Nova Aquitânia · France
In the destination French Basque Country.
In the photo: Petit Bayonne, on the banks of the Nive
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The city
Bayonne (Baiona, in Basque) is the largest city in the French Basque Country and sits where the Nive flows into the Adour, about 6 km from the sea. The Grand Bayonne, around the Gothic cathedral of Sainte-Marie, and the Petit Bayonne, on the other side of the Nive, have quays with tall timber-framed houses and colorful windows, surrounded by the ramparts strengthened by Vauban in the 17th century. The city has the Musée Basque, the Musée Bonnat-Helleu of fine arts, the chocolate and ham traditions and the Fêtes de Bayonne at the end of July, when the city dresses in white and red.
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The local experience
The Gothic cathedral of Bayonne, with the two pointed towers visible from afar, Renaissance stained glass and one of the largest cloisters in France, a World Heritage site for the Routes of Santiago.
The neighbourhood between the Nive and the Adour, with quays lined by tall houses and colourful windows, the city's two major museums, pintxo bars and the centre of the Fêtes de Bayonne.
The museum of Basque culture, in a late 16th-century house on the banks of the Nive: country life, games, dances, the Basque house and the history of the port of Bayonne.
Bayonne's fine arts museum: paintings and drawings from Antiquity to the 20th century, with works by Goya, Rembrandt and Degas.
The walls that encircle central Bayonne, from the Roman wall to the medieval Château-Vieux and Vauban's 17th-century bastions, now featuring gardens such as the botanical garden.
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