Baharak, Kasm and I did a nice 14 km walk this morning on the Sentier de Littoral (coastal trail) in the Basque region of France. We’re staying a few days in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, a very quaint, slow-paced town, and decided to get in a little exercise. We hoped on the bus 816 in front of the train station and headed for Bidart, a coastal village half way between Saint-Jean-de-Luz and Biarritz. The Bidart beach was our starting point. One tip – don’t do this when the weather folks call for 34 degrees and nothing but sun, oy.
Here’s the path, stunning views of the surf all along the way.
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The waves were rockin’, surfers must have been in heaven. Is Kasm daydreaming about joining them?
There was a lot of little things to appreciate along the way. The views of course, took center stage but the Basque countryside & homes were quite nice as well.
Think these gentlemen were chatting about the budget report due by end of week?
Following the trail is a simple matter, you just look for little yellow triangles marking the way. They put them on lampposts and little metal signs. They also place a few yellow Xs to show the wrong way. It was quite easy to follow and the trail is very well maintained. Recommended for sure.
Is this a road or a coffee-shop? Both apparently.
The trail was one stunning view after the next with the bonus being watching some pretty terrific surfers in action – the only time so far that I miss having a telephoto lens.
The trail itself wasn’t overly difficult. Some steep stairs coming up from a couple of the beaches were a little tough but a lot of it was gentle slopes on well-marked trails as seen below. Overall I would call it medium to easy – except for the blistering sun today, exceptional for mid-September.
To finish up we were treated to yet another fine view, this time our home base this week – Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France, not far from the Spanish border. Kasm soaking it in and probably a little relieved that we’ll soon be done. 13 plus kilometers, in the heat and barely a complaint. He was a trooper!