For many people, summer on the beaches of southwest France conjures up images of long, sun-blessed days along miles of golden sand beaches. But in Biarritz, the region’s most famous beach resort ...

Like most people I met in Biarritz ... newly renovated and now run by Hyatt, overlooks Biarritz’s main beach. Hôtel Le Garage: A chic, intimate property that has helped transform a quiet ...

And the water is in on the act — Biarritz claims to cure 15 per cent of people who take to it ... ten rooms overlook the bay and its gentle beach life. You can bar hop into town or trip along ...

Below, a guide to Biarritz—and why it’s set to be this summer’s buzziest European beach destination. The former summer home of Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie reopened in 1893 as the now ...

She "danced" on the wave until she almost landed on the rocks beneath the wall on the beach. Spectators ... queens since the mid XIX century, but Biarritz still holds the title as the place ...

Biarritz still has airs and graces; it appeals equally to families, and older people. It was certainly ... passing whales and towed them on to the beach. When the whales disappeared.

As a slate-grey wall of ocean builds to a peak, a small surfer springs nimbly to his feet and carves a graceful arc down the wave towards the beach ... s drive north of Biarritz, or 90 minutes ...

Biarritz people, on the other hand ... There are plenty of other beach options, from little Plage Marbella, a haunt of families, in the south, to Plage Miramar in the north.