Bordeaux & French Basque Country - Discover France: Experience the Best of France - page 565

Information
Tourist office ( 08 20 42 64 64; www.bayonne-tourisme.com ; place des Basques;
9am-7pm Mon-Sat, 10am-1pm Sun)
Getting There & Away
Air
Biarritz-Anglet-Bayonne airport ( 05 59 43 83 83; www.biarritz.aeroport.fr ) is
5km southwest of central Bayonne and 3km southeast of the centre of Biarritz.
Bus 6 links both Bayonne and Biarritz with the airport (€1.20, buses depart roughly
hourly). A taxi from the town centre costs around €15 to €20.
Train
TGVs run between Bayonne and Paris Gare Montparnasse (€97, five to six hours,
eight daily).
There are five trains daily to St-Jean Pied de Port (€9, 1¼ hours) and fairly frequent
services to St-Jean de Luz (€4.50, 25 minutes) via Biarritz (€2.50, nine minutes),
plus the French and Spanish border towns of Hendaye (€7, 40 minutes) and Irún
(from €7, 45 minutes).
Getting Around
STAB buses link Bayonne, Biarritz and Anglet. Buses 1 and 2 run between Bay-
onne and Biarritz about 50 times daily, stopping at the hôtels de ville (town halls)
and stations of both towns.