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Church
Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste
The church where Louis XIV was married in 1660, with wooden galleries on three sides, a 17th-century gilded altarpiece and a votive ship hanging in the nave.
Nova Aquitânia · France
Saint-Jean-de-Luz
In the destination French Basque Country.
In the photo: Port of Saint-Jean-de-Luz
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The city
What to expect from Saint-Jean-de-Luz.
Saint-Jean-de-Luz (Donibane Lohizune, in Basque) is a fishing port in a bay protected by three breakwaters, shared with Ciboure on the other side of the river Nivelle. Fishermen from here sailed to Newfoundland for cod and whales, and privateers left the port in the king's service. In 1660 Louis XIV married the Infanta Maria Theresa of Spain in the church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste, and the houses where they stayed are still standing. Today the pedestrian center links the port to the beach, and the town is a base for the La Rhune train, for Espelette and for San Sebastián across the border.
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The local experience
What to see in Saint-Jean-de-Luz
Historic house
Maison Louis XIV
The shipowner's house from 1643 where Luís XIV stayed for about 40 days in 1660, before the wedding; it still belongs to the same family and opens for guided visits in season.
Port
Port de Saint-Jean-de-Luz
The fishing port, shared with Ciboure, from which the Basques set out for Newfoundland and from where corsairs sailed in service of the king; today it has fishing boats, quays and fish restaurants.
Town
Ciboure
The village on the other side of the port, with painted wooden Basque houses facing the water, the house where Maurice Ravel was born, the church of Saint-Vincent and the fort of Socoa at the bay entrance.
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Tour
Petit Train de la Rhune
The 1924 rack railway that climbs from col de Saint-Ignace in Sare to the summit of La Rhune at 905 meters, on the border with Spain, with views of the Basque coast and the Pyrenees.
Town
Espelette
The Basque village famous for its denomination-of-origin pepper, with white houses with red timbering draped in strings of peppers in autumn, the barons' castle and the pepper festival in October.