Your trip to Cambo-les-Bains.

1. Morning
   Villa Arnaga

   Start with Villa Arnaga, Edmond Rostand’s house. Walk the French-style gardens before the heat, then tour the reception rooms with objects and mementos of the author of Cyrano de Bergerac.

2. Afternoon
   Church of Saint Lawrence and Upper Cambo

   Walk up to the church of Saint Lawrence in Upper Cambo and see the gilded altarpiece and the wooden galleries. In the adjoining cemetery, Basque steles and the view over the Nive valley.

3. Late afternoon
   Lower Cambo

   Descend to Lower Cambo, beside the Nive, with old Basque houses and the pelota fronton. It is the oldest quarter of the town.

4. Evening
   Dinner with gâteau basque

   Have dinner at a restaurant in the centre and try the gâteau basque, filled with pastry cream or black cherry jam. In the Basque Country, dinner typically starts later.

Day 1

1. Morning
   Villa Arnaga

   Visit Edmond Rostand’s house and gardens at a leisurely pace.

2. Afternoon
   Upper and Lower Cambo

   Pass by the church of Saint Lawrence and go down to Lower Cambo by the river.

Day 2

1. Morning
   Roland’s Pass

   Go to Itxassou and walk to Roland’s Pass, the holed rock in the Nive gorge. The riverside section is short and flat.

2. Afternoon
   Itxassou and Espelette

   Stroll through Itxassou, known for cherries, and continue to Espelette, the village of peppers, a few kilometres away.