes in Biarritz and gave the engineer Dagueret the task of establishing a summer home surrounded by gardens, woods, meadows, a pond and ...
Château Miraval is a château and vineyard located in the village of Correns, just north of Brignoles, a village in the Var département in the south of France.The château hit headlines in late May 2008 when it was revealed that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie had leased it for three years with an option to buy, after surveying prospective properties by helicopter, [1] with the intention of ...
The Cité de l'Océan et du Surf, which opened in Biarritz, France in June 2011, is a museum designed by Steven Holl Architects in collaboration with Solange Fabião. [1] The design was the winning scheme of an international competition held in 2005.
The city built three light railway lines to connect to Biarritz at the beginning of the 20th century. The most direct line, that of the Tramway Bayonne-Lycée–Biarritz was operated from 1888 to 1948. In addition, a line further north served Anglet, operated by the Chemin de fer Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz company from 1877 to
Biarritz station (French: Gare de Biarritz) is a railway station in Biarritz, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.The station is located on the Bordeaux–Irun railway line. The station is served by TGV (high speed trains), Intercités de Nuit (night trains), Intercités (long distance), and TER (local) services operated by the SNCF.