Sare
Sare is one of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France . It is a tiny village tucked below the sacred Rhune mountain .
Le Petit Train de la Rhune climbs 2,970 feet above the village and affords a spectacular 360 degree , unobstructed view of the Pyrénées , the Atlantic Ocean and the surrounding Basque Country .
Basque-Corniche
The Basque Corniche , at the edge of the village of Urrugne , is one of the last protected areas on the French Pays Basque coast .
Just a short drive from St . Jean de Luz and the village of Hendaye near the Spanish border , its steep cliffs , caves and famous rocks , “ The Twins ”, have seen millions of years of planetary history .
Biarritz
Biarritz was once a Phoenician fishing port used to send goods to Britain , and a whaling port until Napoléon III and his wife , Éugenie , established their summer court there .
During the Belle Epoque , thousands of people visited glittering Biarritz by the sea .
In 1918 Picasso arrived , followed by Hemingway in the 20s . Frank Sinatra arrived in the 1950s with Rita Hayworth and Marilyn Monroe .
Hollywood embraced Biarritz as one of its glittering incognito getaways .