Saint-Jean-de-Luz is a charming seaside resort. Saint-Jean-de-Luz is the first sheltered bay you come to below Arcachon. And to nature’s natural defences humans have added their own, in the form of three sea walls.
If beaches aren’t your thing or the weather’s not great, then the town of Saint-Jean-de-Luz is well worth walking around. It is an old port town whose wealth and fortunes peaked in the 17th and 18th century, thanks in part to the lucrative activities of local corsairs (essentially another word for pirate, though they operated with the support of the French crown). The wealth that existed at that time can be seen from the many fine houses that still exist today.
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